. Emblems . ght ; Shine forth great Glory, fhine ; that I may fee Both how to loath my felf, and honour Thee : But if my weaknefs force thee to deny Thy lend the twilightef thine eye: If I mufc want thofe Beams; I wifli, yet grant. That I, at leaft, way wifh thofe Beams, I want. S. AUGUST Book 3. Emhlemes. 131 S. AUGUST. Soliloqu. ap. 33. There vojs aj^reat dirh cToud of vinity before mhs eyes ^fo that I could not fee the Sun of ^ C? the Light ofTruth : / heirig the fon of dirkneU, roa hvcljsi in dirk-nefs ; / loved my darknefst beaufe 1 knew not ihj light : /wii blind, ani Ic
. Emblems . ght ; Shine forth great Glory, fhine ; that I may fee Both how to loath my felf, and honour Thee : But if my weaknefs force thee to deny Thy lend the twilightef thine eye: If I mufc want thofe Beams; I wifli, yet grant. That I, at leaft, way wifh thofe Beams, I want. S. AUGUST Book 3. Emhlemes. 131 S. AUGUST. Soliloqu. ap. 33. There vojs aj^reat dirh cToud of vinity before mhs eyes ^fo that I could not fee the Sun of ^ C? the Light ofTruth : / heirig the fon of dirkneU, roa hvcljsi in dirk-nefs ; / loved my darknefst beaufe 1 knew not ihj light : /wii blind, ani Icved my blindneff^ and did VJi*k from dirk*nefs to dartnefs I But Lord thou art my God, nbo tafl led mefrom dzrlnefs andthe fhiioro cf duxh\ hifl cilUdme intothis glorious lighty and bMdy J fee. EPIG. foul, cbear up; what If the night be long,Heavn findi an ear, when finncrs find a tongue •Thy tears are morning (howrs: Heavn bids me Fetera cock begins to crow, tis day. 13^ BmhUmesl Book 3, ^:>inns are net hilf^anL :6p. i132 Book 3^ Emhkmesi 133 IL P S A L 69. 3; 0 Lordy thou knovoefl my foolijhnefs, and myfins are not hid from thee, SEcfc thou this fulfom Ideot ? in what me^urcHe fcems tranfported with the antick pieafureOf childiih baubles J Canft thou but admireThe empty fuhiefs of his vain defire ?Canfc thou conceive fuch poor delights, as thefeCan fin tb infatiate foul of man, or pleafeThe fond af^^e^ of his deluded eye ?Reader, fach very fools are thou and I:Falfc pufFs of honour; the deceitful ftreamsOf wealth; the idle, vain and empty dreamsOf pieafure, are our traffick, and enfnareOur fouls, the threefold fubjc£t of our care ;We toil for trafh, we barter folid joysFor aiery trifles, fell our Heavn for toys:We knatch at barly grains, whilft pearls ftand byPcfpisd ; fuch very fools are thou and thou at honour ? Does not thTdeot (hake itIn his left hand ? Fond man, fcep forth and take it:Or wouldTc thou wealth ? fee now the fool prefc
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