g£^ mvv* "V f^ >yv DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Treasure %oom ymm fvW?^ ■>zm<* Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Duke University Libraries http://archive.org/details/emblemesOOquar ~ ,1 M 4 v • l mM^^ Id HaecLaus, hie Apex Sapierw tiae eft,jea vivcntem app^ tere, quae morienti foret ajppetenda* rO MY riVCH IONOURED; AND NO ylefTe truly beloved Friend Edvv. Benxoyves Ef quire. Iy cfeare Friend, Ou have put the The- orboe into my hand- and 1 hai>e playd: 7ou gale the Mufaian the rfl encouragement^ the Mufich eturnes to you for Tatronage, Had \ beene a light Ayre\no doubt but it ^ad ta^en the mofl- and, among hemjbeworft: "But be'mgd grave zA % btrayne, 197184 BX fathers, Uc\ti hyHoly Writhed on, , Thoujb&sv'fl a way to Heav'n, by Helicon s The Mufes Font U tonfecratehy Thee, And Poeftgy lapi^d Qivinitie: Blefifoule > that here erribartffl : Thou fay Vfi apace, 'Tu hardtofay, moifdmorehylVit 3 or Grace s Zach Mufe fo plyes her Oare : But 0,the Saylc IsfiU'dfrom heav'n with a Diviner Gale : When Poets prove Divines ,n>lyfhould not I Approve, in Verfe, thii 'Divine Poetry f Let this Jujfice to licence the the Prejfe - y I mufi no more 3 nor could the Truth [ay lejfe. Sic appiobavit Rich. Lovb Prccan. Cantabrigienfis. fc"8.l Ml Leftori bcne^w^-volo, ^ legit ex Horf hoc Mm, &2 carpit, -Werj lure poteft VIOLA? dicere, jure RO S A £ None?*™*/* VIOLAM,*^' ROSETO Carpit ApoltQ, rnag\s qux fit amoena, R O S A M- Q&tVerfa VIOL A* *gft» **w»wMlocntuH Credis, wM,facise0e ROS A V 3 tiim 5 Z oik, vodisi Sic facis, has, VIOLAS livi*, dum mlM< Ppvv, BfiNio'vvfif EMBLEMES. Book i. ^zrnm ^zM^ 1 " ^ ^ 0™ vva FHE FIRST The fnyocation. ""} ggS ^ c >™y £ft ^ d drcinc .thee from the dress ^ Ot vulgar thoughts : Skrue up'the heiahtned be**! I .^ An ^eryet; that fo,the ftnll-mouth'd Quire wirt-wmg d Seraphims may come and joync : 1 make thy Gonloit more than halfe divine . ' oke no Mufe ; Let heav'n be thy Apj>Uo ; I let his facred Influences hallow f high-bred Straynes 5 Let his full beames infee f ravimt braines with more heroick fire ; :ch thee a Quill from the fpread Eagles win*. l,Iike the morning Lark/nount up and Cm*: : off thefe dangling Plummets.that fo clog° ' Iab'rihg heart.which gropes in this dark fb» (ungeon earth 5 Let ftefh and blood forbears ftop thy flight,till this bale world appeare in blew Lanskip ; Let thy pineons fore igh a pitch,that men mayfeeme no more n Pifmires 3 crawlin^ on 'this Molehill earth eare untroubled with their frantick mirth 3 ' lot the frailty of thy flem difturbe Thy % EMBLEMES. Book! Thy hot^nouth'd Paffion 3 and let heav'ns fire feafon The frefh Conceits of thy correaedReafcn j Difdaine to warme thee at Lufts fmoaky fires, Scorneicorne to feed on thy old bloat dch- es : cle come,my Souje, hoyfs up thy higher Saylei, The wind blowes faire I Shall we (till creeps like Snayles, That eild their wayes with their owne native {limes ? No s wemuft«ielikeEagles,andourRhmies Miifk mount tohcav»n, and reach th Olympick eare j Our heav'n-blown* fire muff feek no other Sphcarc : Thou ereat Theanthropos, that giv'tt and crown .A Thyeifts in duft 5 and 3 from our dunghill, own it Reflected Honour, taking by Retayle /What thou haft giv'n in grof^from lapfed,friile, And finfull manfthat drink* full draughts wherein Thy Childrens leprous fingers fcurf d with Sin, Have padled, cleanfe, O cleanfe my crafty Soule tromlecret Crimes,ahd 1ft my thoughts controule My thoughts : .0,teach meftoutly to deny My felfe, that I may be no longer 1 > Enrich my Fancy, clarifie my thoughts Refine my drone , 0,wink at humane faults ; And, through this (lender Condu.t of my QudL Convey thy Current, whofe cleare ftreames may fall ThStJof men with love,their W**£* > Crowne mewith Glory s Take,who lift,*' Bayes. Book | f pt& ir.imaw m may no (maXx%no)^ositus j Will Marshall Jculf ■ Soofct. tMBLEMES. | lAM. I. XI V. Every man is tempted, Ivhenhe is dfffiom ■jmay by bis crspn hU^and enticed. Serpent, ' Eve, top. KTOt eat? Not &fe Nx>t tpuch?Not carl: an eye ±N Vponthe Fruit of this faire Tree? And why ? Why eat'ft thou - not what Heav 4 n oriain'd for food ? pi' canrT thotr think that bad 3 whieh heav'n cal'd Good? "Why was it made 3 if not to be enjoy'd ? Neglect of favours' makes a favour voyd i Blefiings- unus'd pervert into a vVaitj • As well a ^Surfeits ; Woman 3 Do but taft : See how the laden boughs make filen't Suit To be enjoyd ; Look, How their bending Fruft Meet thee halfe wayj Obferve but how theycrouckr To kifle thy hand 5 Coy'woman 3 Db but touch : Mark what apure Vermilian blufla has. dy*d The«r fwelling Cheeks,and how,for {hame 3 they hitfe Their palfre heads^to fee themfelves ftand by Neglected : Woman 3 Do but caft an eye $ "VVhat bounteous heav'n ordain'd for ufe.ref ufe not j ,Come,puIl and eat . y'abufe the things ye ufe not* t-'Ve. Wifeft of Beafts, our great Creator did 3 Rdferve this Tree, and this alone forbid 5 -I'M reft are freely ouis,which 3 doubtlefre,are M pteafing to the Taft j to th'eye^as fairc j Bui: 6 1MBLEMIS. r Booki; But touching this, his ft'rid commands are fu:H, *Tis death to taft, no lefts than death,to touch Serb. P'fo; aeath ' s a fable : Dicl ndt he * v ' n inf?ire Your equall Elements with living Fire, Blownc from the Spring of life ? Is not that breath Immortal!? Come; ye are as free from death As He that made ye: Can the flame? expire VV'hichHe has kindled ? Can ye quench His fire > Did not the great Creators voice proclaime What ere he made(from the blue fpangled frame To the poore leafe that trembles) very Good ? Bleft He not both the Feeder,and the Food ? Teil 5 tell me,then,what danger can accrue From fuch blett Food, to fuch Halfe-gods as you ? Curb needlefle feares,and let no fond conceit Abufeyourfreedome; woman, Take and eat. Eve. 'Tistruej we are immortall ; death is yet 'Vnborne; and, till Rebellion make it debt, Vndue ; I know the Fruit is good,untill Prefumptuous difobedience make it ill : The lips that open to this Fruit's a portal!; ■ . To let in death,and makes immortall, mortal!. fir*. You cannot die ; Come,woman, Taft and feare not F-ue Shall Eve tranfgreffe ? I dare not, O I dare not. % tr p. Afraid? why draw'ft thou back thy tim'rous Arme ? Harmeonely fals onfuch as feare a Harme : . Heavm knowesand feares the vcrtue of this Tree : 'Twill make ye perfedGods as well as He . Stretch forth thy hand,and let thy fondneflTe never Feare death 5 Do,pull,and eat,and live for ever. gvi, »Tis but an Apple 5 and n is as good "" To do as to deiire : FrtuYs made for food j He pulUnd taft,and tempt my Adam too «■ To know the fecrcts of this dainty i Serft)*,9°- ki. EMBLEMES. 