. Emblems, divine and moral : The school of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man . lightning from the thundring evry minute dashes 156 EMBLEMS. Against the wanton windows of mine eyes :Lord, close the casement, whilst I standBehind the curtain of thy hand. S. August. Soliloq. Cap. thou sun, that illuminateth both Heaven and earth !woe be unto those eyes which do not behold thee : woebe unto those blind eyes which cannot behold thee ; woe beunto those which turn away their eyes that they will notbehold thee : woe be unto those that turn away theireyes that they may beh
. Emblems, divine and moral : The school of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man . lightning from the thundring evry minute dashes 156 EMBLEMS. Against the wanton windows of mine eyes :Lord, close the casement, whilst I standBehind the curtain of thy hand. S. August. Soliloq. Cap. thou sun, that illuminateth both Heaven and earth !woe be unto those eyes which do not behold thee : woebe unto those blind eyes which cannot behold thee ; woe beunto those which turn away their eyes that they will notbehold thee : woe be unto those that turn away theireyes that they may behold vanity. S. Chrys. Sup. Mat. is the evil woman but the enemy of friendship,an avoidable pain, a necessary mischief, a natural tempta-tion, a desirable calamity, a domestic danger, a delectableinconvenience, and the nature of evil, painted over withthe colour of good ? Epig. 5. Tis vain, great God, to close mine eyes from ill,When I resolve to keep the old man still ;Mv rambling heart must covenant first with thee,Or none can pass betwixt mine eye and me. EMBLEMS. 157 Emblem 6. ESTHER VII. 3. If I have found favour in thy sight^ and if it please theking^ let my life be given me at my petition, npHOU art the great Ahasuerus, whose command■*- Doth stretch from pole to pole; the worlds thy land ;Rebellious Vashti s the corrupted will,Which, being callM, refuses to fulfilThy just command ; Esther, whose tears condoleThe razed city, is the regenerate soul ;A captive maid, whom thou wilt please to grace :With nuptial honours in stout Vashtis place :Her kinsman, whose unbended knee did thwartProud Hamans glory, is the fleshly part; 158 EMBLEMS. The sober eunuch, that recalld to mindThe new-built gibbet (Haman had divindFor his own ruin), fifty cubits lustful thought-controlling chastity jInsulting Haman is that fleshly lustWhose red-hot fury, for a season, mustTriumph in pride, and study how to treadOn Mordecai, till royal Esther plead. Great King, thy sent-for Va
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