. Emblems, divine and moral . ndless* deeps ! 0 love beyond degree!Th* offended dies to set thoffender free. * Groundless, without bottom. 12 EMBLEMS. BOOK III. 5. , if I have done that for which thoumayest damn me, thou hast not lost that wherebythou mayest save me : remember not, sweet Jesus,thy justice against the sinner, but thy benignitytowards thy creature : remember not to proceedagainst a guilty soul, but remember thy mercytowards a miserable wretch: forget the insolenceof the provoker, and behold the misery of theinvoker; for what is Jesus but a Saviour? respect
. Emblems, divine and moral . ndless* deeps ! 0 love beyond degree!Th* offended dies to set thoffender free. * Groundless, without bottom. 12 EMBLEMS. BOOK III. 5. , if I have done that for which thoumayest damn me, thou hast not lost that wherebythou mayest save me : remember not, sweet Jesus,thy justice against the sinner, but thy benignitytowards thy creature : remember not to proceedagainst a guilty soul, but remember thy mercytowards a miserable wretch: forget the insolenceof the provoker, and behold the misery of theinvoker; for what is Jesus but a Saviour? respect to what thy Son hath done for me,and forget what my sins have done against thee :my flesh hath provoked thee to vengeance; let theflesh of Christ move thee to mercy: It is muchthat my rebellions have deserved; but it is morethat mv Redeemer hath merited. Epig. of mercies ! He that was my drudgeIs nowr my Advocate, is now my Judge:He suffers, pleads, a;ul sentences alone :Three I adore, and yet adore but One. book EMBLEM 11. Prailni 69 \? already ivrec/:cf / O timeh &m*TAv wretched Suppliant/rent a TTtitrv Grave BOOK III.—EMBLEM XI. Psalm LXIX. 15. Let not the ivater-jlood overflow me, neither let thedeep swallow me up. The worlds a sea ; my flesh a ship thats manndWith labring thoughts, and steerd by Reasons hand:My hearts the seamans card,* whereby she sails;My loose affections are the greater sails:The top-sail is my fancy; and the gustsThat fill these wanton sheets are worldly lusts:Prayr is the cable, at whose end appearsThe anchor Hope, neer slippd but in our fears:My wills thunconstant pilot, that commandsThe staggring keel; my sins are like the sands:Repentance is the bucket; and mine eyeThe pump, unusd (but in extremes) and dry : * Card, sheet, cable; sea terras, all of theiu proper andbeautiful. 14 EMBLEMS. BOOK III. My conscience is the plummet, that doth pressThe deeps, but seldom cries, A fathom less:Smooth calm s security ; the gulf, desp
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