1 S.CHRYS.fup.Matth; ? fore* dtim not : He touch* dbim not : Onelj? fail Caft thy downe 5 that we may tyow, wtofiever obeyes tie t>ive& % himfelfe downs i Forthe'Divelimayfuggefis compel!, H S.Bern. inSer. is tieWwelspaft iofuggefi ; Oursjiotto confent • As oft > tefif! him, fo often we overcome him: as often as we 'over* him, fo often we bring py to the Angels, and glory to Goi t ipropofes us, that we my contmd^ndafftfis us, that we map e * 1 o. i; iluckic Parliament ! wherein,at la&, th Houfes areagreed,and firmely paft i Ad of death, confirm^ by higher Power! i ha^ it hatfbutfuchfviccefle as Oius. g EMBLEMES, Bdq II. ^^ .. — Jzr malum cicuit vmcum :n omne maium fta/Ti 0f« r y arskaf/'jeu/pnt Boofct; feMBLEME$. ' § II; IAM. I. XV; then Token luft hath conceived, itlringeth forth fin ; andfin^ohenit isjlni^ed^ hringeth forth death f" Ament,lament ; £ooke,looke what tliou halt dons. I JL* Lament the worlds, lament thy owne Eftate 5 Looke,looke,by doing, how thou art vndone 3 * Lament rhy fall 5 lament thy change of S tatc : Thy Faith is" broken ,and thy Freedome gone, See/ee too foone,what thcu ; lament'ft too hte : O thou that wcrtfo many men 5 nay, The Fire nov^ burnes,that did but warmc before, And rules her Ruler with refiftleffe Pride ; Fu*e 5 Water,Earth and Ayre 3 that firft were made To be fubduMjfeejhow they now invade ; They rule whom once they fervMjcomandjWherc once obaid» Behold ; that nakedriefle 3 that late bewraid Thy Glory^now's become thy (hame^thy wonder $ Behnld ; thofe Trees whofe various Fruits were made For food,now turn'd a Shade to fhrowd thee under : Behold; That voice(which thou haft difebayd) That late was Mufick 3 now aftrightS like Thunder i ^ . Poore manlAre not thy Ioynts grown fore with ihatsin^- To view theffeft of thy bold undertaking, (king? That in one hour* didft marre a what heav'n fix dayes was ma- $> Atcvs* Booki; feMBLEMES. S. A v g v s t. lib. i de lib.arbit." It U a mofl jufi punijhment , that man Jbouldlofe that dome which mm "would not uje s yet bad power to keep if be w And that be who had knowledge to do what was right } atid did I fhould be deprived of the knowledge of whatwds right; And t, he who would not doe rigkteoujly when he bad the$Qwer A jhout* lofe the power to do it % whenbehadtbewift. Hvgo de anima. They are juftty puhijbed that dbujelawfutt things Jmt they are inore juflly punijhed, that ufe unlawjull things & Thm Luciftv ieUfrom heaven j thte Adam lofi bu Faradifc E £ i g, £ See how thefe fruitfull kernek 3 being caft Vpon the eai th,how thick they fpring / how faix I A full-ear'd Crop, and thriving 5 n-nk and proud 5 Piepoft'rous man firft fow'd^arid then he plough'd. EMBLEMES. look i. III. r /• -t feotiaz^katwi . J?anezi£ ■> non kotiezu . MU.-Mxr/hattJculpsit. Booki. EMBLEMES; S3 IIL PROV- XIV. XIII. E yen in laughter the heart is forr&$full % and the end of that mirth Uheaipine^. /*Las fond Child, How are thy thoughts beguiPd, To hope for Hony from a neft of wafps ? Thou majft as well Go feek for eafe in Hell, Dr fprightly Nectar from she mouthes of Afps. 1 The worlds a Hive, From whence thou canft derive Mo good,but what thy foules vexation brings J Put cafe thou meet Some peti^petirfweet, iach drop is guarded with a thoufand flings* I Why doft thou make Thefe murm'ring Troupes forfake rhefafe Protection of their waxen Homes ? This Hive containes No fwcet that's worth thy paines 5 rhere's nothing h-erc 3 alas 5 but empty Combes, £ I For sif EMBLEMES. B$oki; 4 For train and Toyes, And griefe-ingendring loyes What torment feemes too fharpeforflefhand blood 1 What bitter Pills, Compos 'd of reall Ills, Man fwallowes downe,to purchafe one falfe Gapd | S The dainties here. Are leaft what they appcare $ Thougnfweet in hopes,yet in fruition/ovyrc ; The fruit that's yellow. Is found not alwayes mellow, Thefaireft Tulips not the fwcetett flowrc. 6 ' Bond youth ^give ore, And vexe thy foule no more,. In feekif .jjjwhat were better far unfound $ Alas thy gaines Are onely prefent paines To gather Scorpions for a future wound. 7 What's earth ? or in it, That longer than a minit Can lend a free delight,that can endure > Owho would droyle, Or delve in fuch a fcvle s Where game's uncertaine,and the paine is fine ?• S. A v it is altogether lighter than vanities. t in another weight : 'Tis yet^too light ? And yet , Fond Cupid,\>ut another in 5 yet^another : Still there's under weight 5 it in another Hundred : Put agin : \dd world to world j then heape a thoufand more To that 5 theiijto renew thy wafted ftore, : vp more worlds on truft^to draw thy Balance lower. 2 n the fle(h 3 with all her loads of pleafure 5 it in great Mammon? endlefle Inventory 5 n the pondrous Ads of mighty Ctfar $ it in the greater weight ofSuedens Glory *> AddScipiQ? gauntlet 5 put in Platos Gowne 5 Put Circes Charmes, put in the Triple Crowne, Balance will not draw > thy Balance will not downe» r D, what& world is this; which, day and night, en feek with fo much toyie 3 with lo much trouble I ch 3 weigh'd in equall Scales,is found fo light^ poorely ova-balanc'd with a Babble 5 Cqo4 18 EMBIEMES: Bool Goo4 God! that frantick mortals fhould deftro.y Their higher Hopes, -nd place their idle lov Vpon fuch ayry Trafh,vpon Co light a Toy ! 4 Thou bold Impofture,how haft thai befool'd The Tribe of Man 3 with counterfeit defire ! How has the breath of thy falfe bellowes cool'd He a v'ns free-borne flames, and kindled baftardfire ! Hovv haft thou vented DrofTe inftead of treafure, " And cheated man with thy falfe weights and meafurc Proclaiming Bad for Goodj and gilding death with pleafur The world's a crafty Strumpet jtnoft affecting, And clofely following thofe that moft rejed her S But feeming carele{fe 3 nieely difrefpefting; And coyly flying thofe that moft afibet her : If thou be free,fhee's ftrange • ' if ftrange^fliee's free * Fiee^and fhe rollowes 5 Followed fhee'l flee ; Than the there's, none more coyjthere's none more fond tt 6 0,what a Crocadilian world isthis, Composed of trech'ries,and enfnaring wiles ! She cloathes deftru&ion in a formall kifle , And lodges death in her deceitfull fmiles,: She huggs the foule fhe hates ; and 3 there 3 (ioe$ prove The veryeft Tyrant,where fhe vowes to love : And is a Serpent moft^when moft (he feetnes a Dove. 7 Thnce happy He,whofe nobler thoughts defpife To make an Object of fo eafie Gaines 5 Thrice happy Hc,whofcorncsfo poore a Prize Should fee the Crowne of his heroick paines : Thrice happy He,that nev'r was borne to trie Hcrfrownesorfmiles.j or 3 being borne^id lis . i In his fad Nurfes Armes an houre or two,and die* j&; 5MBIEMES, tp S A v g v s t. iib.Confefl". you that dote upon thu world, for what viftory doye fight ? hopes can be crowed with no greater reward than the warli ive; andwhat is the world but a brittle tfongjuU of dangers, tin we travel* from kjfer to greater peri/is I O let aU her idight, and momenta^ glityperijb Withherfelje, analetus werfant with more et email things : Alas, thu world u mi- le i Uje ujbwtiMX death isfure. Epis. 4. foule 5 What's, lighter than a feather ? Wind : m wind ? The fire : And what than fire ? The mind: at*s lighter than the mind I A thought: Than Thought? s bubbkrwwl-d : What;, than this Bubble ? Nought. 2© EMBLBMES, Boo V. kt; EMBLEMS S, « v. 1 COR. VII. XXXI. Tbefajbion of this -world pajfeth away. JOne are thofe golden dayes,whereini Confcience ftarted not at ugly fin $ len good old Saturnes vzzcttvM Throne rauairped by his beardlefFe Sonne : len jealous Ops nev'r fear'd th'abufe :r cbaft bed.or breach* of nuptiall Truce ; len juft Afttta poys'd her Scaf e$ >rtall heartSjWhoie abfence earthbewailesi: ten froth-borne Venus y and her Brat, all that fpurious brood young lave begat, horrid fhapes, were yet unknowne 5 e Halcyon dayes,that golden Age is gone % icre was no Clyent then,to Wait feifure of his long-tayi'd Advocate J ic Talion Law was in requeft, 2haunc 9 ry Qourts were kept in ev'ry breft j ufed Statutes had no Tenters, nen could deale fecure, without Indentures $ ere was no peeping hole,to efeare Vittols eye from his iacavuasefeare | There si ^MB LIMES. Boc There were no luftfuli Onders^then, To broyle the Carbonado'*! hearts of men 5 The rofie Cheekedid^then^proclaime A fhame of Guilt,but not a guilt of Shame j There was no whining fo«le,to ftart At Cupids twang^or curie his flaming dart 5 The Boy had 3 then 3 but callow wings, And fell Erynnis Scorpions had no flings | The better aded *WQrId didmove Vpon the fixed Poles of Truth and Leve; Loveeffenc'd in the hearts of men • Then,Reafon rui\i 5 There was no Pafiion,then 3 Till Lull and Rage began to enter, Love the Circumf 'rence was,and L6ve 3 the Center 3 Vntill the wanton dayes of love •? The fimple world was all compos' d of Love 5 But love grew flefhly,falfe,unju»ft ; Inferiour Beauty