. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . , doth (hew, that Sufring is the Way-yThe Serpent, feemes to teach me, that, if IWill overcome, I muft not then, affayTo force it; but, my felfe thereto apply , by embracing what we fhall not fhunne,We winde about the Crcjfe, till wee arifeAbove the fame ; and, then, what Prize is wonne,The Crotvnc, which overtops it, fignifks. Let me, O God, obtaincfrom thee the Grace,To be partaker of thy Bleffed Papon;Let me, with Willingneflc, thy CroJJe
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . , doth (hew, that Sufring is the Way-yThe Serpent, feemes to teach me, that, if IWill overcome, I muft not then, affayTo force it; but, my felfe thereto apply , by embracing what we fhall not fhunne,We winde about the Crcjfe, till wee arifeAbove the fame ; and, then, what Prize is wonne,The Crotvnc, which overtops it, fignifks. Let me, O God, obtaincfrom thee the Grace,To be partaker of thy Bleffed Papon;Let me, with Willingneflc, thy CroJJe imbrace,And, fharethe Comforts of thy Exaltation,To bearc that Part, whereto I doomed am,My Heart, with Strength, and Courage, Lord, infpire :T hen, Crucifie my Flejh upon the fame,As much as my Corruption fhall , when by thy Afliftance, I am reatdAbove that Burthen, which lyes yet upon me 5And, over all, which (juftly may be feard)Shall, during Life-time, be inflicted on me j Among thofc B/effed Souks, let rue be found, Which, with eternal! Glory, fhall be Cmvnd. +8 In Dotth, no Difference is made*Ber^ee^e-thfSct^tct^andthe ILLVSTR. XLVIII. Ink. i Et no man be fo fotcifh as to drearae,Though all Men in their Death made equall arc,That, therfore, they may gather by this Jhtame,That, Parity,[a Life-time, fitting , as the Bodies Members (which in DeathHave all the like efteeme) had their Degrees,And Honours, differing in time of breath $The fame (in States) Difcretion comely fees. Nor, mould we hence inferre, that it were juftTo difefleeme the breathleffe CareajfesOf Kings and Princes, when they fleepe in Daft;For, Civill-Rcverence is due to , ought we, in their Life-time, to applyThe Truth, which by this Emblem is declard,The Dignities of Men to vilifie ;Or, bring upon their Perfons lefle regard. That, which from hence, I rather wifh to preach,Is this; that evry Man of each degree,Would marke it fo, that he, himfelfe might teachWhat thoughts
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