. Hermathenæ; or, Moral emblems, and ethnick tales, with explanatory notes . the Great Redeeming Pow*r ;No longer humble Faitb woud Cenfure blufli with Horror at the impious Sneer 5No Want of Piety woud then be Wit,Nor publick Garlands crown the Hypocrif;Thy awful Prefence might Mens Crimes True Religion blefs the World again; iy_ ci no more fhoud Droves of Converts boaft. Nor rinT the Ears of huge deluded Hofts With imoious Arts, no more Truths Glories fhade, W^hilft Sion mourns in vain to fee her Sons betrayd. N O T E c;^ E M B L E M LI. ia) Orgies —Vv^3iS a Name at fir
. Hermathenæ; or, Moral emblems, and ethnick tales, with explanatory notes . the Great Redeeming Pow*r ;No longer humble Faitb woud Cenfure blufli with Horror at the impious Sneer 5No Want of Piety woud then be Wit,Nor publick Garlands crown the Hypocrif;Thy awful Prefence might Mens Crimes True Religion blefs the World again; iy_ ci no more fhoud Droves of Converts boaft. Nor rinT the Ears of huge deluded Hofts With imoious Arts, no more Truths Glories fhade, W^hilft Sion mourns in vain to fee her Sons betrayd. N O T E c;^ E M B L E M LI. ia) Orgies —Vv^3iS a Name at firft applyd only to the Rlfcs ofBacchus, apo tecs Orgees, that is, from the Rage and Fury of Ceres,or //?i, reprefenred therein by the Bacchamlian Women, defcribdby Ovid in his Fable of Perjthfus, as alio by Livy, Clem. Alex, andorhersi aferwards the Name was applyd generally to z\\Heithen^nt$,as thoderivd apo ton Argein, ab arcendo, from drivinp all profaneand comnofl People from em ; from whence that ©f Catullus^Orgia quafriifira cupiunt audire frofaf2i. Emblem ( 155 ). Emblem LIl. The Christian HERO. SO armd with Baith^ thy Guardian Angels Care,Reft, pious Soul, for HEAVN itfelf isthere;Let the Worlds Foe oer fallen Nature xtv^^^Where Heavri^i, high Hand defends, he in vain;Not all his fiery Darts can wound the Breaft,Where confcious Virtue is the conftant Gueft :Go on, brave Hero^ tread the Blifsful Way,This Hour is thine; but Danger waits Delay:Thy faithful Monitor points out the Road;5uch Calls are facred, and the PowV of GOD: The ( ISO The (a) Gate ilands open. Love has entered clcard the PafTage from the Pangs of Sifi ;Fear not to die, the hallowd Path is flrewdWith fragrant Rofes by a fuffring GOD:Freih Lillies bloflbm there, fair Virtue^ Bloom,And Odours rife from evry Chrifiian Tomb:There All is Peace, there Saints and Martyrs Patient triumph, and the Poor are blefsd ;There Heavn and all its Joys fliall charm thy Soul,There mighty {h) Perio
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