. Choice emblems, divine and moral, antient and modern; or, Delights for the ingenious, in above fifty select emblems .. . BnV: X 6. G<ttdkf Tatientk duru< The ^Divine and Moral. i o |. THE Twenty-fixth EmblemUluftrated. He that enjoys a patient MindfCan Pleafure in AffliBion find. WHat means this Country cPeafant flappinghere,Thro prickling ttiftles with fuch joyful f heer ^And plucking off their Tops, as tho* for cPcfie$He gatherd Violets, or tooth lefs Rofes ?What meaneth it, but only to exprefsHow great a Joy well-grounded tPatientnefsRetains in Sufferings ? and what fport fhe makesW
. Choice emblems, divine and moral, antient and modern; or, Delights for the ingenious, in above fifty select emblems .. . BnV: X 6. G<ttdkf Tatientk duru< The ^Divine and Moral. i o |. THE Twenty-fixth EmblemUluftrated. He that enjoys a patient MindfCan Pleafure in AffliBion find. WHat means this Country cPeafant flappinghere,Thro prickling ttiftles with fuch joyful f heer ^And plucking off their Tops, as tho* for cPcfie$He gatherd Violets, or tooth lefs Rofes ?What meaneth it, but only to exprefsHow great a Joy well-grounded tPatientnefsRetains in Sufferings ? and what fport fhe makesWhen iha her Journey thro dffiffiow takes ? *4i * 04. Choice Emblems, I ofr havefaid (and have as oft been thoughtTo fpeak a Paradox, that favours noughtOf likely Truth) that fome Afflictions bringA Honey-hag which cureth evry Sting,(That wounds the Flejh) by giving to the MindA pleafing Tafte of Sweetneffes can it other be, except in thofeWhofe better part quite ftupified grows,By being cauterized in the FiresOf childifh Fears, or temporal 2)ejires. For as the Valiant (when the Coward faoons)With Gladnefs lets the Surgeon fearch his Wounds jAnd tho they fmart, yet cheerfull
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