. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . e;e) with teares,till hereturncsjAnd, how (he vailes her Flowrs, when he is gone,As if Hie fcorned to be looked onBy an inferiour Eye 5 or, did contemneTo way t upon a meaner Light, then this I meditate, me-thinkes, the FlowersHwefttrits, farre more generous, then ours jAnd, Qivc us fairc Examples,to defpiftThe lervile Fawnings,and Idolatries,Wherewith, we court thefc earthly things below,Which merit not the fervice webeftow. Bu,oh my Go
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . e;e) with teares,till hereturncsjAnd, how (he vailes her Flowrs, when he is gone,As if Hie fcorned to be looked onBy an inferiour Eye 5 or, did contemneTo way t upon a meaner Light, then this I meditate, me-thinkes, the FlowersHwefttrits, farre more generous, then ours jAnd, Qivc us fairc Examples,to defpiftThe lervile Fawnings,and Idolatries,Wherewith, we court thefc earthly things below,Which merit not the fervice webeftow. Bu,oh my God! though groveling I appcarcVpon the Ground,(and have a rooting here,Which nales me downward) yet in my defire,To that, which is above mee, 1 afpire :And, all my beft Affdtiom I profeflcTo Him, that is the Sunne of Rightconfnt( . keepc the Morning or his Incarnation,The burning Noonetide of his bitter Pafifi*,The Night of his Defcendtng, and the HeightOf his fcenfton, ever in my fight : That imitating him, in what I may, I never follow an inferiour Way. Ff -+> The ZIO The Earth isCjodsicmdin bis Bandsjixe all the Corners of the Lands,. Illvstr. II. s**.4 |Ong fince, the facred Hebrew Lyrick faydt (A Truth, which never juftly was denayd)That^Sthe mrldit Gods5 and that his bindsEndofe the limits of the fartheft Lands,The felfe fame Truth affirmes, that likewife,there,By him, their dedds}zr\d jurrowes watred are,And, that with dewes zndjhomes, he doth fo blefleThe dwellings of the barren Wilderneft,That,thofc Inhabitants (whom fomeconceivd,Of ufefuU, and all pleafant things bereavd)Their labors, with advantage, doe employ,And, fetch their yearcly Harvefis home,with joy. Why then ihould wee, that in Gods Vineyard live,Diftruft that all things necdfull hee will give tWhy fhotjld his Garden doubt of what it needs,Since hee oft waters barren Rocks and Wads ?Why fhould his Children, live in flavifh fearc,Since hee is kind to thofe that ftrangers are iOr, whither from his prefe
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