. Divine emblems; or Temporal things spiritualized, &c. . DIVINE EMBLEMS IV. MEDITATIONS UPON AN HE egg s no chick by falling from the hen ;Nor man a Chriftian till he s born again. The eggs at firft contained in the shell:Men, afore grace, in sins and darknefs egg, when laid, by warmth is made a chicken,And Chrift by grace the dead in sin does chick at firfl is in the shell confined;So heavn-born souls are in the flefh shell doth crack, the chick doth chirp and peep,The flefh decays, and men then pray and weep. FOR YOUTH. I The shell doth break, the chi
. Divine emblems; or Temporal things spiritualized, &c. . DIVINE EMBLEMS IV. MEDITATIONS UPON AN HE egg s no chick by falling from the hen ;Nor man a Chriftian till he s born again. The eggs at firft contained in the shell:Men, afore grace, in sins and darknefs egg, when laid, by warmth is made a chicken,And Chrift by grace the dead in sin does chick at firfl is in the shell confined;So heavn-born souls are in the flefh shell doth crack, the chick doth chirp and peep,The flefh decays, and men then pray and weep. FOR YOUTH. I The shell doth break, the chick s at liberty,The flefh falls off, the soul mounts up on both do not enjoy the self-same plight;The soul is safe, the chick now fears the kite. But chicks from rotten eggs do not proceed;Nor is a hypocrite a saint rotten egg, though underneath the hen,If crackd, stinks, and is loathfome unto doth her warmth make what is rotten sound ;What ;9 rotten, rotten will at laft be hypocrite, sin has him in poifeliion,He is a rotten egg under profelhon. Some eggs brin
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