. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . is pictas, quafydcrum ordincmfupf rba curioHtas • ImOjDcus melius iicfcicndafcituT.^uguflilib I iide erii ,^ Saf^li(iD»rm^ rafh attempt dciire , WH Y dothvaincman, with ^ rafh attemi,. jQ-fearch the depth ^of Miftcries divineWhich like the Simne vpon his earthy fire,With gloric iuaccefliblc do fliine : And with the radiant fplcndor of their ray ,Chafe all ^^;:;:^^ ;| What mortall man might ever comprehend ^Gods facred cffence, and his fecret w
. Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises, furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, . is pictas, quafydcrum ordincmfupf rba curioHtas • ImOjDcus melius iicfcicndafcituT.^uguflilib I iide erii ,^ Saf^li(iD»rm^ rafh attempt dciire , WH Y dothvaincman, with ^ rafh attemi,. jQ-fearch the depth ^of Miftcries divineWhich like the Simne vpon his earthy fire,With gloric iuaccefliblc do fliine : And with the radiant fplcndor of their ray ,Chafe all ^^;:;:^^ ;| What mortall man might ever comprehend ^Gods facred cffence, and his fecret will,Or his foules fubftance, or could but intend,Lead while to view, this glorious creature ftill :* Be wife in what the word doth plaihcly teach ,But meddle notij^with thinges aboue thy reach. i jQoid volucri tentas humana fcicntia pcnnaQuxrcre inacccffi Myftica facra Dei: Caligans oculis, obtufx et aciimine mentis,Dum petis ignieuJis alta ncgata tuis. Fiorum i riorum vita luCfuofa. lib To the modcft and virtuous muidcd, Mrs. Elizabeth Apflcy, attendingYpon the moll excllcnt PrinccfTe, the Ladie Elizabeth her grace,. X I\ 7 HIL E that the Mavis, and the morning LarkCy ^ ^ Doe cheerely warble their delicious Turtle likes the fiiade, and thickets darke,And Iblitarie by herfclfe reaiaines. Recording in moft doleful! wife her woe. Letting the pleafures ,of thefeafon goe. The godly wight, whome no dehght of Sinnc,Doth with vaine pleafure draw: or worldly care,Efteemeth not, thcfe fleeting loies a pinne:But to the Lord, in private doth repaire, With quiet Confcience s when the wicked oft. Are in the midft, of all their pleafures caught - Deus vitam annuntiavi tibi,pofuifti lachrymas meas in conipe6lu tuo. vfM.^%. RI. Coniugfj Ill Conmgij Symholum I HtfutiKtmiftf
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