. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . £o«(wherewith the man in ftrifeHerefeemes to be) doth meane a Smnifh-life,And, all thofe beaftly Vices, that allayTo root becomming Vtrtues quite away;Thofe Fices9 which not onely marre our feature?,But, alfo, ruinate our manly natures. The harmef ull fury, of this raging Bore,Oppofe couragioufly, left more and more,It get within you; and, at laft, appeareMore prevalent, then your defences is a largc-growne fig, of that wilde Swine,Which,
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . £o«(wherewith the man in ftrifeHerefeemes to be) doth meane a Smnifh-life,And, all thofe beaftly Vices, that allayTo root becomming Vtrtues quite away;Thofe Fices9 which not onely marre our feature?,But, alfo, ruinate our manly natures. The harmef ull fury, of this raging Bore,Oppofe couragioufly, left more and more,It get within you; and, at laft, appeareMore prevalent, then your defences is a largc-growne fig, of that wilde Swine,Which, evry day, attempts to undermineOut Safeties For,t: Twas he, which long agoe,Did feeke the overthrow :And, if we charge him not with all our power,The She, or bee, will enter and devout e. But, whats our flrengtb, O Lord ! or, whit art metIn (neb a Combate, without aydefrom thee ?Oh, comtto he Ipe us,there fire, in this Fight jAnd, let ut he inabled in thy might: So, weflullbotb in life-time, Conqttejls have j And, be victorious, alp, in the Grave. Shee Jhall increafe in glory ,/&#,VmiU her ligrft, the vorld, doth fin. Ill. ILLVSTE Book. 2 [Hat in this EmbUm^hzx. mans meanings were, Who made it firft, I neither know nor care 5For, whatfoerc, he purpofed, or thought,To ferve mypurpoft, now it (hall be taught 5Who, many times,before this Taskc is ended,Muft picke ont Mora/Is, where was none intended. This knot oiMoonts (or Crefitnts) crowned thus,Illuftrate may a Myftery to hs,Of pious ufe(and, peradventure, fuch,As from old Hieroglyphicks,er:es not much)Old-Vmes, upon the Moone,three names beftowd;Beaufc, three diverfe wayes, her felfe fhc ihowd :And, in xhefacred-bookes, it may be fliowne,That boly-Churchy was figurd by the Moonc. Then, thefe three Meonts in one, may intimateThe holy-Churches threefold bleft Moone, ft ill, biding in our Hemitfbare,May typifie the Church, confifting, here,Of men, yet living: when (Tie fhewes her lightAmon^ us here, in
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