. Quarles' emblems . ]l7/ai shall I couic and appear before God^—PSALM XLII. What is my soul the better to be tinnd With holy fire ? what boots it to be coind With Heavns own stamp ? what vantage can there be To souls of Heavn-descended pedigree, More than to beasts that grovel ? are not they Fed by the Almightys hand ? and evry day Filld with his blessings too ? do they not see God in his creatures, as direct as we ? Do they not taste thee ? hear thee ? nay, what sense Is not partaker of thine excellence ? What more do we ? alas ! what serves our reason But, like dark lanthorns, to accomplish
. Quarles' emblems . ]l7/ai shall I couic and appear before God^—PSALM XLII. What is my soul the better to be tinnd With holy fire ? what boots it to be coind With Heavns own stamp ? what vantage can there be To souls of Heavn-descended pedigree, More than to beasts that grovel ? are not they Fed by the Almightys hand ? and evry day Filld with his blessings too ? do they not see God in his creatures, as direct as we ? Do they not taste thee ? hear thee ? nay, what sense Is not partaker of thine excellence ? What more do we ? alas ! what serves our reason But, like dark lanthorns, to accomplish treason With greater closeness ? It affords no light. Brings thee no nearer to our purblind sight: No pleasure rises up the least degree. Great GOD, but in the clearer view of thee : What privlege more than sense hath reason then ? What vantage is it to be born a man ? How often hath my patience built, dear Lord, Vain towrs of hope upon thy gracious word ? 304 Quarlcs Emblems. How often hath thy hope-reviving grac
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