fill'd his veynes with Liift 5 And Cucqueanc lunot Fury htirld Fierce Balls of Rage into th'inccftaous World* 5 Aftrea fled 5 and Love return'd From earth : Earth boyl'd with Lull 5 witk Rage, it bu And ever (ince the world has beene Kept going, wi^h the fcourge of Luft,and Spleenc* S. A»B ill EMBLEMES. «3 S. A M B R O S. f it afharpefpurre to vite > which alwayes putt the jtjfe* into a fafi Gallop. Hvgo. £ is an immoderate toantonnejfe of tie flefh : a foeetpty* acruellpeftilence > apernitiouspotien, which weakens tie fman,andeffeminates tbeftrengtb of an herok\ mind* S.Aygvs t. vy u the hatred 6f another* felicity : in retpeft of Stipe* ', becaufe they are not equall to them 5 in reffett of Infer i- eft theyfhould be eqtta&tothem $ in retyefl of equals y be- they are equall to them : Through Envy pmseded the fall world>and the death of Cbrift. t? Cupid,muil ths world be lafht fo fbone ? nade at morfling,and be whipt at noone ? like the Wagg that playesr with Venm Do ves 5 more 'tis'lafbtjthe move'perverfe it prove*. *4 ElVlBLEMES » czuce tifta (jutes Will: Marsliatl-Seulg/it- ookx. EMBLEMES. VI. ECCLES. II. XVII. Attiswanitie and vexation of : t j Ow Is the anxious foule of man befool'd J. In his defire, hat thinks a Hectkk Fever may be cool'a In fhmes of fire 3 : t hopes to rake full heaps of bitfnifht gold From nafty myre ! A Whining Lover may as well recjueff - A fcornefull breft 3 melt in gentle teares 3 as Woo the world for reft a t Wit,and all her ftudied plots effecT: The beft they can • t frniling Fortune profper,and perfect What wit began; :t earth advife with both a and fo project A happy man j Let witjor fawning Fortune yie their beft % Hemaybebleft ifch all that earth can give : but earth can giye no Rdft. r ~" '■' C - Whofe z6 EMBLEMES. Book i Whofe Gold is double with a carefull hand. His cares are double 5 T. he Pleafure 3 Honour,Wealth of Sea and Land Bring but a trouble > The world it felfe,and all the worlds Command Is but a Bubble : The ftrong delires of mans infatiate breft May ftand poffeft Of all that earth can give 5 but earth can give no Reft, 4 The world's a feeming Par*dife,but her ownc And Mans Tormenter , Appearing fixt,yet but a rolling Stone, Without a Tenter ; It is a vaft Circumference ,whete none k Can find a Center : Of more than earth ,can earth make none poffeft 5 And he that Ieaft Regards this reftleffe world,mall in this world find Reft. True Reft confifts not in the oft levying Of worldly drone ; E ar thsNhyr y purchafe is not worth the buying * Her gaine is loffe ; I Icr. Reft,but giddy toyle 3 if not relying Vpon her CrofTe ; I low worldlings droyle for trouble 1 That fond breft That is pofTeft Of earth without a Crouch as earth without a Reft* Cm Dok*; EMbLEMES. a? C a s s. in Pf. The Croffe u the invincible S ancillary of the humble : the Ae~ lion of the proud ; the viclory ofChrifl ; the deftruttion of the. \velti the confirmation of tie faithfull-, the death of the unbe* ver i the life of the jufi. D A M A S C E N. The Crojfe of Cbtlft is the fey. of Paradife ; the n>ea\e man* ffe ; the Converts Convoy , the upright mans perfection •, the le and bodies health 5 the prevention ofai/evi^andthe^rocu^ matt Good, . . E p t <3. 6. 3rldling,whofe whimpring folly holds the lodes Honoiu-jPleafure, health and Wealth fuch Crofles^ oke here, and tell me what your Armes engrofle, hen the beftend of what ye hugg's a Crofle. C z sS • EMBLEMES. Book 1 VII. J^aiet £o7lu, <*■ otia Xuctr W. MarsUallJculp- ookr. EMBLEMES. %$ VII. I PET. V. VIII. tfober; Be vigilant x becattfe your advtrfary 1 Divellj as a roaring Lion walketh about *feehng whom he may deyourcs. i VHy doft thou fuffer Iuftfull floth to creepe (Dull Cyprian lad) into thy wanton browes ? [s this a time to pay thine idle vowes Morpheus Shrine ? Is this a time to ftcepe Fhy braines in waftfull ilumbers? up and rouze ty leaden fpirits ; Is this a time to fleepe ? 4djourne thy fanguine dreames 5 Awake,arife 5 Call in thy Thoughts^nd let them all advife, dftthou as many Heads,as thou haft wounded Eye& 2 oke,looke 3 what horrid furies doe await rhy flattring llumbers 5 If thy drowzie head But chance to nod,thou falft into a Bed fulphrcus flames,whofe Torments want a date : "ond Boy,be wife ,• let not thy thoughts be fed th Phrygian wifdome ; Foolcs are wife too UteS teware betimes 3 and let thy Reafon fever rhofe Gates which paflton clos'd ; wake now,or never : if thou nod'f^thoii fal'ft > andjfallingjfaTft for ever. fs EMBLEMES, Booki jMarIf,how the ready hands of death prepare i His Bow is bent,and he has notdiM his dart ; He aimes,helevels at thy flumbnng hear; j The wound is poping ; O be wife , Beware ; What? has the voice of danger loft the art To raife the fpint of neglected Care * Well $ ileep thy fill) and take thy foft repofes ; But know withall 3 fweet tarts have fower clofes ; And he repents in Thornes,that fleeps in Beds of Rofes. 4 * .Yet^fluggard^wakejand gull thy foule no more, With earths falfe plealure,and the worlds delight, Whofe fruit is faire^and pleating to the %ht 3 . But fowre in taft ; falfe 3 at the putrid Core : Thy flaring GlarTe is Gemms at her halfe light 5 She makes thee feeming rich^but truly poore : Sheboafts a kerneil,and beftowes a She'll ? Performes an Inch of her f aire promis'd Ell ; tier words protetba Heavn j Her works produce a Hell. '? O thou,the fountaine of whofe better part Is earthM,andgravil'd up with vaine de(ire a That .daily wallow'ft in the fl elhly mire And bafe pollution of a luftfnii heart, That feel'ft no paffion but in wanton fire a And own*ft no torment but from Cupids dart ; Behold thy Type 5 Thou Gtft upon this Ball Of earth 3 fe cure 3 while death 3 th at flings at all, Stands arm'd to ftrike thee down^where flames attend thy fal, S.Beri x>ki. EMBLEMES. I 1 S. B B R N. Security u no where : It u neither in haven; nor in *»*?& cb left in the world : In heaven, tie Angels felt fm the it* ie prefence 5 In Paradifc,Ad*mfe/lfiom hk place ef&eafirei thworld 3 ludaifeUfiom the Schoole of our Saviour. H v g o. leatfecurei I drmkfecure : ijleefefeeure, even although I dpa/t the day of death, avoided the day of judgement, amiejca- ithe torments of heU fire: I play and laugh, asthoughlwre -eady triumphing in the hjngdoine of heaven. - Ens. 7- ?et up 3 my foule j Redeeme thy flavifh eyes, rom drowzy bondage; O beware ; Be wife : rhy Foe's before -thee > thou mutt fighter flie : Afc liesmoft open in aclofcd Bye. t 4 EMBLEMES. VIII. Book i. £t rtfu necat. /iy Aff Marshall. Sc-- Doki. EMBLEMES; 33 Villi LVKEVI. XXV. Wot he tojou tbatlaugb no^/orje/hall mourne and ypeepc^j. ■•He world's a popular difeafe,that raignes [ Within the froward heart 3 and frantick braines f poore diftemper'd mortals 5 oft arifm^ om ill digettiorijthrough th unequal! poyfing j ill-vyeigh'd Elements 3 whofe light directs ilignant humors to maligne Effects : ae raves^and labours with a boyling Liver $ rnds haire by handfuls,curfing Cupids Quiver: iother 3 with a Bloody-fluxe of oathes 3 Dwes deepe Revenge 5 one dotes . the other loathes ; ae frisks and tings^and vyes a Flagon more o drench dry Cares 5 and makes the Welkin rore $ lother droopes j the funfhine makes him fad j iav'n cannot pleife 5 Cne*s moap'd $ the tother's mad $ ae huggs his Gold j Another lets it flic,, ; knowing not,for whom • norjtotherjwhy : ae fpends his day in Plots ; his night 3 in Play $ lother flceps and f Jugs both night and day : ae laughs at this thing } tother cries for that 5 it neither one 3 nor tother knowes for what : onder of wonders ! What we ought t'evitc ! our difeafe^we hugg as our delight i s Tis 34 EMBLEMES; Book 3 *Tis held a Symptomc of approching danger, When difacquainted Senfe becomes a ftranger, And takes no knowledge of an old difeafe 5 But when ajloyfome Griefe begins to pleafe The unrelrfting Senfc,it is a feare That death has parlycd 3 and compounded there : As when the dreadfull Thund'rers awefull hand Powres forth a Viall on th'infeCted land. At firft th*aftrighted Mortalls,quake,and feare, J\nd ev'ry noyie is thought the Thunderer ^ But when the frequent Soule-departing Bell Has pav'd their eareswith her familiar knell, It is reputed feut a nine dayes wonder, They neither feare the Thund're^norhis Thunder j So when the world(aworfc difeafe) began To fmart for iin,poore new-created Man Could feek for fhelter,and his gen'rous Son Knew,by his wages, what his hands had done > Bu;t bold-fac'd MortalIs,in our blufhlefle times^ Can {in and fmile,ind make a ("port of Crimes, Tranfgrefle of Cuftomc,and rebell in cafe ; We fallen] oy'd fooles can triumph in difeafe, And (as the carelefk pilgrim,beng bit By the Tarantula,begins a Fit Of life-concluding laughter) waft our breath la hyiih pleafuie,tili we laugh to death. Htq jokl* EMBLEMES. 