. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . a defireAbove the Starry Circles, to afpire.)By Gattymedythc Soule is understood,Thats warned in the Purifying podOf facrcd Baptifme (which doth make her feemcBoth pure and beautifull, in Gads cftcenme.)The ts£gle, meanes that Heavnly Contemplation,Which, after Warnings of Regeneration,Lifts up the Mindt, from things that earthly bee,To view thofe Ob\e£ls, which Faiths Eyes doc Neftar, which is filled out, and givenTo all the bleft Inhabi
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . a defireAbove the Starry Circles, to afpire.)By Gattymedythc Soule is understood,Thats warned in the Purifying podOf facrcd Baptifme (which doth make her feemcBoth pure and beautifull, in Gads cftcenme.)The ts£gle, meanes that Heavnly Contemplation,Which, after Warnings of Regeneration,Lifts up the Mindt, from things that earthly bee,To view thofe Ob\e£ls, which Faiths Eyes doc Neftar, which is filled out, and givenTo all the bleft Inhabitants of Heaven,Are thofe Deltghts, which {Chriff hath ftyd) they have,When fome Repentant foulc beginnes to leaveHer fonlnefTe; by renewing of her bitth,And, flighting all the Plenfilm of the Earth. I aske nor, Lord, thofe Blefsings to receive,Which any Man hath powr to take, or give ;Nor, what this World affords; for, I contemneHer Favours * and have feene the belt of them: Nayifleavn itfelfe, will unfufficient bee, Vnleflc, Th$u, alfo, give Tbyfelfe, to mee. Tin*** Through many fpAces, Time doth ruthxAnd, eftdech, -where itjirjt begun. V7. Book.} }Ld Sagetby the Figure of the Snake , Encircled trw) did oft expreffion makeOf\s4nnuali-Rivolutionss and of things,W ii ch wheele about in jThere ending, where they firftofall beg**,And, there beginning, where the Kwwrf was , doc the F/^ww; Thus;the Stuftm doejAnd, thus, doe many other Creat*res, too. By minutes, and by houres, the Spring ftcales in„And, tolleth on, till Summer doth frgin :Tti. Summer brings on \Jiutnmneyby degrees;Soripening,that the eye of no man feesHer Einances. That Seajon, likewife,hathTo Winter- ward, as leafurely a path :And, then, cold Wtnter whedeth on amaine,Vntill it brings the Spring about igainc,With all thofe Refurrcflions, which appeare,To wait upon hercomming,every yearc. Thcfe Rouide/ls, helpetofhewthe MjjleryOf that immenfe and bleft Etcmitie,From when
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