. Emblems . oods, whch being got,Make firmpofleflion but a thorow fare; Or, i!^ they ftay, they furrow thoughts the dcep^ And being kept with care, they lofc their careful kccpc S. G R E ( Book I, Bn^hlemss. ^i S. GREG. Horn. 3. fecond. parte Ezech, // w. give more to thefl:jh then roe cuph, we nourijh an f•ttewyj if Toghe not 10 her necrjiiy vobit we ought ^ rvc de-ft roy 1 Cit7 : U to fo far m fvffces toeurj^ood; wh^fotrvcr aiorvrtb fo much to her m to rnjke herp^Gud, knowctb jiof bovno be futUfied: To be fatufied u aJLreut art; leQbj the faiieiy cf the flfjh we break fcr
. Emblems . oods, whch being got,Make firmpofleflion but a thorow fare; Or, i!^ they ftay, they furrow thoughts the dcep^ And being kept with care, they lofc their careful kccpc S. G R E ( Book I, Bn^hlemss. ^i S. GREG. Horn. 3. fecond. parte Ezech, // w. give more to thefl:jh then roe cuph, we nourijh an f•ttewyj if Toghe not 10 her necrjiiy vobit we ought ^ rvc de-ft roy 1 Cit7 : U to fo far m fvffces toeurj^ood; wh^fotrvcr aiorvrtb fo much to her m to rnjke herp^Gud, knowctb jiof bovno be futUfied: To be fatufied u aJLreut art; leQbj the faiieiy cf the flfjh we break fcrtb intothe ^uity of her foUj, HUGO de anima. Thf he^rt is ajmdlltbin^, but dftretb^reat mittcrs. It isnorfufficiiHtfor a I(Jtes dinn-^r, yet the wbclc world is netfufficient for i. EPIG. 12. .Vhat make? thee, Tod, fofjt? Fcol, ihrefobarc?■fc Tuck the fcirfame rrilk, the fciNfame air :^Jo mcran betwixt a.) paurch, ond ^kn, a^dbonei*Che means a virtue ani the wcrid h:s none. if* Book Z\z r^zi/ii ftwncL ttmsrj)ii niiht ^\iL\ r ams S2. \ Book i; Emhlemes; 5^ xni. JOHN Men love darknefs rather than light, hecaufetheir deeds are evil. LOrd, when we leave the world and come to Thee,How dun, how Aug are we!How backward! How prepofterous is the motionOf our ungaia devotion!Our thoughts arc Milftones, and our foals are ourdefires are dead;Our vows are fairly promis d, faintly paid ; Or brdcen or not maie ;Our better work (if any good) attends Upon our private endsIn whofe pcrformaace one poor worldly fcoflf Foils us or beati us thy (harp fcourge find out fome fecret grumble or revolt,And if thy gentle hand forbear, we ftray. Or idly lofe the the road fair ? weloyter: cloggd with mr* ?Wcftickor elfc retire ;A Iamb appears 3 Lion ; and we fear. Each bu(h we fees a out dull fouls dire^ our thoughts to foft- pacd fnail is not fo How as we ;But at earth we dart our wingM defirc. We burn, we burn like
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