. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . natraHparts,(By helpe of Nurture, and good Discipline)Have added an accomplifhment of Arts,By which, their Light may much the brighter others,have to this, acquired more:For, to maintaine their Lampc, in giving light,Of Waxe,and Oyle,and FatneJJe,they haveftore,Which over-flowes unto them, day and ,evn as Lampes, or Candles, on a Table,(Or, fixt on golden Candleliicks, on high)To light AJJemblies, Great and Honourable,They, of
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . natraHparts,(By helpe of Nurture, and good Discipline)Have added an accomplifhment of Arts,By which, their Light may much the brighter others,have to this, acquired more:For, to maintaine their Lampc, in giving light,Of Waxe,and Oyle,and FatneJJe,they haveftore,Which over-flowes unto them, day and ,evn as Lampes, or Candles, on a Table,(Or, fixt on golden Candleliicks, on high)To light AJJemblies, Great and Honourable,They, of:, havc(alfo) place of meanesof which, their Splendor might becomeHis praife, whothofe high favours did bequeath:They might encrcafe the Light of Chrijlenaome,And, make them fee, who fit in dudes of Death. Bur, many of them,like thofe Candles bee,That ftand unlightcdin a Branch of gold :For, by their helpe wee nothing more can fee,Than wee in grofTcft darknefic, may fuch there be, (as there bee fuch, I feare)The queftion is, For what good ufc they are. The The Sacrifice, God Iwetk befl* Are Broken-hearts Jvr ILLVSTR. XV. Book. 2 i O Age, hath had a people, to profelTeReligion, with a (hew of holinefle,Beyond thefe times -3 nor, did menfacrifice,According to their foolilh fantafies,More oft than at this prefent. One,bcftowesOn pious-moths, the hundreth part, of thofeIll-gotten goods, which from the poorC he feazedDAnd, thinkes his God, in that, is highly pleafed. Another, of her dues,the Church bereaves iAnd, yct,himfelfe a holy man conceives,(Yea,and right bount^ull) if hce can fpareFrom thofe his thefts,the tenth,or twentieth flure,To fome new Leclurt 5 or, a Chaplaine keepc,To pleafe Himfelfe, or, preach his Wife ailcepe. Some others, thinke they bring finccre oblations,When, fird with zeale,they roaie out ImprecationsAgainftall thofe, whom wicked they repute:And, when to God, they tender any hire,They dreame to merit what they would obtain
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