. Emblems, divine and moral . found; the human nature Is made th umbrella to the Deity,To catch the sunbeams of thy just Creator;Beneath this covert thou mayst safely lie :Permit thine eyes to climb this fruitful tree,As quick Zaccheus did, and thou shalt seeA cloud of dying flesh betwixt those beams and thee. Guil. in Cap. ii. Cant,Who can endure the fierce rays of the Sun ofJustice? who shall not be consumed by his beams ?Therefore the Sun of Justice took flesh, that,through the conjunction of that Sun and thishuman body, a shadow may be made. * Refection, refreshment. 88 EMBLEMS. BOOK IV. S
. Emblems, divine and moral . found; the human nature Is made th umbrella to the Deity,To catch the sunbeams of thy just Creator;Beneath this covert thou mayst safely lie :Permit thine eyes to climb this fruitful tree,As quick Zaccheus did, and thou shalt seeA cloud of dying flesh betwixt those beams and thee. Guil. in Cap. ii. Cant,Who can endure the fierce rays of the Sun ofJustice? who shall not be consumed by his beams ?Therefore the Sun of Justice took flesh, that,through the conjunction of that Sun and thishuman body, a shadow may be made. * Refection, refreshment. 88 EMBLEMS. BOOK IV. S. August. Med. Cap. , let my soul flee from the scorchingthoughts of the world under the covert of thywings, that, heing refreshed by the moderation ofthy shadow, she may sing merrily. In peace willI lay me down and rest. Epig. 14. Ah 1 treachrous soul, would not thy pleasures giveThat Lord, which made thee living, leave to live ?See what thy sins have done: thy sins have madeThe Sun of Glory now become thy Pfalnx 13 7 . 4, ■JTcw\rft<a/l/ye here rejieat-the q Ifrunis S( other J^asi<£y<rueh sacred Themes frelona. BOOK IV.—EMBLEM XV. Psalm CXXXVII. 4. How sliall we sing the Lords song in a strange land?Urge me no more: this airy mirih belongsTo better times: these times are not for sprightly twang of the melodious luteAgrees not with my voice-: and both unsuitMy untund fortunes :* the affected measureOf strains that are constraint afford no *s the child of Mirth : where griefs assailThe troubled soul, both voice and fingers fail:Let such as revel out their lavish daysIn honorable riot; that can raiseDejected hearts, and conjure up a sprite ,Of madness by the magic of delight;Let those of Cupids hospital, that lieImpatient patients to a smiling eye;That cannot rest until vain hope beguileTheir flatterd torments with a wanton smile; * Untwidfortunes; i. e. sorrowful II. N 90 EMBLEMS. BOOK IV. Let suc
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