. Quarles' emblems . here I prostrate for mercy, I repent, and cry Qiiarles Eniblcins. 157 For gracious pardon; let thy gentle earsHear that in words, what mothers judge in tears :See not my frailties, Lord, but through my fear,And look on every trespass through a tear:Then calm thine anger, and appear more mild ;Remember th art a father, I a child. S. Bern. Ser. xxi. in man ! who shall deliver me from the reproachof this shameful bondage ? I am a miserable man, but afree man: free, because like to GOD; miserable, becauseagainst GOD : O keeper of mankind, why hast t

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. Quarles' emblems . here I prostrate for mercy, I repent, and cry Qiiarles Eniblcins. 157 For gracious pardon; let thy gentle earsHear that in words, what mothers judge in tears :See not my frailties, Lord, but through my fear,And look on every trespass through a tear:Then calm thine anger, and appear more mild ;Remember th art a father, I a child. S. Bern. Ser. xxi. in man ! who shall deliver me from the reproachof this shameful bondage ? I am a miserable man, but afree man: free, because like to GOD; miserable, becauseagainst GOD : O keeper of mankind, why hast thou set meas a mark against thee ? thou hast set me, because .thouhast not hindered me: It is just that thy enemy should bemy enemy, and that he who repugneth thee, should repugnme: I, who am against thee, am against myself Epig. formd, and fight! but born, and then rebel !How small a blast will make a bubble swell ?But dares the floor affront the hand that laid it ?So apt is dust to fly ins face that made

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