. Emblems, divine and moral . e from such a worm as me : I have no more to lose ; if we persevere, Tis lost : and that once lost, 1 m lost for ever. Lord, wink at faults, and be not too severe, And I will play my game with greater fear; 0 give me fear, ere fear has past her date : Whose blot being hit, then fears, fears then too late. 204 EMBLEMS. BOOK iv. S. Bern. Ser. liv. in is nothing so effectual to obtain grace, toretain grace, and to regain grace, as always to befound before God not over wise, but to fear : happyart thou, if thy heart be replenished with threefears; a fear fo
. Emblems, divine and moral . e from such a worm as me : I have no more to lose ; if we persevere, Tis lost : and that once lost, 1 m lost for ever. Lord, wink at faults, and be not too severe, And I will play my game with greater fear; 0 give me fear, ere fear has past her date : Whose blot being hit, then fears, fears then too late. 204 EMBLEMS. BOOK iv. S. Bern. Ser. liv. in is nothing so effectual to obtain grace, toretain grace, and to regain grace, as always to befound before God not over wise, but to fear : happyart thou, if thy heart be replenished with threefears; a fear for received grace, a greater fear for lostgrace, a greatest fear to recover grace. S, August, super fear begetteth eternal security : fear God,which is above all, and no need to fear man at all. Epig. , shall we grumble when thy flames do scourge us ?Our sins breathe fire ; that fire returns to purge , what an alchymist art thou, whose skillTransmutes to perfect good fi-om perfect ill! EMBLEMS. 205 PSALM cxrx. away mine eyes from beholding vanity. JJOW like the threads of flax That touch the flame, are my inflamd desiresHow like to yielding wax, My soul dissolves before these wanton fires !The fire but touchd, the flame but felt,Like flax, I bum ; like wax, I melt. 206 EMBLEMS. , 0 how this flesh doth drawMy fetterd soul to that deceitful fire ! And how the eternal lawIs baffled by the law of my desire ! How truly bad, how seeming good, Are all the laws of flesh and blood ! 0 \^Tetched state of height of whose ambition is to borrow ^Vhat must be paid griping intrest of the next days sorrow ! How wild his thoughts ! how apt to range ! How apt to vary ! apt to change ! How intricate and niceIs mans perplexd way to mans desire ; Sometimes upon the iceHe slips, and sometimes falls into the fire ; His progress is extreme and bold, Or very hot, or very cold. The common food he dothSustain his soul-tormenting thoughts withal. Is
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