. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . n that Function, truely xvatcbfuli are. Ths Skpherdf-Crooke, doih fome exprcflionmakeOf that regard, which, of their Flochy they Pcble in tbc Foete, doth fecmeto (howe,That, thefc muft farther diligence beftowe,( And, ufe their utmoif pow r) themfelves to keepeFrom Jlotbfitll Eafe • and from internpxztejltepe :For, he that hath fuch Ditties undcrtooke,(And, muft the lives of others overlookedShall fmdehimfelfe,unto himfelfc becomeA burth
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . n that Function, truely xvatcbfuli are. Ths Skpherdf-Crooke, doih fome exprcflionmakeOf that regard, which, of their Flochy they Pcble in tbc Foete, doth fecmeto (howe,That, thefc muft farther diligence beftowe,( And, ufe their utmoif pow r) themfelves to keepeFrom Jlotbfitll Eafe • and from internpxztejltepe :For, he that hath fuch Ditties undcrtooke,(And, muft the lives of others overlookedShall fmdehimfelfe,unto himfelfc becomeA burthen, and a Charge morerroublelomeThen all his Floeke, unles, he dill provi icHis owne, afwcll as others tvdies, to guide. Now, though this Emblems Morail doth concerneThtCUrgit m)ft; yet, hence we all may learncStrict watch to keepe • lincc, un*o all that bee,A Wdtcbmins place belongs, in fome , to discharge, if Wcendeavour, (till,Our u jiyerfill shepherd aide us will, A id us from harmes and error he will keepe, For, Htt ibatga ir klh Ifrelldotb not (Icepe, 150 Our Dayes^untiU our Life bath end,In Labours, and in Hopes,^jf Book. 5 >S foone as our fir ft Parents difobeyd,■ Forthwith a Curfe, for their offence, was Iayd,Inforcing them, and their fucceeding race,To get their Food,with fweatings of the , afterward, this Doometo mitigate,(And eafe the miferies of their eftate)God gave them Hope, that (he might helpe them bearcThe burthens or their Travailc, and their care. A Woman with an Anchor, and a Spade,An Emblem of that Myfiery fe made:And, this Eftate, wee all continue in,By Gods free Mcrcic, and oor proper Sinne, the Labour is ofi us intaild;By Grace, it is, that Hoping hath notfaild jAnd, if in Hope,ow Labours wee attend,That Cttrfe will prove a Blefing, in the end. My Lot is Hope, and Labour • and, betwecneThefeTiva, my Life-time hath prolonged beene:Yet, hitherto, thet)eft of all my Paine,With molt of all my Hopes
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