. Quarles' Emblems . O that men were wise, that they understood this, that theywould consider theU latter end !—Deut. xxxii. 29. JHcsj), Spirit. Flesh. What means my sisters eye so oft to passThrough the long entry of that optic glass ?Tell me ; what secret virtue doth inviteThy wrinkled eye to such unknown delight ? Spirit. It helps the sight, makes things remote appearIn perfect view; it draws the objects near. Flesh. What sense-delighting objects dost thou spy ?What doth that glass present before thine eye ? Spirit. I see thy foe, my reconciled friend,Grim death, een standing at the glasss

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. Quarles' Emblems . O that men were wise, that they understood this, that theywould consider theU latter end !—Deut. xxxii. 29. JHcsj), Spirit. Flesh. What means my sisters eye so oft to passThrough the long entry of that optic glass ?Tell me ; what secret virtue doth inviteThy wrinkled eye to such unknown delight ? Spirit. It helps the sight, makes things remote appearIn perfect view; it draws the objects near. Flesh. What sense-delighting objects dost thou spy ?What doth that glass present before thine eye ? Spirit. I see thy foe, my reconciled friend,Grim death, een standing at the glasss end:His left hand holds a branch of palm; his rightHolds forth a two-edgd sword. Flesh. A proper is this all ? doth thy prospective pleaseTh abused fancy with no shapes but these ? Spirit. Yes, I behold the darkend sun bereavnOf all his light, the battlements of Heavn I 88 Quarles Emblems. Sweltring in flames; the angel-guarded SonOf glory on his high tribunal-throne;I see a brimstone sea of boiling fire,

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