35T H v G o de anima. What prop u therein vaine Glory, mmtntary mirth, the )T lds power ,thefiefbespleafure,iutl riches, noble dej cent , and <>at dcfirts ? Where is their laughter ? Where is their mirth I ''here their infolence? their Arrogance? Fromhowmuchjoy>t9 w&uchfadnefe ! After how much mirth,bm much mtfery ! >om how great glory are they fallen to how great torments/ 'hat hath fa&n to them jnay befall tbse,becaufe thou art ajnan. > hou art of earth ; thou livefi of earth , Thou [bait returne to. rth- "Death expeffs thee every a -here j he wife therejore 3 and -peel death every where. E p i G. £ '■ ,> 3 ^ome dunghill worldlingsjyou, that root like fwine, And c-aft up golden TreneheSjWhere ye come $ ' 3^ £MBtEMES. Book VVhofc onely pleifure is to undermine, And view the fecrets of your mothers wombe ; Come bring your Saint 3 pDucrTdin his leather Shrine And fuminon all your griping Angels home j Behold your world,the Bank of all your ftore • The world ye fo admire • the world ye fo adore. 4 A feeble world ; whofe hot-mouth 'd pleafurcs tyre Before the Rice j before the ftart^retrait , Afaithleile world,whofe falfe delights expire Before the termc ©f halfe their promis'd Date 5 A fickle world ; not worth the leaft defire, Where cv'ry Glance proclaimes a Change of State : A feeble,faithlefie,fkkle world^wherein Each motion proves a vice 5 and ev'ry A&,a Sin, The Beauty^that of late,was in her flowre^ Is now a ruine,not to raife a Luft j He that was lately dcench'd in *Binaes ihowre, Is Mafter,now,of neither Gold,nor Truft • Whofe Honour,late,was mann'd with princely povv'r, His glory now lies buried in the duft 5 O who would truft this world,or prize what's in it, That gives and takes,and chops,and changes ev'ry minit I 6 Nor length of dayes,nsr folid ftrertgth of Brainc Can find a place wherein to reft fecure; T^e world is various,and the Earth is vaine • There's nothing certaine here • there's nothing fure ^ Wetrudge,we travcll but from paine to paine, Arid what's our onely griefe's our onely Cure : ^ The World's a Torment ; he that would endeaver To find the way to Reft^muft feek the way to leave her. S,GU( wki. EMBLEMES. jj S.Gre a. in ho. Behold, the world is witheredin it fclfe , yctjimriShes in gut irts 5 every where, death ; every where grief e ; everywhere, olation : On every fide we are f mitten ; on every fide filfdw it b tcrnejfe, andyet with the blind mind of carnall defire we love. r bitternejfe ; It flies, and we follow it ; itjals 3 yet wtftic\e it : And becaufe we cannot enjoy it ftflepjvf faHwith it&nd joy itifaUen* H I* I 6. 9. ' Fortune hate 3 6r envious Time but fjftifne, he world turnes round ; and 5 With the world ,We turnej /hen Fortune fees,and Lynx-ey*d Time is blind, le ttuft thy Ioyes^O world, Till the n,the Wind* EMBLEMES. Book X. . (Vtnufri crebuncii (JL- (HUezcts, y/uZ: 'Marshall XcuAfj U ■ poaki. EMBtEMES. 4t x; ioavm.XLiv. Tee are of your father the Deyiti, and the Ivfts of jour father yee mil doe i HEre*s your right ground : Wagge gently ore this Black j Ti's a fhort Gait 5 y'arc quickly at the lack : Rubbe,rubbe an Iricir frrtwo 5 Two Crownes to one On this Boulcs fide. Blow wincle; T'is fairely thrownes The next Boule's worfe that comes; Come houle awayj Mammen s you know the ground un-tutor'd, Play; Your laft was gone 3 A yeard of ftrength, well fpar'd, Had touch'd the Block 5 your hand is ftill too hard. Brave paftime,Readers, to confume that day. Which, without paftime, flyes too fwift away ' See how they labour 5 as if day and night Were both too fhort, to ferve their loofe delights See how their curved bodies wreathe, and skrue Such antick ihapes as Proteus never knew .• One raps an oath;another dealcs a curfe; Hec never better bould ; this,* never worfe : One rubbes hjs itchieffe Elbow, Ihrugges, and laughs; The tother bends his beetle-browes, and chafes, Sometime they whoope ; fometimes their Stigian cries Send their Black-^tfrw tdthebluming Skies$ Thus, mingling Humors in a mad confulion, They make bad Premifes,and worfe Conclufiott: D ' \ V- list 41 EMBLEMES. Bookx, Butwhere'sthc Palme that fortunes hand allowes To blefle the Victors honourable Browcs ? Come,Reader, comej lie light thine eye the way To view the Prize, the while the Gamefters play % ' Clofe by the lack, behold Gill Fortune ftands To wave the game$See, in her partiall hands The glorious Garland's held in open {how, Tocheare the Ladds, and crowne the Conq*rers brew J | The world's the lack. The Gamfters that contend. Are Cupid, Mammon That juditious Friend, That gives the ground, is Satban ; and the Boules Are linfull Thoughts : The Prize,a Crowne for Fooles. Who breathes that boules not? what bold tongue cat* fay Without a blufh, he hath not bonld to day ? It is the Trade of man ; And ev'ry Sinner Has plaid his Rubbers^ Every Souie's a winner. The vulgar Proverb's croft: Hee hardly can * Be a good Bouler and an Honeft man. Good God,turne thou my Brazil thoughts anew, New foale my Boules, and make their Bias true £ 1'le ceafe to game,tili fairer Ground be given, Nor wifh to winae untill the Marke be Heaven. S. BSRH-A&l Book*: EMBLEMES. 4j S.Bermard. lib. de Confid. : Oyou Somes of Adam , you covetous Generation, what have \ee to doe with earthly Riches, which are neither true, nor yours. Goldand filver are reali earth red } andwhite, which the onely error of man ma\es ^or rather reputes f vetiom: Inlhort, If they heyourSj carry them withy on. SoHierome in Ep: tufij thou infernatt fire, whofe Fuell is Glattory, whofe Flame is Prideiwhofe (paroles are wantonwords ; whofe fmoa'ie, is infamies whofe Afhes are unQleaneneJfei whofe end u Hetl, Mammw^tll followed : Cupid bravely leddes Both Touchers ; Equall Fortune makes a dead: No Reede can meafure where the Gonqneft Iks; Take my adYifejCom|>ound 3 and (hare the Prize, 4* EMBLEMES. Booki. XI. '■tmdus in eyiUium luip. Book I. EMBLEMES. 41 XI. eph.ii.ii; Tee walked according to the courfe of this world, according to the Prince of the Aire. i O Whither will this mad-braine world, at laft, Be driv'it ? whevc will her reftlefle whecles arive? "Why hurries on her ill-match'd Payre fo fait ? O whether meanes her furious Groome to drive? What? will her rambling Fits be never paft ? For ever ranging ? never once retrive ? Will earths perpetuall Progreffe nere expire ? Her Teame continuing in their frefli Careue, And yet they never reft, And yet they never tyre. Sols hot-mouth'd Steeds, whofe noftiils yomit flame^ • And brazen lungs belch forth quotidian fire^ Their twelve houres tasl^e perform'd,grow ftifte and lame, And their immortall Spirits faint and tyre; At th' Azure mountaines foote,their labours ciaimc The privilcdge of Reft, where they retyre To quench their burning Fetlocks, andtofteepe Their Aiming noftrils in the Wcfterne deepe, And frefh their tyred fouks with ftrength-reftoring flcepe. h W •.