. Francis Quarles' Emblems and : Hieroglyphics of the life of man, modernized : in four books . ck of Waters gone ;Then weep again with Tears of BloodThe fad Olfences thou haft done. Goodnefs immenfe, ungrateful, thou Haft thro* thy fmful Life abusd ;Thy Thoughts, and Words, and Deeds can fiiew Hovv bafely thou hail Mercy usd. Let Sorrow then my Soul pofTefs, And Tears ftream down my furrowd Cheek ;My numrous Sins I will confefs. Soften my Heart, O God, or break. The Moral. Well may the Sinner weep a Flood of Tears,Who feels the mighty Weight of Sin he weeps he does a gracious God off
. Francis Quarles' Emblems and : Hieroglyphics of the life of man, modernized : in four books . ck of Waters gone ;Then weep again with Tears of BloodThe fad Olfences thou haft done. Goodnefs immenfe, ungrateful, thou Haft thro* thy fmful Life abusd ;Thy Thoughts, and Words, and Deeds can fiiew Hovv bafely thou hail Mercy usd. Let Sorrow then my Soul pofTefs, And Tears ftream down my furrowd Cheek ;My numrous Sins I will confefs. Soften my Heart, O God, or break. The Moral. Well may the Sinner weep a Flood of Tears,Who feels the mighty Weight of Sin he weeps he does a gracious God greatcft Benefadtor, Father, Friend,He weeps when he the bloody Scene unfoldsyAnd his dear Saviour on a Crofs beholds ;The agonizing Tortures which he felt,Prefsd with his Fathers Wrath, and humap Guilt;Crownd with fnarp Thorns he {^cs his facred Head,And his gord Side with flowing Purple bled :Who that fees this, and knows why it was done,(To take the Curfe by Man defervd alone)But muft diflblve in Tears, with Grief confefsHimftlf a Wretch, and his Redeemer blcfs ?H E M B L E M Juflice, impartial and fevere,To pleading Mercy gives no Ear ;^Till Jesus Ihews fubllanrtiai Caufe,His ftrift Obedience to the Laws, [ 87 ]EMBLEM IX. Jujlice and Mercy. ~ < Juflice. QInner, thou haft a wretched Caufe, l3 For thou thy Makers righteous Law; Audacioufly hall broke :What for thyfelf haft thou to my Sword fhall ftrike the dead—Speak, eer I give the Stroke. tinner. Juft is the Sentence, I muft own ;Altho by it I am undone, 1 muft my Judge acquit rYet Mercy, Lord, I Thee which Thou haft a boundlefs StoreForgive my mighty Debt. Juftlce. Lord, (hall I ftrike ? He owns the Charge, Chrifi, No ! fee the Prifoner at large, And point thy Sword at me ;My Death redeems his forfeit Life ^My Merits end the Legal Strife,And fet the Sinner hee^ The Moral. Should God in Juftice with a Sinner to his Mercy fufFer an Appeal,Who could efcape the Sourges of his
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