. Emblems, divine and moral : The school of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man . in the fleshly mire And base pollution of a lustful heart. EMBLEMS. That feelst no passion, but in wanton fire,And ownst no torment, but in Cupids dart;Behold thy type : thou sittst upon this ballOf earth, secure, while death that flings at all,Stands armd to strike thee down, where flames attendthy fall. S. Bern. Security is nowhere ; neither in heaven nor inparadise, much less in the world: In heaven the angelsfell from the Divine presence; in paradise, Adam fellfrom his place of pleasure ; in the w
. Emblems, divine and moral : The school of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man . in the fleshly mire And base pollution of a lustful heart. EMBLEMS. That feelst no passion, but in wanton fire,And ownst no torment, but in Cupids dart;Behold thy type : thou sittst upon this ballOf earth, secure, while death that flings at all,Stands armd to strike thee down, where flames attendthy fall. S. Bern. Security is nowhere ; neither in heaven nor inparadise, much less in the world: In heaven the angelsfell from the Divine presence; in paradise, Adam fellfrom his place of pleasure ; in the world, Judas fellfrom the school of our Saviour. Hugo. I eat secure, I drink secure, I sleep secure, even asthough I had past the day of death, avoided the day ofjudgment, and escaped the torments of hell-fire ; I playand laugh, as though I were already triumphing in thekingdom of Heaven. Epig. 7, Get up, my soul ; redeem thy slavish eyesFrom drowsy bondage : O beware, be v/ise :Thy foes before thee ; thou must fight, or fly :Life lies most open in a closed eye. BOOK I. EMBLEMS 25 Emblem 8. Et risa necat. LUKE VI. 25. TFoe unto you that laugh now ! for ye shall mournand weep. THE worlds a popular disease, that reigns ^Within the froward heart and frantic brainsOf poor distemperd mortals, oft arisingFrom ill-digestion, th unequal poisingOf ill-weighd elements, whose light directsMalignant humours to malign eftects :One raves and labours with a boiling liver \Rends hair by handfuls, cursing Cupids quiver ; 26 EMBLEMS. Another, with a bloody flux of oaths, Vows deep revenge : one doats ; the other loaths : One frisks and sings, and cries, A flagon more To drench dry cares, and make the welkin roar; Another droops : the sunshine makes him sad ; Heavn cannot please: ones moppd : the others mad :One hugs his gold ; another lets it fly :He knowing not from whom ; nor tother spends his day in plots, his night in play;Another sleeps and slugs both night and day:One laughs at thi
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