. Divine emblems; or Temporal things spiritualized, &c. . hat ? the arrow out of sight,Does not the sleeper nor the watchman shoot too high doth make but children gaze,Tis that which hits the man doth him-amaze. Xll PREFACE. And he has fulfilled his purpofe, for not unfrequently he hits the very heart. All men know The Holy War and The PilgrimsProgrefs, but the Divine Emblems have fallen out ofhuman memory. This is a pity ; and to the prefent pub-lifhers it has seemed proper to produce a new edition, withall the quaint head and tail pieces of a unique editionlong out of print, publif
. Divine emblems; or Temporal things spiritualized, &c. . hat ? the arrow out of sight,Does not the sleeper nor the watchman shoot too high doth make but children gaze,Tis that which hits the man doth him-amaze. Xll PREFACE. And he has fulfilled his purpofe, for not unfrequently he hits the very heart. All men know The Holy War and The PilgrimsProgrefs, but the Divine Emblems have fallen out ofhuman memory. This is a pity ; and to the prefent pub-lifhers it has seemed proper to produce a new edition, withall the quaint head and tail pieces of a unique editionlong out of print, publifhed by W. Johnfton, LudgateHill, in 1767. The book is as suitable for boys and girlsas it was two hundred years ago—and boys and girlsare readers now, which they were not in Bunyans boys and girls of all ages the Divine Emblems maybe commended. In truth, this little book is as in somesort a pantomime; but devout fancy is the wand whichrules the scenes, and at its stroke into divine truths andweighty morals the commoneft objects are TO THE READER <^^^Gi^^O^€^-
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