. Divine emblems . T peep of day I often cannot knowWhether tis night, whether tis day or fancy that I see a little light,But cannot yet diltinguiih day from night •I hope, I doubt, but certain yet I be not,I am not at a point, the sun I see such, who are but juft of grace polfelt,They know not yet if they be curl! or blelt. i6 DIVINE EMBLEMS VIII. UPON THE FLINT IN THE HIS flint, time out of mind has there abode,Where chryftal streams make their con-tinual road 5Yet it abides a flint as much as twere,Before it touchd the water or came there. Its hardnefs is not in the le
. Divine emblems . T peep of day I often cannot knowWhether tis night, whether tis day or fancy that I see a little light,But cannot yet diltinguiih day from night •I hope, I doubt, but certain yet I be not,I am not at a point, the sun I see such, who are but juft of grace polfelt,They know not yet if they be curl! or blelt. i6 DIVINE EMBLEMS VIII. UPON THE FLINT IN THE HIS flint, time out of mind has there abode,Where chryftal streams make their con-tinual road 5Yet it abides a flint as much as twere,Before it touchd the water or came there. Its hardnefs is not in the leafl abated,Tis not at all by water water hath a softning virtue in t,It cant diflblve the stone, for tis a flint. FOR YOUTH. Yea, though in the water it doth still remain, Its fiery nature still it does retain. If you oppofe it with its oppofite, Then in your very face its fire twill spit. COMPARISON. This flint an emblem is of thole that lie,Under the word like stones, until they cryftal streams have not their natures changed,They are not from their lufts by grace eftranged.
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