. Emblems divine and moral . igher powrsO had it had but such success as ours! c. BOOK I.—EMBLEM 11. James i. 15. Theyif when lust hath conceived, it hringeth forth sin ;and sin, when it is finished, hringeth forth death. Lament, lament; look, look, v/hat thou hast done : Lament the worlds, lament thy own estate :Look, look, by doing, how thou art undone;Lament thy fall, lament thy change of state :Thy faith is broken, and thy freedom gone ; See, see too soon, Avhat thou lamentst too thou that wert so many men, nay, allAbridgd in one, how has thy desprate fallDestroyd thy unborn seed, d
. Emblems divine and moral . igher powrsO had it had but such success as ours! c. BOOK I.—EMBLEM 11. James i. 15. Theyif when lust hath conceived, it hringeth forth sin ;and sin, when it is finished, hringeth forth death. Lament, lament; look, look, v/hat thou hast done : Lament the worlds, lament thy own estate :Look, look, by doing, how thou art undone;Lament thy fall, lament thy change of state :Thy faith is broken, and thy freedom gone ; See, see too soon, Avhat thou lamentst too thou that wert so many men, nay, allAbridgd in one, how has thy desprate fallDestroyd thy unborn seed, destroyd thyself withal! Uxorious Adam, whom thy Maker made Equal to augels that excel in powr,AVhat hast thou done 1 O why hast thou obeyd Thy own destruction 1 like a new-cropt flowr,How does the beauty of thy glory fad ! How are thy fortunes blasted in an hour! How art thou cowd that hadst the powr to quell The spite of new-falln angels, baffle vie with those that stood, and vanquish thosethat fell! i3 O O EC >IBLEM Sic !^^allL1acc•cit^it xnuciiiiLJiL oiniu ^ Sift rt/tctfii/, //frJtrfcrs/t// fnr frnl(lr<-(f ii7tat /itirHrouA I77,v rr//sf . BOOK I. EMBLEMS. 15 See how the world (whose chaste and pregnant womb Of late conceivd, and brought forth nothing ill)Is now degenerated, and become A base adultress, whose false births do fillThe earth with monsters—monsters that do roamAnd rage about, and make a trade to kill: Now Gluttny paunches ; Lust begins to spawn;Wrath takes revenge, and Avarice a pawnPale Envy pines, Pride swells, and Sloth begins toyawn. The air, that whisperd, now begins to roar, And blustring Boreas blows the boiling tide;The white-mouthd water now usurps the shore,And scorns the powr of her tridental guide ;The fire now burns, that did but warm before,And rules her ruler with resistless pride : Fire, water, earth, and air, that first were madeTo be subdud, see how they now invade;They rule whom once
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