. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . ned-Salamander in the Fire,May, therefore, not unfitly, fignifieTh^fe, who in Fiery Cbamots, doeafpireElijah-like, to Immortality :Or, thofe Heroicke-fpirits, who unharrodHave through the Fires of Troubles,and Affliction,(With Venue, and with Innocencie armd)Walkt onward, in the Pathway, of Ptrfeciion. The , which like Woorfand Hay,Confumts the Workesof evry Wicked-one -(And maketh all their Hopes to fume away)Doth purific what F aith
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . ned-Salamander in the Fire,May, therefore, not unfitly, fignifieTh^fe, who in Fiery Cbamots, doeafpireElijah-like, to Immortality :Or, thofe Heroicke-fpirits, who unharrodHave through the Fires of Troubles,and Affliction,(With Venue, and with Innocencie armd)Walkt onward, in the Pathway, of Ptrfeciion. The , which like Woorfand Hay,Confumts the Workesof evry Wicked-one -(And maketh all their Hopes to fume away)Doth purific what F aithfull-men have triumph in the Flames, and (hall obtaincThe glorious Crowne ,When ?>]\ that fnovv of Blifje appcareth vaine,Which Worldly men haveieemed to , thoughfome Sinnes and Follies, gilded arc,And ftiinc likepurcft Gold, and Prelum-Stows .This 77/?, will finde of A If ay they were,Andj make ■hem knowne but Counterfeited Ones .- For, in this ,all fuch Vermes expire ; And, none bu; Kcrtue liveth in this Fire. Hee, oyer all the Starres doth r*igne7That unto Wil dome can attains. f v. ILLVSTR. XXXI. , Am not of their Mtnde, who thinkc the Sun,The Miont, the Planets, and thoft- glorious LightsWhich trim the Spheres,doe in their Motions run To no more purpofe, then to pleafe our Sights. Norfordiftinguifhment of Wights, and Dayts, Or of the Seajons, and the Times, alone, Can I foppofe the Hand of (Wdifplayes Thofe mzny Starres, we nightly gaze upon: For, both by Reafon, and by Common-fenfe We know (and often feeie) that from above The Planets have, on us ,an Influence; And, that our Bodies vari<% as they , Holy WW* inferres, that thefc Have fomc fuch powr; evn in thofe Places, where It names Orion, and the Pleiades -} Which, Starres of much inferiour Nature , hence conclude not, therefore, that the Mindt Is by the Starres conftraincd to obey Their Influence j or,fo by them inclind, Thar, by n
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