. Francis Quarles' Emblems and : Hieroglyphics of the life of man, modernized : in four books . ch before was mute,Tafte, and you foon fhali find much nobler Odds,A Goddefs you foon Ihall be among the no ! {aid E-ve, I durft not touch or was denouncd on fuch a dire me, and nothing fear, the Brute (hall not die ; I have already lookd again—twas pleafing to the View—*Sh& puckd, and eat, and we her Folly rue. The Moral, Hence we may learn the Devil has no PowrjHe tempts, indeed, but he can do no we comply, it is our proper Adl,His black
. Francis Quarles' Emblems and : Hieroglyphics of the life of man, modernized : in four books . ch before was mute,Tafte, and you foon fhali find much nobler Odds,A Goddefs you foon Ihall be among the no ! {aid E-ve, I durft not touch or was denouncd on fuch a dire me, and nothing fear, the Brute (hall not die ; I have already lookd again—twas pleafing to the View—*Sh& puckd, and eat, and we her Folly rue. The Moral, Hence we may learn the Devil has no PowrjHe tempts, indeed, but he can do no we comply, it is our proper Adl,His black Suggeftions too we can reje£ eer he tempts us with delufive Wiles,Or our weak Hearts with gilded Baits beguiles*Let us not parley—for the Danger is fafeft who mod fwiftly we refill, he, Coward-like, will runTis by our Will alone we are but right Reafon take the Rein in Hand,And evry Paffion be at her Command;Which added to th Auxiliaries of Grace,Satan may tempt, but /hall not thee 0<XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX EMBLEM Adairiy hekold thy Apple now,Pregnant ^Yith evry human Woe ;The Monfters fopn will make their Way,id ^1 the \\orId rnuft be their Prey, [ 15 ] EMBLEM II. Sins Pr(^gtny. /J D AM, behold what Ills the Af pie held,^ With what a Brood of Monfrers it v/as filldWhat horrid Faces labour for a Birth,To plague Mankind, and ovcrfpread the Earth !See furious Tempefts rage along the Air,And rattling Thunder o^er-head you forked Lightings flaih from Pole to Pole,Confound the Senfes, and amaze the heavy Clouds now burfl: in gufhing Rains,The Rivers fvvell, and overflow the Plains,Storms vex the beaten Ocean till it roars,Its Billows rage, and daih upon the the Waves the fliatterd Veflel fcarce amidft furrounding Danger , and Earth, and Air, and Fire becomeThe Scourge of Man to aggravate his Doom» The Moral. From the firft Sin, what Evils did proceed !How have the Children rud their
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