. Emblems divine and moral ; together with Hieroglyphics of the life of man . t good, from perfect ill ! O 2 Fs ALM j6o £ M B L E M S. Book IV. V. Psalm cxix. away mhu eyes fi om hehcl£ng vanity, 1. •TTOW like the threads of flax, JTX 1bat touch ,aremyinflameddefire&!How like to yielding v\ax, Mv Toul diiTjlves before thefe wanton fires !The fire but touchd, the fiaoie but felt,Like flax, I burn y like wax, I melt. 2. O how this flefh doth drawMy fetterd foul to that deceitful fire f And how th eternal lawIs baffied by the law of my defire ! How truly bad, how feeniing good.
. Emblems divine and moral ; together with Hieroglyphics of the life of man . t good, from perfect ill ! O 2 Fs ALM j6o £ M B L E M S. Book IV. V. Psalm cxix. away mhu eyes fi om hehcl£ng vanity, 1. •TTOW like the threads of flax, JTX 1bat touch ,aremyinflameddefire&!How like to yielding v\ax, Mv Toul diiTjlves before thefe wanton fires !The fire but touchd, the fiaoie but felt,Like flax, I burn y like wax, I melt. 2. O how this flefh doth drawMy fetterd foul to that deceitful fire f And how th eternal lawIs baffied by the law of my defire ! How truly bad, how feeniing good. Are all the laws of flefh and blood I 3- O wretched ftate of men,.The height of whofe ambition is to borrow What muft be paid again , , ^ , With griping intreft of the next days forrow! How wild his thoughts ! how apt to range 1 How apt to vary ! apt to change ! 4- How intricate and niceIs mans perplexed way to mans defire ! Sometimes upon the iceHe flips, and fometimes falls into the hre; HiS progrefs is extreme and bold. Or very hot, or very cold. ,/.^^.. Pral,^ BookTVT. E M B L E M Sv i€r 5- The common food he dothSuftain his foul-tormenting thoughts withal^ Is honey in his mouthTo-night, and in his heart to-morrow gall j Tis oftentimes, within an hour. Both very fweet and very four. 6. If fweet Corinna fmife,A. heav*n of joys breuks down into his heart: Corinna frown a torments are but copies of his fmart; Within a luftfull heart doth dwell A feeming heavny a very hell, 7- . Thus worthlels, vain, and void Of comfort, are the fruits of earths-employment^Which, ere they be enjoyd, Diftract us, and deftroy us in th enjoyment;.Thefe be the pleafures that are prized,When Heavns cheap pcnworth ftands defpisd. Lord, quench thefe hafty dart as lightning froci the thundnng (kk^y^ And evry minute dafliesAgainft the wanton windows of mine eyes : Lord, clofe the cafement, whilft I ftand Beneath the curtain of thy hand. O- z S. AU- itz EM
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