. Emblems, divine and moral, together with hieroglyphicks of the life of man . a thorow-fare 5 Or, if they ftay, they furrow thoughts the deeper? And being kept with care, they lofe their careful keeper, Book I. Emblems. 51 S. GREG. hom. 3. fecund, parte Ezech. If we give more to the flejh than ive ought, ive Jtott^rip aip- enemy 5 // wc give 7iot to her necejfity ivhavnve ought, nice deftroy a citizen : the fleJh is to be fa-tisfied fo far as fiifficcs to our good-^ ivhofoever allo-w-eth fo much to her as to make her -^roiid, knoixethnot hOW to be [atisfied: to be fatisfied is a great
. Emblems, divine and moral, together with hieroglyphicks of the life of man . a thorow-fare 5 Or, if they ftay, they furrow thoughts the deeper? And being kept with care, they lofe their careful keeper, Book I. Emblems. 51 S. GREG. hom. 3. fecund, parte Ezech. If we give more to the flejh than ive ought, ive Jtott^rip aip- enemy 5 // wc give 7iot to her necejfity ivhavnve ought, nice deftroy a citizen : the fleJh is to be fa-tisfied fo far as fiifficcs to our good-^ ivhofoever allo-w-eth fo much to her as to make her -^roiid, knoixethnot hOW to be [atisfied: to be fatisfied is a great art 5left by the fatiety oftheflefo we break forth into theiniquity of her folly, HUGO de anima. The heart is a fmall thing but defireth great mat-ters. It is 7iot fiifficient for a kites di72ner, yet thewhole world is not fiifficient for it. EPIG. 11. What makes thee, fool, fofat? fool, thee To bare ?Ye fuck the fclffame milk, the felf-fame air:No mean betv^ixt all paurch, and skin and bone ?The means a virtue, and the world has none. U. OF ILL Lio. 5^ Emblems,Xlll. Book I. D^i ntt/u fio^ta. ttm,:r,J)a tnilit culcar atncr J** Book I. Emblems. 5j XIII. JOHN 3. 19. Men love darknefs rather than lights becaufe,their deeds are evil, LORD, when we leave the world and come to dull, how Aug are we !How backward ! How prepoiVrous is the motion Ot our ungain devotion !Our thoughts are milftones, and our fouls are lead. And our defires are dead:Our vows are fairly promisd, faintly paid 5 Or broken, or not made :Our better work (\i any good; attends Upon our private ends iIn whofe performance one poor worldly fcoflP Foils us, or beats us thy fharp fcourge find out fome fecret faultj We grumble or revolt 5And if thy gentle hand forbear, we ftray. Or idly lofe the the road fair ? we loiter 5 cloggd with mire ? We (lick, or elfe retire :A lamb appears a lion ; and we fear, Each buHi we fec*s a our dull fouls diredl our thoughts to thee, As flow as fhails are
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