. Choice emblems : natural, historical, fabulous, moral and divine, for the improvement and pastime of youth : ornamented with near fifty handsome allegorical engravings, designed on purpose for this work : with pleasing and familiar descriptions to each, in prose and verse, serving to display the beauties and morals of the ancient fabulists : the whole calculated to convey the golden lessons of instruction under a new and more delightful dress : written for the amusement of the right honorable Lord Newbattle . the cares of Heaven and ourparents, to which at all times in general, but more { J7
. Choice emblems : natural, historical, fabulous, moral and divine, for the improvement and pastime of youth : ornamented with near fifty handsome allegorical engravings, designed on purpose for this work : with pleasing and familiar descriptions to each, in prose and verse, serving to display the beauties and morals of the ancient fabulists : the whole calculated to convey the golden lessons of instruction under a new and more delightful dress : written for the amusement of the right honorable Lord Newbattle . the cares of Heaven and ourparents, to which at all times in general, but more { J79 ) more particularly in youth, we are To highly indebted for the prefeiTation of our Being,and which conrequently claim from us tliefuicerefi: returns of gratitude and love. IN this Emblem is cxprefTed the ftateof dependance we are in, on the one hand, andtjie great goodnefs of God on the other, whoequally fupplies our temporal and our fpiritualwants, and who fent his only Son to be apropitiation for cur fins, who as it wereriourifned us witli his blood, and hy ivhcje Jlilpei ai-<? are healed. The Pelican indeed if ihe had granted this fupply ^rom hsr ownvitals would have done it only to her brocd ;but the great Author of our falvation did thisfor widied oiFenders, he died even for his greateH ( i8o )greateft enemies, and bore our fins that he might be made righteoufnefs for us, and thatwe might proceed from grace to grace till atlaft we v/ere made heirs of his glorious inhe-ritance. EMBLEM ( ISI ). EMBLEM XLYL Of False Appearances. C E E the gay Tulip dippd in various in full pride beneath the vernalficies;But when the v/intry clouds deform the yearHow faded will that beauteous form appear Not fo the Myrtle, deckd in chearful humble plant among the flowrs is feen ;What tho it boail: no varied colours bright,That drink Sols radiance or refleft his light;Yet ever green and fragrant it change of feafons, nor oi time fullains» Emblem of real
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