. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illvstrations, both morall and divine, and disposed into lotteries, that instruction and good counsell may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation . t, there, doth fay ;For, it includes a CuvtAty which wee needTo entertaine,with a continual 1 heed. Though few confider it, wee finde it thus(Throughout our lives) with evVy one of hangcth in a fwgle thredd,Diredly over every Stmers Se^me is gone forth,by which wee ftandCondemodto fuffer death. The drcadfull Gods impartiall fuflue, h
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illvstrations, both morall and divine, and disposed into lotteries, that instruction and good counsell may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation . t, there, doth fay ;For, it includes a CuvtAty which wee needTo entertaine,with a continual 1 heed. Though few confider it, wee finde it thus(Throughout our lives) with evVy one of hangcth in a fwgle thredd,Diredly over every Stmers Se^me is gone forth,by which wee ftandCondemodto fuffer death. The drcadfull Gods impartiall fuflue, holds a Knife,Still ready, to cutoff our thread of life ;And, tis his niercie, that kccpcs up the BaUFrom fall ing, to the ruine of us all. Oh ! let us minde,how often wee have bin,Ev n in the very zGt of Deadlj-fimeyWhilft this hung over us; and, let us praife,And love him, who hath yet prolongd our dayes :Yea, let our thankfalncffc, bring forth fuch fruit,Asto the beni-fit may fomcwhat fuit;For though ^fr^dm Death mayaotenfuc,Ycr (fince Tmes Axe, doth every minute hewThe Root of Life) the Tree, ere long,muft fall;And, then pcrhap5,too late, repent wee (hall. When when woe is inonrfehes begun,Tbeih thitherfrom i u can \ee run ?.
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