. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . were -3And (if you joyne together, what they fpel!;It will, to evry Vnderllanding, tell,That, where Jnternall-Graces may be found,Eternall-blepngs, ever, will abound. For, this is truth, and (though fome thought:^! youSuggeft, that this is, often times, untrue)This, ever is the truth. and, they have gotFew right-formd Venues, who believe it will confeflTe, true Vtrtue hath not everAll Common-plenties,for which mod indeavour •Nor have the Pe
. A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ... . were -3And (if you joyne together, what they fpel!;It will, to evry Vnderllanding, tell,That, where Jnternall-Graces may be found,Eternall-blepngs, ever, will abound. For, this is truth, and (though fome thought:^! youSuggeft, that this is, often times, untrue)This, ever is the truth. and, they have gotFew right-formd Venues, who believe it will confeflTe, true Vtrtue hath not everAll Common-plenties,for which mod indeavour •Nor have the PerfecTJl-Fertues, thofc high places,Which Knowledge, Arts (and, fuch as have the facesOf outward beauty) many times, attaine •For, thefe are things, which (often) thofc men gaine,That are morcyfc/7;, then ftirit • and, have needOf carnall-belpcs ,x\\\ higher they ,they, of whom I fpcake, arc flowne fo high,As, not to want thofe Toycs, for which wee crye :And, I had fhowne you lomewhat of their (tore,But, that, this Page, had roomc to write no more. The X/kteo(|>cl, ikihkefxBy imbrace ;Fdr->:dus, tlmGrace, 89. li-Lvrri^TXXVrf. >derne Emblem, i^ a ratitc cjcprdfiigOf Cods grca Mc 1 cics, in a ModerneMefwg\An i, i-, in leflTe bloudy times, at their owne homes,n private, and obfcured loyfnU-tydings, we doe livein < very Village, to perceivej icunds of Gladneffe^ecchomay,;h all our goodly Temples, evry v)h God) thy doing; unto thee,for ^-:er,let allPrayfes this Mcrcie, and, vtuchfafe the fruit,May . 1 r, o« this Vine-yard, fuit: our {,uitkfneffe,thy Light of grace,Thou, from our Golden candlelticke, doc, me thinkes, already, Lord, beginneTo \van:onizf\ and let that loathing in,Which nukes thy Manna tafilejje i And, Ifeare,That, of thofe Chriftians, who,more often hearc,7 henpracltfe, what they know, we have too
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