. Emblems of mortality : representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, Death seizing all ranks and degrees of people : imitated from a painting in the cemetery of the Dominican church at Basil, in Switzerland : with an apostrophe to each, translated from the Latin and French : intended as well for the infomation of the curious, as the instruction and entertainment of youth : to which is prefixed a copious preface, containing an historical account of the above, and other paintings on this subject, now or lately existing in divers parts of Europe . Againft Gods Will the direful Fruit Of the forbidden
. Emblems of mortality : representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, Death seizing all ranks and degrees of people : imitated from a painting in the cemetery of the Dominican church at Basil, in Switzerland : with an apostrophe to each, translated from the Latin and French : intended as well for the infomation of the curious, as the instruction and entertainment of youth : to which is prefixed a copious preface, containing an historical account of the above, and other paintings on this subject, now or lately existing in divers parts of Europe . Againft Gods Will the direful Fruit Of the forbidden TreeThe Hufband by his foolifh Wife To tafte inducd we fee. A grievous Death they both defervdFor this Offence fo great, And we, their Children, fubjecl areTo the fame Laws of Fate. 3 D [ 3 3 EAT H. The Lord Godfent him forth from the Garden of Edento till the Groundy from whence he ivas taken. Genesis iii. Th* Almighty Father did expelMan from his bleffed Scat; And to fuftain his Life decreedBy his own proper Sweat: Then, firit, into the empty World,Pale Death an Entrance gaind ; And the fame Powr oer mortal Men,Has ever fince 2 The [ 4 ] CURSE. Curfed is the Ground for thy Sake ; in Sorrow jhaltthou eat of it all the Days of thy Life, Sic. Genesis iii. 17.
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