. Emblems, divine and moral . his tree :Twill make you perfect gods as well as forth thy hand, and let thy fondness neverFear death : do, pull, and eat, and live for ever. Eve. Tis but an apple ; and it is as goodTo do as to desire. Fruits made for food :I 11 pull, and taste, and tempt my Adam tooTo know the secrets of this dainty. Setp. Do. 8 EMBLEMS. ^ BOOK i. S. Chrys. sup. forced him not: he touched him not: only said,Cast thyself down; that we may know, that whosoeverobeyeth the devil, casteth himself down : for the devilmay suggest, compel he cannot. S. Bern, in Ser.
. Emblems, divine and moral . his tree :Twill make you perfect gods as well as forth thy hand, and let thy fondness neverFear death : do, pull, and eat, and live for ever. Eve. Tis but an apple ; and it is as goodTo do as to desire. Fruits made for food :I 11 pull, and taste, and tempt my Adam tooTo know the secrets of this dainty. Setp. Do. 8 EMBLEMS. ^ BOOK i. S. Chrys. sup. forced him not: he touched him not: only said,Cast thyself down; that we may know, that whosoeverobeyeth the devil, casteth himself down : for the devilmay suggest, compel he cannot. S. Bern, in is the devils part to suggest: ours, not to con-sent. As oft as we resist him, so often we overcomehim : as often as we overcome him, so often we bringjoy to the angels, and glory to God; who opposethus, that we may contend; and assisteth us, that wemay conquer. Epig. parliament! wherein, at last,Both houses are agreed, and firmly pastAn act of death confirmd by higher powrs0 had it had but such success as ours !. Sic malum cecuit uniciuin in omne malum. JAMES Tlien when Itist hath conceived, it hringeth foi-th sin ;and sin, when it is finished, hringeth forth death. J^AMENT, lament; look, look, what thou hast done Lament the worlds, lament thine own estate:Look, look, by doing, how thou art undone ;Lament thy fall, lament thy change of state : 10 EMBLEMS. BOOK i. Thy faith is broken, and thy freedom gone,See, see too soon, what thou lamentst too late,0 thou that wert so many men, nay, allAbridgd in one, how has thy desprate fall Destroyd thy unborn seed, destroyd thyself w^ithal ! Uxorious Adam, whom thy Maker made Equal to angels that excel in powr,Wliat hast thou done ? 0 why hast thou obeyd Thine own destruction ? like a new-cropt flowr,How does the glory of thy beauty fade!How are thy fortunes blasted in an hour ! How art thou cowd that hast the powr to quellThe spite of new falln angels, baffle hell,And vie with those that stood, and vanquish those that
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