. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . lying-ball, doth, very wcll,cxpreflcAll 0 mivardbtefings, and, their Eaglet ^meancth fuch Contemplatives,As, in this world, docpafTe away their lives,By fo pofleffingthat which they havegor, they caru not, though, they had it Snakes, may well rcfcmblcthofc, among them,Who, mccrely out of envie, fceke to wrong them ;And,all ttieic Figures (thus together layd)Dc fpeake to mc, as it thefc words, they fayd: That man^ who
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . lying-ball, doth, very wcll,cxpreflcAll 0 mivardbtefings, and, their Eaglet ^meancth fuch Contemplatives,As, in this world, docpafTe away their lives,By fo pofleffingthat which they havegor, they caru not, though, they had it Snakes, may well rcfcmblcthofc, among them,Who, mccrely out of envie, fceke to wrong them ;And,all ttieic Figures (thus together layd)Dc fpeake to mc, as it thefc words, they fayd: That man^ who builds upon the be(l foundation,(And (preadt the wide ft wing* o/Contemplation)Whdft,tnthe flcfli, he bidet, will need jomepropsOf earthly-fortunes, tofupport his hopes ••A,..d, other-while,thofc things ^may meatus become,The flings c/Envic, to feenre htm ,hence, 1 Icarnc; that, fuch, as will abide,Againftall Envie, (ivongly fortifyd, Mu^ joyne, great Vertues, and great Wealth, tpgethcr. God hclpc us, then, poorc- fouk s, who farce have t it her ! time ioz Time, if a Fading-flowre, thats foundWithin Eternities leide Book a [Ive Termes, there be, which five, I doc applyTo all, that hw,and ts^ , andlift, is that Et e rnit i e,Which, neither mall have End, nor, was g inning, is the which, is a fpace(Or moment rather) fcarce imaginarie,Made, when the firft MaieriaS, formed was;And, then, forbidden, longer time to entred, when, Beginning had an Ending,And, is a ProgrefTe, all the workes of Nature,Within the circuit of it, comprehending,Evn till the period, oithe d , is the fourth, of thofe five Termes I meane ,♦(As briefe,as was Beginning) and, ordayncd,To fet thclaft of moments, to that Sc<ene,Which, on this Worlds wide Stage, is fifth, we Everlasting, fitly, call 5For, though, it once begnnne, yet, fliall it neverAdmit, of my future-end, at all 5But, be exten
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