. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . oo,There muft bee both a Knowledge, how to doeThe rvorke proposed • zn&ftrcngth to finifli it;Or, wee (hall profit little by our takes effect where Vigour failcs;Where Cunning fpeeds not, outward-force prevailes;And, orherwhile, the prize pcrtaines to neither,Till rhey have joynJ their Venues both together. Confidcr this; and, as occafions are,To both of thefe your due refpc&s not fo in Arts, to purchafe harmesBy Ne
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . oo,There muft bee both a Knowledge, how to doeThe rvorke proposed • zn&ftrcngth to finifli it;Or, wee (hall profit little by our takes effect where Vigour failcs;Where Cunning fpeeds not, outward-force prevailes;And, orherwhile, the prize pcrtaines to neither,Till rhey have joynJ their Venues both together. Confidcr this; and, as occafions are,To both of thefe your due refpc&s not fo in Arts, to purchafe harmesBy Negligence,or Ignorance of Armes:If Martiall-Difcipline thou (halt affec^Yet, doe not boneft- Policie, thy Minders much as erethou may;But foole thou not thy Bodies gifts Vcrtues both of Body, and of Mi*d,Are, {till, to be regarded in their neither of the twodifgrace;Nor, either of them, raifc above his place: For. when thefe two wee value as wee ought, Great work*,by their joym paer,iopaffearc TbcJ> They* after fuffring, /hall be cro wnd,In ypbov/i-, a Conftant-faith, Illvstr. X IX. Book. 2 |Arke well this Emblem-, and,obfcrve you thaiceThe nature of true Christian-confidence*Her Foot is fixed on afquared-Stone,Which, whether fide foere you turne it on,Stands faft 5 and, is that , which props,And flrraely knits the ftru&ure of our Hopes. S£f*,alwayes,beares a Crojfe; to fignifie,That, there was never any ConjlancieWithout hex Trjails: and,that,her perfection,Shall never be attaind, without Afftttfton. A Cup fliec hath,moreover, in her hand;And, by that Figure, thou mayft underhand,That,fhee hath draughts of Comfort, alwayes neerc her,(At evry brunt) to (trengthen, and to cheare , loe, her head is crown* d; that, wc may feeHow great, her Glories, and Rewards, will be* Hereby, this Virtues nature may be knowne rNow, practife, how to make the fame thine be not, though thou art p
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