. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . FretbouahvitfallCrcwfialtfee, ^ Thy ground muft ploughd and harrowd >Efore the Plowman hopefull can be made, His untilfd earch good Hay or Corne will yeeld,He bieakes the hillocks downe, with Plough or Spade-,And, harrowes over, all the cloddie ,ftom the leaved ground, ar laft, he raowesThat Cropp of grafle, which he had hope to gaine;Or, there, doth :e3pe the fruit of what he fowes,With profit, which contents him for his paine.
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . FretbouahvitfallCrcwfialtfee, ^ Thy ground muft ploughd and harrowd >Efore the Plowman hopefull can be made, His untilfd earch good Hay or Corne will yeeld,He bieakes the hillocks downe, with Plough or Spade-,And, harrowes over, all the cloddie ,ftom the leaved ground, ar laft, he raowesThat Cropp of grafle, which he had hope to gaine;Or, there, doth :e3pe the fruit of what he fowes,With profit, which contents him for his paine. Our craggie Nature muft be tilled, thus,Before it will, for Herbes of Grace, be high conceit, muft downe be broke in us 5Our heart is proud, and God muft humble good Seed, in us will rooting take,Affliftitns ploughes and harrowes, muft prepare us:A nd, that the truer levell, he may make,W hen we are (urnk too low, Cods hand muft reare en, neither ftormingsof Adverfitie,S\\all drowne the Stedes of Hope, which we have fowne 3N or fhall the Sunnc-beames of Profperitie,Dr ie up their moifture, ere they ripe are growne. Oh ZW, thou knowft the nature cf my minde;Tho u knowft my bodyes tempers wha
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