. Emblems . hti empty : hark, fhe founds: tis vain and void. Whats here to be enjoydBut grief and ficknefs, and large bills of (brrow, Drawn now, and crofsd to morrow ?Or what are men, but pufFsof dying breath. Revived with living death ?Fond lad, O build thy hopes on furer grounds Then what dull flefh propounds:Truft not this hollow world,(hc*s empty: founds. S. C H R Y S. Book 2. Emblemed. 103 S. C H R Y S. in Ep. ad Heb. Contemn riches^ and tboujhih Be rich ; eontemn ^hrj be glorkus ; contemn iujuries, andtkou fiih be aconqueror; contemn reft^ and thou Jhah gain reft;
. Emblems . hti empty : hark, fhe founds: tis vain and void. Whats here to be enjoydBut grief and ficknefs, and large bills of (brrow, Drawn now, and crofsd to morrow ?Or what are men, but pufFsof dying breath. Revived with living death ?Fond lad, O build thy hopes on furer grounds Then what dull flefh propounds:Truft not this hollow world,(hc*s empty: founds. S. C H R Y S. Book 2. Emblemed. 103 S. C H R Y S. in Ep. ad Heb. Contemn riches^ and tboujhih Be rich ; eontemn ^hrj be glorkus ; contemn iujuries, andtkou fiih be aconqueror; contemn reft^ and thou Jhah gain reft; eontemmeirtb, and thou Jhjit fnd Heaven, HUGO lib. de Vault, mundi. Tbe roorld is a. vttitf tobicb affordetb neither beauty to tbeamorous, nor reward to tbe hborious^ nor encouragement totbe indujtrious. EPIG. Houfe is Co be let for life or years;Her rent is forrow, and her Income tears:Cufii^ c has long fcood void ; her bilis make mufc be dearly lec; or \ti slone. 104 Book z\. Ef-f-as kac itur ud UL Book 1. Emilefnes. 105* XI:MATTH. 7. 14. Narrow ii the way that ieadeth unto lifcyand few there hethatjfind it. PUcpoftrous fcolj thon trouPft Jimifs;Thou err*il; thats not tbfe *ay, *cis thfe tThy hopes inftructed by thine eye,Make thee appear more near Cfako I;My flooer is not fo flat, fo has more obvious nrbs then thine :Tis true my way is hard and leads me through a thorny gate:Whofe rankling pricks are fharp and fell ?The Common way to Hcavns by hell:•Tis true ; thy path is (hort and feir,And free from rubs: Ah, fool fafeft roads not always evn ;The way to Hells a feeming Hea?*n:Think*ft thou the Crown of Glorys badWith idlceafe, fond Cyprian lad ?Thinkft thou, that mirth, and vain delightsHigh feed, and ( knees, fuD bones and beds of proper prologues to a Crtwn ?Or canft thou hope to come and profperous C^jir^ and fubdue ?The bondflavc Ufurcr win trudgeIfl fpightDf
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