. Quarles' Emblems . Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thec a crown of lift —Rev. ii. 10. Be faithful ; Lord, whats that ?Believe : T is easy to believe ; but what ? That he, whom thy hard heart hath wounded, And whom thy scorn hath spit upon,Hath paid thy fine, and hath compounded For these foul deeds thy hands have done :Believe that he whose gentle palms Thy needle-pointed sins have naild,Hath borne thy slavish load (of alms) And made supply where thou hast faild :Did ever misry find so strange relief?It is a love too strange for mans belief. Believe that he, whose sideThy crimes

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. Quarles' Emblems . Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thec a crown of lift —Rev. ii. 10. Be faithful ; Lord, whats that ?Believe : T is easy to believe ; but what ? That he, whom thy hard heart hath wounded, And whom thy scorn hath spit upon,Hath paid thy fine, and hath compounded For these foul deeds thy hands have done :Believe that he whose gentle palms Thy needle-pointed sins have naild,Hath borne thy slavish load (of alms) And made supply where thou hast faild :Did ever misry find so strange relief?It is a love too strange for mans belief. Believe that he, whose sideThy crimes have piered with their rebellions, diedTo save thy guilty soul from dying Ten thousand horrid deaths, from whenceThere was no scape, there was no flying, But through his dearest bloods expense ; 320 Quarks Emblems. Believe, this dying friend requiresNo other thanks for all his pain,But een the truth of weak desires,And, for his love, but love again :Did ever misry find so true a friend ?It is a love too vast to co

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