-•'■' ,J*.i But 4$ EMBLEMES. Sooki, Butthcfe prodigious Hackneycs,bafely got Twixt Men and Devils, made for Race,nor Flighty On dragge the idle world,cxpecting not The bed of Reft, but travill with delightj Who neither weighing way,nor weather, trott Through duft and dirt 3 and droyle both night and day; Thus droyle thefe feinds incarnate^whoiefree payncsj ' Are kd with* dropfies , and veneriall Blaincs. No need to ufe the whip, but ftrength,to rule the raynes. 4 Poore Captive world I How has thy lightnefie given A juft occaiion to thy Foes illu(icn .- O, how art thcu betrayd.thus fayrely driven In feeming Triumph to thy ownc confuiion ? Kcw is thy empty uruverfc bereiven Of all true loyes, by one falfe Ioyes deluffon ? So have I fecne an unblowne virgin fed With fugard words fo full, that fhee is led A faire attended Bride,to a falfe Bankrupts Bed. $ Full graticus Loed; Let not thine Arme forfake The worId 3 impounded in her owne devifesj Thinke of that pleafure that thcu once did take Amongfl thy Lillies 3 and f.\eete Bedscffpices: Hale ftrongly, thou whefe hand has pow'r to flake The fwift foot Fury of ten thouiand Vices: Let not that duit-devouring Dragon b:aft, His craft -has wonne, what Iudahs Lyon loit; Remember what it crav'd,Recount the price it ccft- IslODQIU Jooki.' EMBLEMES. 47 I s x o D o r : lib. i. De fummo bono. By how much tie newer Sathan perceives the vorld to an end, yfo much the more fiercely Hee troubles it with per feeuttmt bat mowing himfelje is to bs damnsd.heemay get company mm lamnation* Ctpkian. inep: BroadandWatiom u the road to infernaUUfe : T J^ rea ^J n ; icementsanddeath-bringingpteafures', There the KeviH flat- ters, that hee may deceive-, Smiles, that he may endamage 5 ffa lures % that he may destroy. Epi g.xi. Nay foft and fake, good world ', Poft not too faftj Thy Iourncys end requires not halfe this hsfh Vnleffe that Arme thou fo difdaintt, reprives thee 3 Alas thou needs muft goe: the devill drives thee. EMBLEMES; Booki.' xh: >ok*. EMBLEMED 4^ XII. - ISAYLXVLXI. Teemayfuck^utnotbefatUfied'Soitbtbe \ brefl of her Confutation. 1 Tt jHat never fUl'd?Be thy lips skrew'd fu fall (feife thee? I V To th'earths full hreaft ? For flnme, for fhamc un* mm tak'ft a furfeit,where thou fhotfldft but taft, And mak'ft too much not halfe enough, to pleafe thee: Ahfoole,forbeare$Thou fwallow'ft at one breath »oth food and poyfon down 5 Thou drawft both milk & death, ■ v " • i rhe ub'rous breafts, when fairely drawne, repaft The thriving Infant with their milkie flood. Jut being ovcrrtiaind,returne 3 at laft, VnholfOmc Gulps compos'd of wind and bioodj A mod'rate ufe does both repaft and pleafe 5 Who faints beyond a meane, draws in and gulps defeafe, Jut, O, meane whofe good the leaftabufe .Makes bad, is too too hard to be directed 5 Can Thornes bring erapes, or Crabs apleafing juce? Ther's nothing wholfome, where the whole's infe&edi Vnfeife thy lipSj Earths milk's a ripned Core That drops from her defeafe,that matters ftem her Sore, . * - ■ — :—;-„■; -. : ; | Linkft SO . EMBLEMES. Book: \ -• - 4 Thinkft thou,that Paunch that burlyes out thy Coate, Is thriving Fatjor flclh, that feemes fo brawny ? Thy Paunch is dropfied,and thy Cheekes are bloatj Thy Ups are white and thy compiexion a tawny ; Thy skins a Bladder blowne with watry turners- Thy fiefhja tternbfing Bogge 3 a Quagmire full of humors And thou, whofe thrivelefTe hands arc ever ftraynino- Earths tWnt Brefts, into an empty Sivc 3 .That alwaies haft, yet alwaies art complaining; And whm'ft tor more then earth has pow'r to give^ Whofe treafure fiowes 3 and flees away as faft, r That ever haft^anu haft, yet haft not what thou haft s 6 GoechoofeaSubftance, foole, that will remtine Wirhin the limits of thy leaking meafnre 5 Or elfe eoe feeke an Vrne that will retaine The liquid Body of thy llipp'ry Treafure: Alas 3 how poorely are thy labours crownd f Thy liquors neither fweet,nor yet thy veflell found. 7 What leffe then Foole is Man,to progge 5 and plott 3 And laviih out the Creame of all his care, To gaine poore feeming goods, which, being got, Make fume pofTefiion, but a Thorowfare; Or if they ftay 3 they furrcw thoughts the deeper. And being kept with care^they loofe their carefull keeper S. Gre joki; EMBLEMES. it S. G k E ©: Horn: 3 . fecund, parte Ezech. If me give more to the flejbthenwee ought, weenourifhan nemy; Ij we give not to her necefiiiy what we ought, we deftroy Citi{en : The flefb is to befatufedfofarre as fuffites to our odi whojoever attunes [o much t& her as to maty her proud, wwesnothowtobefatufiedt Tobefatisfied, is a great ^rt; I by the faclety oj theflejh wee brealf forth into the Iniquity of I FoUy. H V G p. de Anima. The heart u a (mat! thing, but defires great matters : It is rot Wkient for a iQtes fanner, yet the whole world is mtjufjimnt rit. E p i<5. xi. What makes thee foole To fat? FooIe,thee fo Bare/ £ee ftick the felfe fame milke; the fdfe fame aire ; tfo meane,betwixt all Paunch; and skinne and bone ? Jfhs meane's a vertue^and the world has none, 5* EMBLEMES. Boot xuu Uamikjmnatimorj&a miju, \aCcar amor. jokii EMBLEMES. 5} XIII. IOH.III.XIX; Men tow darknefferatber then ligbt,fa mje their deeds are eV ill. Ord, when we leave the World and come to Thee, a How dull ! how flugge are wee ? ow backward 1 hoyv prxpofterous is the motion Of our ungaine devotion! ur thoughts are Milftones,and our foules are lead, And our defires are dead : •ur vowes are fairely promifed,, faintly paid; Or broken , or not made : ur better worke (if any good ) attends Vpon our private ends : i whofe performance one poore worldly feoffs Foyles uSjOr beates us off s 'thy fharpe fcourge finde out fome fecret faujlt, Wee grumble^or revolt : nd if thy gentle hand forbearc, wee ftray, Or idly loofe the way: | the Roade faire? wee loyter : cloggM with myref Wee fticke, or elfe retyre ; \ Lambe appeares a Lyons and we feare, Each bufo me fee's a Bearc, " 14 EMBIEME5. Book When our dull failles direft their thoughts to Thee The ibft-pae'd Snayle is not To flow as wee: But when at earth wee dart our wing'd deiirc, Weburne,weburnelike fire: Like as the am'rous needle joyes to bend To her Magnetkke Friendj Or as the greedy Lover eye-bails flyc At his faire Mi fires eye, - So/o we cling to earth; wee fly, and puff, Yet fly not faft enough; If* Pleafure becken with her biimcy hand, Her becke's a ftrong command; If Honour call us with her courtly breath, An hour's delay is death: If profits golden fingerd Charmes enveigle's, Wee clip more fwift then Eagie& Let Aufterweep,orbluftring Boreas rore Till eyes or lungs be fore* Let Neptune fwell untill his dropfie (ides Built into broken Tides; Nor threaming Rockes, nor windes,nor waves,nor Fyre Can curbc our fierce defire; Nor Fire nor Rocks can flop our furious mindes, Nor waves, nor^indesj How faft and fearcleffe doe our footfups flee! The lightfbot Roe-buck's not fo fwift as wee. 6. Ate** >dki. EMBLEMES; y 5 S. A V G V s T. fup: Pfal: 64. *Tr?o fever aH Loves built two fever ail Cities\The love of God Uds a lerufalem-i The love of the world builds a Babylon : Let zty one enquire o f bim r elfe what he loves t and hee/haUrefolve nfelfe^f whence hee is a Citizen . S/AvGvsr, lib. 5. Confefl*. All things are driven by their owne weight, and tend to thif n Center: My weight is myloveiBy that lam driven>whthef* rver/amdriven* Ibidem. Lor T> 3 he loves the the lejfe that loves any tVwgtoith the 9 )ich be loves not for thee* Epig. x$; ord fcoarge my AfTe if {hee ftould make no haftj nd curbe my Stagge