. Emblems, divine and moral . fast; Boast not thy flames, blind boy> thy featherd shot;Let Hymens easy snarls be quite forgot:Time cannot quench our fires, nor death dissolveour knot. 244 EMBLEMS. BOOK 4. Orig. Horn. x. in most holy Lord, and sweetest master, how goodart thou to those that are of upright heart, andhumble spirit! O how blessed are they that seekthee with a simple heart! how happy that trust inthee ! it is a most certain truth, that thou Invest allthat love thee, and never forsakest those that trustin thee: for, behold, thy love simply sought thee,and undoubtedly fou
. Emblems, divine and moral . fast; Boast not thy flames, blind boy> thy featherd shot;Let Hymens easy snarls be quite forgot:Time cannot quench our fires, nor death dissolveour knot. 244 EMBLEMS. BOOK 4. Orig. Horn. x. in most holy Lord, and sweetest master, how goodart thou to those that are of upright heart, andhumble spirit! O how blessed are they that seekthee with a simple heart! how happy that trust inthee ! it is a most certain truth, that thou Invest allthat love thee, and never forsakest those that trustin thee: for, behold, thy love simply sought thee,and undoubtedly found thee: she trusted in thee,and is not forsaken of thee, but hath obtained moreby thee, than she expected from thee. Beda in Cap. iii. Cant. The longer I was in finding whom I sought, themore earnestly I beheld him being found. Epig. .found him out? let strong embraces bind him;Hell fly, perchance, where tears can never find him:New sins will lose what old repentance not only gets, but got, retains. 9A^. PSALM LXXIK. is good for me to draic near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord here is that good, which \v ise men please to call The chiefest? doth there any such befalAVithin mans reach? or is there such a sood at all? If such there be, it neither must expire, [highV:Nor change; than which there can be nothingSuch gpod must be the utter point of mans desire. 246 EMBLEMS. BOOK 4. It is the mark to which all hearts must tend;Can be desired for no other end,Than for itself, on which all other goods depend. What may this exlence be ? doth it subsistA real essence clouded in the mistOf curious art, or clear to evry eye that list? Or ist a tart idea, to procureAn edge, and keep the practic soul in ure,Like .that dear chymic dust, or puzzling quad-rature ? Where shall I seek this good ? where shall I find This cathlic pleasure, whose extremes may blind My thoughts? and fill the gulf of my insatiate mind? Lies it in treasure? in full heaps untold
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