. Emblems, divine and moral, together with hieroglyphicks of the life of man . reft, my home 5 My ways is tedious, and my fteps are flow :Reach forth thy helpful hand, or bid me come ,1 am thy child, O teach thy child to go :Conjoin thy fweet commands to my I will venture, though 1 fall or tire. S. AUGUST. Book 4. Emblems, 199 S. AUGUST. Ser. 15. dc Verb. Apod. Be always difpleafcd at ivhat thozi arty if thou de-firefl to attain to --what thou art not: for ivhere thouhafl f leafed thy felf there thou abideft, But if thoufayc^fy I have enough^ thou feripcft: akvays add, al-IV ay I iv
. Emblems, divine and moral, together with hieroglyphicks of the life of man . reft, my home 5 My ways is tedious, and my fteps are flow :Reach forth thy helpful hand, or bid me come ,1 am thy child, O teach thy child to go :Conjoin thy fweet commands to my I will venture, though 1 fall or tire. S. AUGUST. Book 4. Emblems, 199 S. AUGUST. Ser. 15. dc Verb. Apod. Be always difpleafcd at ivhat thozi arty if thou de-firefl to attain to --what thou art not: for ivhere thouhafl f leafed thy felf there thou abideft, But if thoufayc^fy I have enough^ thou feripcft: akvays add, al-IV ay I ivalky al\jcays poceed -^ neither ft and ft illy nor gohack, nor deviate: he that ftafidethfiillprccccdeth not:,hcgoeth hack that ccntinueth not 5 he deviatethy thatrevcltcth ^ he ^oeth better that creepeth in his waythan he that ruimeth out of his ivay. EPIG 5. Fear not, my foul, to lofe for want of cunning ;Weep not; heavn is not always got by running •Thy thoughts are fwift, although thy Wgs be flow;True love will creep not having itrength to go. 200 Emblems,IV. Book i^JLm ttvvil/bthfcr&arr ffftlt^e ^rJamlafraiJe cftkr Luymentr-Pfjij. ±2,0 t Book 4* Emblems. * 201 IV. PSALM 1^9. 120. Myflejh trembleth for fear of thee, and I amafraid of thy judgments. LEt others boaft of luck, and go their waysWith their fairgame j know vengeancefeldom playsTo be too forward, but doth wifely frameHer backward tables for an after-game :She gives thee leave to venture manv a blot 5And, for her own advantage, hits thee not;But when her pointed tables are made far,That fhe be ready for thee, then beware 3Then, if a neceflary blot be let,She hits thee J wins the game ^ perchance the fet:If profpVous chances make thy cafting high,Be wifely temprate 5 caft a ferious eyeOn after dangers, and keep back thy game 5Too forward feed-times make thy harveft left-hand fortune give thee left-hand chances,Be wifely patient 5 let not envious glancesRepine to view thy gameflers heapfo fair 5The hin
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