if hee (hould flee too faft; hec be over fwift, or (hee prove idle, et Lore lead himafpune: Feare^yi Bridk* rr* "" EMBLEMES. Be XIV. Wi.'f- MarsT>af{J}ru/pfit feoH. EMBLEMES* 57 XIV. PSAL. XHUIt Light en mim eyes, Lotdjefl IJleept the fleepe of death. I TV/**'* ricie ^ e mornin g ? Will that pronuYdlight V V Nere breake,and cleare thefe Clouds ofnighj? Sweet Pbofpberhimg the day, Whole concju'nng Ray lay chafe thefe fogges : Sweet Pbofpbcr bring the day* low long ! how long (hill thefe benighted eyes ! Lang'ufh in fhades, like feeble Flics ;xpecling Spring! How long ftall darkneflfe foyle The face of earth, and thus beguile Pur foulcs of ightfull action? when will day Begin to dawne j whofe new-borne Ray flay gild the Wether-cocks of our devotion^ And give our unfoul'd foules new motion ? Sweet Pkofpher bring the day, Thy light will fray rhefe horrid Mi&> Sweet Pbvfflct bring the day? *et thofe have night, that flily love t'immurc Their cloyfterd Crimes, artf finne fecuie^j 8 tec- 53 EMBLEMES. Booki Let thofe have night that blufh to let men know The bafenefle they ncre blum to do } Let thofe have night, that love to take a Nappe And Loll in Ignorances lappe^ Let thofe, whofe eyes,Iikc Oulcs abhorre the lights Let thofe have Night that love the Nightj Sweet Pko/pher bring the dayj How fad delay Afni&s dull hopes'. Sweet Phofpher bring the day, Alas! my light-invaine-expecling eyes Canfinde no Objecls but what rife From this poore morall blaze, a dying fparke Of Vulcans forge ,whofe flames are darke And dangerous, a dull blue burning light, As melancholly as the night: Here's all the Sunnes that glitter in the Spheare Of earth: Ah meel what comfort's here: Sweet Phofpher bring the day $ Hafte, haftnaway, Heav'ns loytring lampej Sweet Phofpher bring the day. - Blow Ignorance £) thon, whofe idle knee Rocks earth into a Lethargie, And with thy fpoty fingers haft bedight The worlds faire cheekes,blow,blow thy fpite> Since thou haftpufft our greater Tapour doe Puffc on,and out the lefler too: If ere that breath-exiled flame returne, .. Thou haft not blowne, as it will burne: Sweete Phofpher bring the day Light will repay The wrongs of night; Sweet Thfffor bring the day. S. Augus »ookt: EMBLEMES- %f S.Au gust, in Ioh.£cr. \ a radisaU beginning 9f all goQdnejft. E*X6. 14. y Soulcjif Ignorance puffe out this light iee'11 do a favour that emends a fpight .• rfcemes darke abroadjBut take this light av\tty 3 hy windows will difcover breafg 4 daj. & EMBLEME5. Book DcbiUtatajnics' : Tcribrar jtfttnra raiquit H/.M: JtuC* * aok*. EMBLEMED 'ft XV, REVEL. XILXII2 The DeyiU is come untoyou y having gfeab wath t becMfe bee knoioeth that beg batb but ajbort time* I I OsD J canft thou fee and fuffer ? Is thy hand L Still bound toth' peace* Shall earths black Monarch ;akc I full poflefii on of thy W-fted land ? O, will thy flumbring vengeance never wake a Till full-ag'id law-refiftmg Cuilome (hike the pillours of thy Rightly falfe command? Vnlockethy Clouds^great Thund'rer,and come downex Behold yvhofe Temples weare thy (acre d Crowne ; .edrefie^redreffe our wrongs^ revenge,reve nge thy owne. z ee,hovv the bold Vfurper mounts the feat Of royall Majeftie 5 How overdrawing erilswithpleafure, pointing ev'ry threat With bugbeare death jby torments over-awing Thy frighted fubjec>; or, hy favours, drawing heir tempted hearts to his unjuft retreat* Lord, canft thou be fo mild? and hee fo bold ? Or can thy flockes be thriving, when the fold >go Y em'd by a JFo«? Jfcordjcanft thou fee ankij IMBLEMES: C I PitlRav. inMath. The 7)evi#U the author of eviUithe fount aim ofmckednefe; e Adverfary of the Truth; the corrupter of tbevorUyians per- tuaU Enenyi Hee plants fnares • digs ditclss ; fpurres bodies; : Po€ds Conks i-Heefuggefis thoughts, belches Arger ; expojes zrtues to hat red;mahes vices beloved',foves ErrmrsjiMWS ntentian>difiurbes peace ,andfcatters Affeclhns. Ma car: Let mfuffcr nith thfe thatfuffcr, and be crucifieZ r»ith tlofe iat are crucified, that wee may be glorified, with thofe that or $ \orified, * ' S a v A n'a r. // there be no eMmyjio fights if m fight, nvMyy > fik $» kry, no crowne, E p x 6". i £ 'A'f Soule, fit thou a patient looker on 5 Aidge not the Play before the Play be donci 5er Plot has many Changes. Every Day :>peakes a new Scenes The laft AcK'townes the play. EMBLEMEK Book Sic [limine lumen ademption Wt& marfiatl rcu.- THE SECOND BOO KE. I: ESAY. L. XI. You that •ftdkein the light / your Is none return'd To his forgotten felfe ?. Has none regainM His fenfes ? Are their fenfcs all adjourn' d > What none difrrift thy Court will no plumpFec Bribe thy falfe fi{ls,to 'rake a glad Decree, TWoolc whom thou haft fool'd,and fct thy pnfnersfree ? S.BSRK ooks; EMBLEMED ff §. BfiRK.inScr. In thuworldu much trecheriejittle truth 5 here , <7# /&/*g4 •e /rd/>r ; here, every thing u befit with fnares ; here favles are danger djiodies art afflifted > Here all things are vanity, and exationfifjpirit. \. Epig. 3. Ityrfupidtfhch. thy Trammill where thou pleafe 3 how canft not faile to take fuch fifh as thefc 5 hy thriving fpor t will ne v'r be fpent • no need's * o feare a when ev'ry Cork's a world j ThouUt fpeed, F 1- EMBlEMES* Book IV. i . ' !ook>. EMBLEM^ f? IV. HOS. XIII. ut; tbeyjhalbe astbe chaffe that is driven With a'phirkwindoutofthefloore^ndds the Jmohout of the chimney. FLint-brefted StoickSjyou,whofe marble eyes Contemne a wnnckie,and whefe foules defpifc ro follow Natures tooaffe&ed Faihion, 3r travell in the Regent walk of Paftion} Whofe rigid hearts difdaine to fhrink at Feaxs, . Dr play at fait and Joofe with Smiles artdUaVS;^ Come burfl: your fpieenes with iaughterto b«hc34 ' . ~10 \ new-tound vanity $ whichjdayes o£old> ..*■*'. >Jev'rknew5 A.Yanity 3 thatha$t>efet ../. ■ t*.V7 Fhe world,and made mbreflaves tha£rMahomett-»*'~ s JT rhat has condemn'd us to iKfif eimieypkiS;..* ■•• : -.*» .-»%• Df ila very .and made us {lave 5 tftf moke. .. „ *=..; ! .-. V ' Jut ftay ! why taxe I thus, out modem? ^ei r ' • ■' 9ft ror new-blowne Follies aiadfo&iievc»&orRe»CriTo*$?».- ■-* \rc we folc guilty 3 and th* £rft a ge f tee ?. . , , :> V "» a * ' ^o 3 theywerefmoak'd,anei{l^vef^-VVhcfe deare-bcudit Bubble,fild with vaine renowne. B tea.ks with a Phillip,or a Gen'rals frowne 5 Hte ItrolU-^ot Honour ftaggers with a ftroke 5 A ftave toKonour is a Slave to Smoke : And that fottti voule which wafts his idle dayes tnlooie delimits, and fports about the Blaze J Of Cupid's CamUe: he that daily fpies Twin. Babied in hizmi&l$ffc Geminies, \ Wher eto Jus $e& djevoti on docs impart Thefweet burnt- offcingoi a ktaeding heart ; $€*, how hk vrijigf areiingdirt Cyprian fire, Whafoilaines Conftimewitia ^OUtfi ; in Age 3 explre : r UwwoTU'$a,&u&&Uya]l the "pleafiires in it, Like mc^tvgvapor -vantfh vr a maait : Tfce vapours vaM{KJ|*itebubtte r s broke j A^ve to pleafute. U aitosreto fmoke. Nov^toiek, ceafe thy laughte^aad rcpift Thy picklei ckeck^rilK teats,and weep asfcfh S. H I £ R O H< \ look a. EMBLEMES. 7* S. H I B R O M. That rich man u?reat> who thm\es not hmfelfepeat hecauft e U rich : the proud manfobo u thepoore man)brags outward^ ut begs inwardly : Heu tome upJbut not fult. Fitr. Rav. Vexation and anguijh accompany riches and honour: the ompe of the world and i he favour of the people are butfiioake 9 nd a blaft fuddenly vanijhing .