. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . of Matt, doth beare,To teach, that, Reajon mud become out , a Horfcs Members are;To (hew, that wc muft, alfo^ftrengtb provide:The Serpent,and the Bow,doth fignificThe fame (or matter to the fame effect)And, by two Types, one Morall to iroplie,h doubled a fore-warning of Knowledge wanteth Power,defpisd wcgrow,An J, know but how ro aggravate our paine:Gteai jhtngtb, will workcit ovvne fad overthrow,Vnl i;.-, it gui
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . of Matt, doth beare,To teach, that, Reajon mud become out , a Horfcs Members are;To (hew, that wc muft, alfo^ftrengtb provide:The Serpent,and the Bow,doth fignificThe fame (or matter to the fame effect)And, by two Types, one Morall to iroplie,h doubled a fore-warning of Knowledge wanteth Power,defpisd wcgrow,An J, know but how ro aggravate our paine:Gteai jhtngtb, will workcit ovvne fad overthrow,Vnl i;.-, it guided be, with Wifedomes rcine. Therefore, Oh God, vouchfafe tboufo to marryThe gifts o/Soule WBody, both, in me,That, I mayftili have ali things neceffary,To wot Ice, as I commanded am, by , let me notpojfejje them, Lord, alone,Brit, alfo, knovv their vfc ■ and,fo well know , I may doc each duety to be done;Andt with upright intentions, alwayes doc it. If this be more, then, yet, obtame I may, My will accept thou, for the dvxd, I The The Ground brings forth all needfull the Sunnc, this a>ertuc Illvstr. XLII. Book. £E doe acknowledge (as this Emblem fhowes)That Fruits and Flmres, and many feafmt-thirgs,From out the Ground, in evry feafon growes - And, that unto their being, helpe it brings. Yet, of it felfe, the Ground, we know is dull, And, but a Witling-patient, whereupon The Surrne, with Beames, and Vermes wonderfull, Prepareth, and effecleth, what is done. We, likewifc, doe acknowledge, that omejes Indowed are with faculties of Seeing, And, with fome other mtrsll properties, Which are as much our owne, as is our Being. However>till the Sunne imparts his light, We finde, that we in darhnejje doc , Obfcured in an everlarting night; And, boa ft our Seeing-faculties, in vaine. So, we,.by nature, have fome natrallpowers :But, Grace, muft thofe abilities of oursFirft move; and, guide them, frill, in moving, thus,To wo
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