. Emblems and hieroglyphics on a great variety of subjects, moral and Emblished with near an hundred emblematical cuts from Quarles Emblems . e, and you foon fhall find much nobler Odds,A Goddefs you fhall be among the no I faid Eve, I durft not touch or tafte,Death was denouncd on fuch a dire me, and nothing fear, the Brute replyd ;You fhall not die ; I have already lookd again—twas pleafing to the View—-She pluckd and eat, and we her Folly rue. The Mora l .Hence we may learn the Devil has no Powr ;He tempts, indeed, but he can do no we comply,
. Emblems and hieroglyphics on a great variety of subjects, moral and Emblished with near an hundred emblematical cuts from Quarles Emblems . e, and you foon fhall find much nobler Odds,A Goddefs you fhall be among the no I faid Eve, I durft not touch or tafte,Death was denouncd on fuch a dire me, and nothing fear, the Brute replyd ;You fhall not die ; I have already lookd again—twas pleafing to the View—-She pluckd and eat, and we her Folly rue. The Mora l .Hence we may learn the Devil has no Powr ;He tempts, indeed, but he can do no we comply, it is our proper Acl,His black Suggeftions too we can eer he tempts us with delufive WilesOr our weak Hearts with gilded Baits beguiles, Let us not parle for there the Danger lies, And he is fafeft who moft fwiftly flies. If we refill, he, Coward-like, will run Tis by our Will alone we are undone. Let but right Reafon take the Rein in Hand, And evry Paffion be at her Command ; <| To this call in thAuxiliaries of Grace, Satan may tempt, but fhall not thee difgrace. 14 HlEROGLYPHICKS, Book I. *************************** EMBLEM Adam, behold thy Apple now,Pregnant with eviy human Woe ;The Monfters foon will make their Way,And all the World muft be theii Prey, Book I. Moral and Divine, i jEMBLEM H. Sins Progeny. /]D A M, behold what Ills thy Apple held,•*-* With what a Brood of Monfters it was iilld iWhat horrid Faces labour for a Birth,To plague Mankind, and overfpread the Earth [See furious Tempefts rage along the Air,And rattling Thunder over-head you forked Lightnings ffafh from Pole to Pole,Confound theSenfes, and amaze the heavy Clouds now burft in gufliing Rains,The Rivers fwell, and overflow the vex the beaten Ocean till it roars,Its Billows rage, and dafii upon the Shears,Acrofs the Waves the (hatterM Veffel drives,And fcarce amidft furrounding Danger , and Earth, and Air, and Fire becomeThe Scourge of Man
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