• which ,if they commonly pleafe* ommorly brhgrepentance,and for a niinutof joy theyhr'tngan ge o] for row. Epic 4. :upid'y thy diet's ftrange * It dulls . It rowxe$:| I coolesj It heatsj it bmds 3 and then it loofes : )ull-fprightly-cold-hot Eoole, if cv'r it wiiufs^c; nto a loofenefe oiice^taks heed } It binds thee. *' f 4 \ fi» EMBI.EMES. Book 2 V. ?i 4 ft «_y K>/z tbeyflie amy as an Eagle m FAlfe worldjthou ly'ft : Thou ca -rouidence,andker end mtwnhoui repentance. E p 1 g^ y. World ; th'att a Traitor 5 Thsn haft ftampt thy bafc And Chymick metail with great Ccsfan face 5 And with thybaiiard Bullion thou haft b:^rtcrd For wares of price 5 How iullly drawne^and quarterd i EMBLEME5, VI; wz.ho ttfrft rightly advifid to behold bimfelfe : Virft thouvmft 'oe-vifible things ofthyfelfe, before thou canft be prepared T9 p the invipbte things of God, for if thou canft not apprehend kings within thee , thou canfi not comprehend the things a- > thee : The heft loolyngglajfs wherein to fee thy God,ispu- ytofeetbyfelfe* Epic.*, notdeceiv*d,*reat Foole 5 There is no iotfe being fmall . ^Great bulks but fwell with drofle f in is heav^nS Mafter-peecc 5 If it appeare >re grcatjthc valu's leiTc j If leile,morc dear*. S3 EMBLEMES. Boo VII. fc*« i •He world's a £loorc 3 whofe dwelling heapes reraine The mingled wages of the Ploughmans toyle ; The world's a Hteape,Whofe yet nnvyinn'ovved graihe Is Iodg*d witfh chafre and buried in her foyle 5 Ml things are rnixt 5 the afcfull with the vaine ; The good with bad • the noble with the vile ; The world's an Ark 3 whcrein things pure and grofle Prcfent their loffefull gaine,and gainfull Icfle, iVhere ev'ry dram of Gold container a pound of drolfe* 2 This furniflat Ark prefents the greedy view 1 With all that earth can give,or heav'n can add } flere Rafting joyes , here,pleafures hourely new, And hourely fading 3 may be wifht and bad : toll points of Honourjcounrerfeit and true Salute thy foule 3 and wealth both good and bad: Here marft thou ope n wide the two-leav'd doore Of all thy wifheSjto receive that ftore rVhieh be^ng emptied moftsdocs overflow &£ wse* Q . / Come ? EMBLEM ES; 93 VIII. PHIU lit XIX They mvnde earthly things Jut our con* verfatien is in heaven* P* fl * DlY.CuPID. I %> \7f / Ha * mcans &« pecvifhBrat ? WhifhJLuliaby 5 V V What ailes my Babe ? What ayles my Babe to cry? Mil nothing ftill it? Will it neither be Heas'd with the Nurfes brett nor Mothers knee ? Vhat ayles my Bird «• What moves my froward Boy ro make fuch whimpring faces ? Peace,my Joy ; Vill nothing doe ? Come,come,this pettifh Brat, rhus cry and bawlc,and cannot tell for what ? 3ome bufle and friGnds,my lambc ; whifh,lullab£ Vhat ayles my Babe > What ayles my Babe to cry ? >eace, peace my deare ; alas, thy early yeares Jad never faults to merit halfe thefe teares : -ome fmile upon me : Let thy mother (pie rhy Fathers Image in her Babies eye u lusband thefe guiltlefle drops againfi the rage )f harder fortunes^and tte gripes of Age 5 rhine eye's not ripe for teares .• whiflijullaby > Vhat ayles my Babe^mine fweetrfac'd Babe to cry ? ,ook,look,what , shere ! A dainty Golden thing : ee how thedauncing BeHs turn round and rine 94 fiMBLEMES. Book a, To plcafc my Bantling ! here s a knack will breed A hundred kiltes : Here's a knack indeed 1 So/iow my bird is whitejanci'lcofcs as faire As Pelops ihoulder, or my milk white pay re : Here'c right the Fathers fmile ; waen Mars beguil'd Sick Venus of her heart, juit thus he frmTd." " - Di v i n. Cupid. "Well may they fmile alike: Thy bafe-bred Boy And his bale Syre had both one Oufe ; A Toy : How wel 1 their fubjec'ts and their f miles agree ? Thy Cupid rinds a Toy 5 and Mars found thee : Falfe Queene of Beauty, Queene of falfe deliohts, Thy knee prefents an Embleme } th2t invites Man to himfclfc^whofe lelfc-t'ranfported heart (Gv'rwhclm'd with native forrowcs 3 and the fmart Of purchas'd griefes)lics whining night and day. Not knowing yvhy,ull heavy-hecld delay The dull-brow'd "Pander of defpare^layes by His leaden Buskins 3 and prefents his eye With antick Trifles 3 which th'indulgent earth .Makes proper Objects of mans childiih mirth : Thefe be the coyne that pafle ; the fweets that pleafe j There's nothing good^there's nothing great but thefe : Thefe be the pjpes that bafe-borne minds daunce after, And turne immod'rate teates to la villi laughter j Whiift heav'i'ily Raptures pafle without regard ; Their Strings are harfij-aad their high ftraincs unheard ; The ploughmans Whiftlc,or the trivial! Flute Find mere refp^'t than great Apollo S Lute": Wee'l look to heav'n,ind truft to higher Ioyes ; Let Swine love Husks^and children whine for Toyes. S< Ber*c Book*. 1MB LE ME 5. 5>5 S. B £ R N. That is the tnfe andcbiefeiey, which U not conceived from tie creaiure,bu f received from the Creator ^ which (being once pojfeft thereof) none can tah v e )rom thee ^hereto ah 'pleafure being com- pare J, U torment ; all joy u grief e : fweet things are bttter 9 all glory u bafenejfe y and all delegable things are defyicable. S, B e R *?. Joy, in a changeable fifbje ft mufi necejfarity change ai thfuh jeft changes. E p x 6. %. Peace 3 chiidifh Cttpid$e$ct i Thy fingerM eye But cries forwhat,in time 3 wili make thee cry ; But are thy peevifh wranglings thus appeasM ? Weil tnayft thou cry,that art fo poorely pl^eas^ $6 EMBLEMS S. Book a * -_ _ : -tnturwn cxhorrctSfdiem WV}\ "yft«rA«lj~cuIpsit . •ook*. 1MBLEMES. $7 IX. ESAY X.IIL mat Toillye do in the day of your viftatimZ to lohom ^oiUye fixe far help^andypb$n mUye leavey our glory? i S this that jolly God,whofe Cvprian Bov* _ Has (hot Co many Haming darts, id made fo many wounded Beauties goc Sadly perplext with whimpring hearts ? Is this that Sov'raigne Deity that brings The flavifh world in awe,and flings he blundring ioulsof fwains,and ftoops the hearts of kiagr 'hat Circean Cnarme? what Hccatean fpight Has thus abus'd the God of love * reat love was vanquifnt by his greater might j (And who is ftronger-arm'd than love?) Or has our luftfull God perform'd a Rape, And(fearing Argm cyes)would fcape he view of jealous earthen this prodigious, fhapc* here be thofe l&ofie Cheeks,that lately fcoxn'd The malice of injurious Fates ? ) ,wherc*s that pearle Perculiis ,that adorn'd Thofe4aintytwo4eay\i Ruby gates? v ".. Where $8 EMBLEMES. Book Where be thofc killing eycs,that To controld The world ? And locks,that did infold Lilce knots of flaming wyre,hke Curies of burniftit Gold i 4 *C No^no ; 'Twas neither Hecatean fpitc Nor Charme below,nop pow'r above j *Twas neither Circes fpell,nor Stygian fprite, *'a That thus transform**! our Goa of Love; 'Tyvas owle-ey'd Luit(more potent far than they) Whofe eyes and a&ions hate the day"$ Whom all the world obferve j whom all the world obay. S See how the latter Trumpets dreadfull blafl: Affrights Itout Mars his trembling Son ! See,how he (tartles ! how he ftands agaft, And fcrambles from his melting Throne ! Hark^howthe direfull hand of vengeance teares The fweltiing Clouds,whilft lieav'n appeares A Circle fil'd with Hame,and centerdwith his fearcs,. • - 6 This is that day, whofe oft report hath worne Neglefted Tongues of Prophets bare ; The faithlefle iubjett of the worldlings fcorne a . The fumme of men and Angels pray'r : ThiSjthisthe day whofe All-defcerning light Ranfacks the fecret dens of night, And fevers Good from Bad 5 true Ioyes from falfe Delight 7 You grov'Img Worldlings, you whofe wifdome trades, Where light nev'r fhot his Golden Ray • That hide your A&ions in Cymerian fhades, . How will your eyes indure this day ? *Hils wilbe deafe,and mountaines will nottcare j There be no Caves, no Corners there, To ftade y our fouls from fire,to fniekl your hearts from feJ |>k* EMBLEMES. ^ Hugo. the extreame loath fomnejjk of ftefhlylufi,tohich notoriety xmmates the mini, hut enerves the body 5 yphkb not onely di- lines thefoule,but dijguifesfhe ferfon 1 It u ujber'd with jury itvantonneffejt is accompanied with filthincjfe and unclean* fe&ndit isfoUoyedrvithgriefe and repentance. E p 1 G. 9. fhat? fweet-fac'd Cupidjn&s thy baftard-treafurc, "hy boafted Honours^and thy bold-fa