. Quarles' emblems, divine and moral: together with hieroglyphics of the life of man . ENT LADY, TPnfent thefe tapers to hnrn under the fafe pre-terit on of yonr honourable name; where y I pre-fume^ they ft and fecure from the damps of ignoranccyand hlafts of cenfure. It is a fmall part of thatabundant fervice which my thankful heart owethyour incomparable goodnefs. Be pie a fed to honourit with your acceptance^ which fhall be nothing butwhat your own efteemjhall make it. MADAM,Tour hadyfhip^s moft humble fervantJ X 2 Fra. Quarles, [ 244 ]TO THE READER. IF you are fatisfied with my Emblems,I h
. Quarles' emblems, divine and moral: together with hieroglyphics of the life of man . ENT LADY, TPnfent thefe tapers to hnrn under the fafe pre-terit on of yonr honourable name; where y I pre-fume^ they ft and fecure from the damps of ignoranccyand hlafts of cenfure. It is a fmall part of thatabundant fervice which my thankful heart owethyour incomparable goodnefs. Be pie a fed to honourit with your acceptance^ which fhall be nothing butwhat your own efteemjhall make it. MADAM,Tour hadyfhip^s moft humble fervantJ X 2 Fra. Quarles, [ 244 ]TO THE READER. IF you are fatisfied with my Emblems,I here fet before you a fecond is an ^^gyptian difh, drefled on theEnglifh fafhion. They, at their feafts,ufed to prefent a deaths-head at theirfecond courfe : this will ferve for need not fear a furfeit: here is butlittle, and that light of digeflion : if itbut pleafe your palate, I queftion notyour ftomach. Fall to, and much goodmay it do you. Convivio addit Minerval. E. B, Rem^ Regem, Regmen, R^gionem^ Religionem^Exornat-i cekbraiy laudato honor at ^ amat. Psalm. Sane Xumiiie cnnst t/iout/iiis /r iise/iil tr tJie-Si/^At ? HIEROGLYPHIC I. 245 Psalm li. ^ I was Jhapen in iniquity^ and in fin did my mother conceive me» MAN is mans A. B. C. Theres none that canRead God aright, unlefs he firft fpell man :Man is the flairs, whereby his knowledge climbs■ To his Creator, though it oftentimesStumbles for want of light, and fometimes tripsFor want of careful heed ; and fometimes flipsThrough unadvifed hafte ; and when at lengthHis weary fteps have reachd the top, his ftrengthOft fails tQ Hand ; his giddy brains turn , Phaeton-iike, falls headlong to the ground :Thefe flairs are often dark, and full of dangerTo him, whom want of practice makes a ftrangerTo this blind way : the lamp o^ nature lendsBut a falfe light, and lights to her own be the ways to hea/n, thefe paths requireA light that fprings from that diviner fire,Whole hu
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