. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . l from the Fire of War, inthe Fruition of a happy and defired Peace, they of them-felves called and encouraged One upon their own Bor-ders, {landing by and feeing the Ruine of thofe Pro-vinces, redounding afterwards to their own Prejudice,they not confidering the Danger of a neighbouring Power,iuperiour in Strength, and whofe Fortune mufl of necef-iity be raifed out of their Afhes. May 1 be deceived, fp) Cujfcunqite forturiim miitare conftiruit, confilia orrumpit. VelleiuS/lo) For the Lord hath poured forth open you the fpirit of deep
. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . l from the Fire of War, inthe Fruition of a happy and defired Peace, they of them-felves called and encouraged One upon their own Bor-ders, {landing by and feeing the Ruine of thofe Pro-vinces, redounding afterwards to their own Prejudice,they not confidering the Danger of a neighbouring Power,iuperiour in Strength, and whofe Fortune mufl of necef-iity be raifed out of their Afhes. May 1 be deceived, fp) Cujfcunqite forturiim miitare conftiruit, confilia orrumpit. VelleiuS/lo) For the Lord hath poured forth open you the fpirit of deepfleep, and hath cloH-d your eyes, the prophets, and the rulers, atidthe feers hatji he covered, Jfai 2^. 10. but Vol. II. No Refifimg of the Divine Witt. %%x but I fear this Body of the 5ii7/>z,erj is already at its fullgrowth, and that it will begin to decay, when thofeSpirits and Forces are fpent which fupported its Reputa-tion and Grandeur. Empires, tis certain, have theirPeriods : That which has endured longeft, is neareltits Ruine. EMBLEM LXXXVITL. WHat ftrange Force has the Loadftone, to pro-duce fuch Wonderful Effects ? What fo Amo-rous Correfpondence with the Polar Star, thatalthough becaufe of its Weight it cannot always gaze onits Beauty, yet the Needles it touches fliould ? What Refem- 281 No Refifling of the Divine Witt. Vol. II. Refemblance can there be betwixt thefe two ? Whatfo great Virtue, that is not loft at fo wide and remoteDiftances ? And why does it encline to that Star orPoint of Heaven, rather than to any other ? Were notthe Experience common, Ignorance would be apt to im-pute it to Magick, as it does all other ExtraordinaryEfFefts of Nature, when it cannot penetrate the Ob-icurity of its Operations. Nor is the Loadftone lefs admirable in that otherVirtue of Attracting and Lifting up Iron, againft itsInnate Gravity ^ nay, even this, carried by a kind ofNatural Tendency to obey that Superior Power, clofeswith it, and does voluntarily, what, one would t
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