. Hermathenæ; or, Moral emblems, and ethnick tales, with explanatory notes . cellence and Virtue wert thou baniflid; but at length returnedOn peaceful Wings; Nature no longer file firft faw thee make thy great AbodeIn the bleft Bofom of a fuftering God :Thence in ^Etherial Streams derivd on Man,By Thee the Worlds Redemption firft began ;Thenhghtend Univerfe from Death arofe,And Martyrs flaming Crowns by thy Perfuafionchofe,In Thee reftord Heavens Image ftood confcft, )The Guide and Glory of the Human Breaft, >And Earth and Nature weie again at Reft. J NOTE to Emblem XI
. Hermathenæ; or, Moral emblems, and ethnick tales, with explanatory notes . cellence and Virtue wert thou baniflid; but at length returnedOn peaceful Wings; Nature no longer file firft faw thee make thy great AbodeIn the bleft Bofom of a fuftering God :Thence in ^Etherial Streams derivd on Man,By Thee the Worlds Redemption firft began ;Thenhghtend Univerfe from Death arofe,And Martyrs flaming Crowns by thy Perfuafionchofe,In Thee reftord Heavens Image ftood confcft, )The Guide and Glory of the Human Breaft, >And Earth and Nature weie again at Reft. J NOTE to Emblem XIIL {a) Veftal f/r^ —See Emb. XI. Kof. (c) and (i). The Ferfiinsprefervd it on an Altar like a Hearth in the Temple of Xiz in Media,where the A^gi pretend Zoroafler^ their Founder, placd it. TheGreeks calld it Hejieia, and kept it on Pyrethias, or Altar Hearths,in their Temples j as di^ the Roman:, under the Name of FeJJa, it to the Charge of fix Virgins, calld y^, frona the^«Tjeuf the firft, whofa Bjfiriers was to kecpi: always burriing. Emblem ( 44 ). Emblem XIV- R PR A Y R is the Groans of Nature in Diftrefs,The Door of Mercy, and the Voice of Peace:Who prays in Hope, the facred Accents hallowd Incenfe, Loves beft Sacrifice :The pious Heart with Heavnly Tranfport burns;The Soul with facred Pangs her Imperfedion mourns:Faith wings Defirc, Almighty Mercy peaceful Joys fucceed the flowing Tears,But fee thou hear thyfelf, elfe alls in Prayr unheard returns unheard again. Attention (45 ) Attention gives it Force. The carelefs SaintLike Parrots prays, {a) unknowing what they tlie Thoughts abfcnt, there is no Delirc jThe Incenfe cannot burn without fome the Heart pray, then Heavn will furely hear;Not Sound, but {I)) true Devotion makes the the fird Saints and burning Martyrs prayd:So Christ with painful Strains his Offring made;Pourd forth with facred Fervour all his Soul,While the big Purple Drops down
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