. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . ^<id enm tnm durum, tamque tnkuma-num eji quam publicatione rerum jamilinrium , ^ pavpertaiaJetegi mluatem, ^ invidu exp^mc divitiai, L. z. C, quan. & quib,.^am. pars. EJil- liO EMBLEM XV,. HOW I wifli I could read on ?A\ Princes Breaft^^the Symbol of the prefent Emblem , and that asBalls of Fire flying in the Air imitate the Splendorof the Stars, and iliine immediately from their beingthrown out of the Hand, till they turn to Afhes; fain them alfb (for the Holy Spirit compares them to abrighf Fire (i) ) would cont


. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . ^<id enm tnm durum, tamque tnkuma-num eji quam publicatione rerum jamilinrium , ^ pavpertaiaJetegi mluatem, ^ invidu exp^mc divitiai, L. z. C, quan. & quib,.^am. pars. EJil- liO EMBLEM XV,. HOW I wifli I could read on ?A\ Princes Breaft^^the Symbol of the prefent Emblem , and that asBalls of Fire flying in the Air imitate the Splendorof the Stars, and iliine immediately from their beingthrown out of the Hand, till they turn to Afhes; fain them alfb (for the Holy Spirit compares them to abrighf Fire (i) ) would continually burn the defire ofFame (2) ,• nor fhould they much care, for that Flameswanting Matter to feed on, or that what burns moftfiercely, is withal fooneft confumed. For thoughlength of Life be the common defirs oi Man and Beaft,yet have thefe no other end than meer living, butMan of living uprightly. Tis no happinefs ro live but Ci^ Ecslef. 50. p. (2) F^x mentis honejfji ghrtito to Vol. f. A Prhce fkould value hh Reputation^ Sec. 11 r to know how to live, nor does he live moft, who Uveslongeft, but who lives beft^ for Life is not meafuredby time, but the ufe that*s made ont. He, whofe Lifalike a Star in the midft of a Cloud, or like the FullMoon, fliines u


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