. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates. . -twigs caught;For Death around its fubtleNets does fpread,Fine as the texture of the Spiders Web; A; (47) md as purJieu that watchful Lurcher lies, * 5 lis buzzing prey the better to furprizej ut, taught by motion when the bootys nigh* j .eaps out, andfeizes the entangled Fly: >r as a Fowler, with his hidden Snare, ~1 :ontrives tentrap the Racers of the Air^ Ihlle to conceal and further the deceit, [eftrows the ground with hisdeftrudive meat; nd fattens Birds of the fame kind, to fing bout the
. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates. . -twigs caught;For Death around its fubtleNets does fpread,Fine as the texture of the Spiders Web; A; (47) md as purJieu that watchful Lurcher lies, * 5 lis buzzing prey the better to furprizej ut, taught by motion when the bootys nigh* j .eaps out, andfeizes the entangled Fly: >r as a Fowler, with his hidden Snare, ~1 :ontrives tentrap the Racers of the Air^ Ihlle to conceal and further the deceit, [eftrows the ground with hisdeftrudive meat; nd fattens Birds of the fame kind, to fing bout the Net, and call their fellows in: :> Death the Wretch into his Snare decoys* nd with pretended happinefs deftroy s; fhile, in purfuit of a dilfembled Blifs, e headlong fall into Hells low Abjfs. in cap. 4. Luca?.he reward of Honours, the height of Vover, the deli-cacy of Diet, and the beauty of an Harlot > are theJnares of the Devil. Idem, de bono feehefi Pleafitres, thou runnefl into Snares;for the eye of the Harlot is the fnare of the AeMte-rer. E X. Enter (48). J^jiin- noti7ihr jfoJLjnierit 7rit/if/iy Scri+aritjC XtariL. 2?Sal: 14}.%. (49) Enter not Into Judgment with thy[fervant9 0Lord. Pfal. 143. 2. TpHe Mafiers gains to afmall fum amount,JL That calls his Servant to a ftrict account;*nd tho the Servant has not wrong d his truft,theres the applaufe of being only Juft iMainly the Mafter does a Suit begin,To gain a Vi&ry he muft blufh to win;tod tho the Servants Innocence is great,Tis blemifhd with fufpicion of a me, Lord, to be fevere with me> Will wrong thee more than my offending fo much too mean for thy regard,Twill leflen thee to mind how I have ! muft thy Regifiries the pleadings {hew,Swoln with the hiftry of my overthrow?.Or can I ho^Qmy Caufe ihoud Thine out-do, Where thou fittft Judge, that art the Vlaintiff too \ Ez What (SO) What Eloquence can plead with fuch fuccefs, the wretch that does his
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