. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . tgne,How, ill the* Daughters, of the Spovs e DivineMightreco icliedbej Aid fh?w,that,Swords,T lames, Threats, and Fnae,xi ike no true Accsrds. Go d grant a better Vn iqs may appeare:Yet, win I no: the tollerating h -re,Of ;Kf\ thanOur wholfome Lames, and, C iv owes to man,With Piety, approve)but, fuch, as mayMake up i bleflcd Con cor d, every way:Might it be Co ; your Vertues, would becomeA Glorious Blefing, to all
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . tgne,How, ill the* Daughters, of the Spovs e DivineMightreco icliedbej Aid fh?w,that,Swords,T lames, Threats, and Fnae,xi ike no true Accsrds. Go d grant a better Vn iqs may appeare:Yet, win I no: the tollerating h -re,Of ;Kf\ thanOur wholfome Lames, and, C iv owes to man,With Piety, approve)but, fuch, as mayMake up i bleflcd Con cor d, every way:Might it be Co ; your Vertues, would becomeA Glorious Blefing, to all Christ en dome :Your Em a l e m hould,bv future Generations;Beplacdam mgthe famous Conftellatons,And9aftcr-ti»ies [though, Mee,this AgedcCpifc)Would thinke, thefe Verfes, had beenc Prophecies. What TheEpiftle,& Vc. What ever may fucceed, my Prafrsand PervrsAre this way bent; with Hope, that Tott or ToursShall Help (at leaft) become, that Breach to clofe,Which, in the S e a m l e s -Rob e , yet, wider growes. So Bb It : And, let bright your G/w/«bee? Por ever, though Tm ftever mine on M i e . TowMaiesties mofl LoyaO Subjett, Geo: TO THE READER. F there had not beene font* Bookcs concei-tedly compofed, andfutable to meant capa-cities, I am doubtfully whether I had evenbeene fo delighted in reading, as thereby teattaine to the little Knowledge I have :For, I doe yet remember, that, things ho-neftly pleafant. brought mee by degrees, tolove that which tftruely profitable. Andas David /aid, His Heart lhewed him the wickednefle of theVngodly; I meaning perhaps}that hee felt inhimfelfe, fome Ex-,periments, of the fame natural/ Corruption, by which they areovercome, whorefifl notevillfitggeflions at their fir (I motions:)Even fo, I may truly acknowledge, that mine owne Experiencehathfbownc mee fo much of the common Ignorance and Infirmi*tie in mine owne perfon, that, it hath taught mee,how thofe thingsmay be wrought upon in others, to their beji advantage. Therefore, though
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