. Quarles' emblems . Narrow is the way that leadcth unto life, ami feio there bethat find it.—Matt. vii. 14. PrePOSTROUS fool, thou troulst amiss ;Thou errst; thats not the way, tis this :Thy hopes, instructed by thine eye,Make thee appear more near than I ;My floor is not so flat, so fine,And has more obvious rubs than thine :T is true ; my way is hard and leads me through a thorny gate :Whose rankling pricks are sharp and fell ;The common way to Heavn s by is true ; thy path is short and free from rubs : Ah 1 fool, beware,The safest roads not always evn :The way to

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. Quarles' emblems . Narrow is the way that leadcth unto life, ami feio there bethat find it.—Matt. vii. 14. PrePOSTROUS fool, thou troulst amiss ;Thou errst; thats not the way, tis this :Thy hopes, instructed by thine eye,Make thee appear more near than I ;My floor is not so flat, so fine,And has more obvious rubs than thine :T is true ; my way is hard and leads me through a thorny gate :Whose rankling pricks are sharp and fell ;The common way to Heavn s by is true ; thy path is short and free from rubs : Ah 1 fool, beware,The safest roads not always evn :The way to hells a seeming heavn :Thinkst thou the crown of glorys hadWith idle case, fond Cyprian lad ? lo Qnarles Emblems. Thinkst thou, that mirth, and vain feed, and shadow-shortning knees, full bags, and beds of down,Are proper prologues to a crown ?Or canst thou hope to come and view,Like prosprous Csesar, and subdue?The bond-slave usurer will spite of gouts will turn a se

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