. Divine emblems; or Temporal things spiritualized, &c. . I crowd, I prefs for paifage, make no stay :And so through difficulty I attainThe palace, yea, the throne, where princes crowd sometimes, as if I d burft in sunder;And art thou cruihd with striving, do not scarce get in, and yet indeed they enter :Knock, for they nothing have that nothingventure. Nor will the king himfelf throw dirt on thee,As thou halt call reproaches upon will not hate thee, O thou foul backslider!As thou didft me, becaufe I am a , to conclude : since I much doclrine bring,Slight me
. Divine emblems; or Temporal things spiritualized, &c. . I crowd, I prefs for paifage, make no stay :And so through difficulty I attainThe palace, yea, the throne, where princes crowd sometimes, as if I d burft in sunder;And art thou cruihd with striving, do not scarce get in, and yet indeed they enter :Knock, for they nothing have that nothingventure. Nor will the king himfelf throw dirt on thee,As thou halt call reproaches upon will not hate thee, O thou foul backslider!As thou didft me, becaufe I am a , to conclude : since I much doclrine bring,Slight me no more, call me not ugly thing;God wifdom hath unto the pifmire given,And spiders may teach men the way to heaven. Well, my good spider, I my errors see,I was a fool for railing so at thee. 42 DIVINE EMBLEMS Thy nature, venom, and thy fearful hue, But shew what sinners are, and what they do. Thy way and works do alio darkly tell How some men go to heaven, and some to hell. Thou art my monitor, I am a fool; They may learn, that to spiders go to FOR YOUTH. 43 XIX. MEDITATIONS UPON THE DAY BEFORE THESUN-RISING.
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