c'd pleafure erplcxt thee now i I told thee long ago, o what they'd bring thee^feole^ro icvitJQ. woe. too EMBLEMES. X. Jirinit : inane eSiL. eoks. EMBLEMED tot X. NAH. iLX. Shee is emptie y and and thoujhalt find Heaven* Hugo lib.de Vaait.mundi. ' fee teorU is a vanity rphkh 'affoords neither beauty tp the a- QKs,nor reward te the laborious , nor ewouragement to the in- l riou$. E p I o. i©# 115 ftoufe is to be let 3 for life or yeares 3 :r Rent is forrow,and her In-come, Tear es • pd s Vas long ftood void : Her bills make fcnOWa^ e muft be dearely Let j ot let dons. XO| EMBLEMBS. XI. Crras: haC itur ad iUam Will. Marshall Jiutpsit . looks. EMBLEMED |«| XL ? MAT. VII* XIV; f?df7W # *fe ivaythdt kadetb tititdUfkj> and few there be tbatjlndip, ; htepoft'rous foole^thou troul'fi amiffe : L Thou crr'ft ,; That's not the way, ' Tis this i rhy hopes Jnftm&ed by thine Eye, , ' Make thee appeare more neare than I 5 Vly floore is not fo flat/o fine, And has more obvious Rubs than thin« j 'Tis true j mywayishard,afld{trait, And leads me through a thorny Gates VV bofe ranckling pricks are {harp, and tell $' The common way to heav'n's by Hell: 'Tis true 5 Thy path is fhort and faire, And free of Rubbs ; Ah 3 foole;beware, The fafe& Road's not alwayes ev'n 5 The way to Hell's a feeming Heay'n . "I>ink*ft thou, the Crowne of Glory's had iVith idle eafe, fond Cyprian Lad ? Think*!! thou, that mirth,and vaine delights, High feed,and fhadow-fhortning nights, Soft knees,full bones,and Beds of Down* $re proper Prologues to a Crowne 1 n . . ' Or ro5 1 M B t E M E S; Book x<\ Or canft thou hope to come,and view, Like profprous C*/dr,andfubdue ? The bond-Have Vfurer will trudge In fpite of Gouts ,will rurne a drudge, Andferve his foule-condcmning purfe, T'increafe it with the widowes Curfe y And fliall the Crowne of glory ftand Not worth the waving ofa hand ? The fleihly wanton,ro obtaine His rninit4uft,wili coiint it gaine To lofe his freedome,his Eftate Vponfo deare,fo fweet a rate; Shall pleafures thus be priz'd,and muft Heavens Palme be cheaper than a luft ? The true-bred Spark,to hoyfe his name Vpon the waxen wings of Fame, Will %ht,undaunted,m a Flood , That's rais'd with brackifh drops, and blood : And fhall the promis'd Crowne of life Be thought a Toy ,not worth a Strife ? An eafie Good brings eafie Gaines, But things of price are bought with paines : - The pleafing wayis not the right ' He that would conquer heiv'njrnuit tight. S. HlERO jok*: EMBLEMES; 107 S.HiEROM.in Ep. No labour u hardjiotimeu longjvberein tie glory of Eternity hemartyelevellat. S. G RE G. Iib.8,Mor. The valour ofajuft man u to conquer theflefli ,/fl contradict otvne mlljo quench the delights oftbuprefent life, to indure { love the miferies of thu werld for the reward of a better 3 to itemne the flatteries ofpro^erity^andimiardly to overcome the resofadverjtty. epxo.ix; Cupid, if thy fmoother way were right, hould miftmft this Crowne were counterfeit ie way's not ealic where, the Prize is great : iope no virtueSjwhgre I fmell no fweat. H a 1*8 EMBLEMES. Btoki XII. { in Cruce tat crcurus amor. Witt: MaKfKaLfculpjk . Jfeokjf.' EMBLEMED io§ XII. GAL. VI. XIV. Qodforbidtbaf Ijbouldgloryjavc inPbeCrofe^* I CAn nothing fettle my uncertaine brefi, And fix my rambling Lov? ? Can my Aite&jons find out nothing b.eft ? But ihll 3 and {till remoye * 3as earth no mercy ? Will-no Ark of Reft Receive my reftleffe Dove ? s there no Good a than which there's nothing higher, Jo blefle my full defire Vith Ioyes that never change $ with Joyes that nev'r expire? % wanted wealthy and 3 at my deare requeft, Earth lent a quick fupply 1 : wanted Mirth^to charme my fullen breft ; And who more brisk than 1 3 wanted Fame 3 to glorifie the reft; My Fame 8cw Eagle high s 4y Ioy not fully ripe 3 but all decaid ; Wealth vanifht like a ftade ; (Jy mjrth began to flag^my Fame began to fade. Hi Th? x io E.MBIJEMES. Books 3 The world's an Ocean, hurried to and fro, With ev'ry blaft of pafTion x Her luftfull ftreames } when either ebb or fiow, Are tides of mans vexation : They alter daily>and they daily grow. f The worfc by alteration : The Earth's a Cask full tun'd^yet wanting meafure 5 . Her precious wine^is pkafure 5 Her Yeft is Honours puffe j Her Lees are worldly treafurc- 4 ; My truft is in the CrofTe ; Let Beauty flag Her loofe,her wanton faile ; Let count'nance-gilding Honour ceafe to brag In courtly termes,an.d vale > Let ditch-bred wealth^henceforth^forget to wag Her bafe^though golden taile j Jaife beauties conqueftis butrcall lofle, ■ And wealth but golden droffe $ Btft Honour's but a blaft ; my truft is in the Crofle. My truft is in the Crofic : There lies my reft $ : - My faft 3 my fole delight ; Let cold-mouth'd Boreas^orthe hot-mouth* d Eaft Blow till they burft with fpight 3 Let earth and hell confpire their worft,their beft, And. joyne their twitted might: Let fhowres of Thunderbolts dart dcwn 5 anci wound mc 3 Ai3d troupes of Fiends furround me 3 All this may well confront} all this ihall nev'r confound mt S. A u 6 a s 1 jBoqk*. EMBLEMES. ill S. August. thrifts Crojfe h the Chrifcrojfe of all our happ'mejfe 5 It de- liven mfiorn aUblindneJfe of errour 3 and enriches our darfeneffe toith light; It reft ores the troubled foule to reft ; It brings (tr angers to Gods Acquaintance; It maizes remote jorreiners near e neighbours ; It cuts offdifcord^ concludes a league of 'ever- lafthg peace } and is the bourn eov* Author of all Good* S. B e r.n. in Scr.de refur. We find glory in tie Crojfe-, To ui that are faved it is tit mm er of G od>and thejulnejfe of all vermes. EpiG. 12. I folloyy'd Reft 5 Reft fled 5 and foone forfooke me % I ran from Griefe,Griefe ran,and over-tooke me. What fhall I doe ? Left I be too much toft On worldly Ciofles, L o R d, let me be croft, H 4 'tii EMBLEMED ' Book XII h £Pofi ' QjvJncnr ZDcrmon, ^Wi'H: Mtirsh(i[[J'cufj?;it . look*: EMBLEMES. 113 £111. PRO. XXVI. XI. As a Dog returnsth to his vomit, fo 4 fooh returnetbtobisfoliiz^. OI am wounded I And my wounds do fmart Beyond my patience,or great Clpirons Art 3 I yceldjl yeeld 5 The day 3 the Palme is thine 5 Thy Bow's more true $ thy fnafts more fierce than mine ^ Hold,hold,Q hold thy conqu'ring hand ; What need To fend more darts ; The firft has done the deed : Qft have we ftruggled,when our equall Armes Shot equal! {hafts ; in fli&ed equall harmes j Put this exceeds,and with, her flaming head, Twyfork'd with death,has {truck my Confcience dead s But muft I die.? Ah me V If that were all, Then,then I'd ftroke my bleeding wounds and call This dart a Cordiall 5 and with joy ,endurc Thefe harfh Ingredients,where my Griefe's my Cure, But fomethiing whifpers in my dying care, There i§ an After-day j which day Ifeare : The flender debt to Nature's quickly payd, pifcharg , d,perchance,with greater eafe than made 3 j&ut if that pale-fac*d Sergeant make Arreft, Ten thonfand Anions would (wbereof the leaft Is more than all this lower world can bayle) Be emred,and condenme mc to the Iayle 114 EMBLEMES. Book 3 Of Stygian darknefle.>bcund in red-hot Chaines, And gnp'd with Tortures yvorfe than Tytian paines ; farewell my vaine 5 farewellmy loofe delights j Farewell my rambling dayes s my rev'ling nights j 'Twas yon betraid me fir'ft,and when ye found My foule at vantage 3 gave my foule the wound':" Farewell my Bullion Gods,whofe fov'raigne lookes So often catch'd me with their golden hookes, Gojeek another f lave j yemuftallgos I cannot ferve my God,and Bullion too: : Farewell falfe Honour s you^whofe ayry wings X>id mount my foule above the Thrones of kings 5 Then flattered me ; tooke pet 5 and 3 in difdaine, Nipt my greene Buds \ then kickt me down againe : Farewell my Bow : Farewell my Cyprian Quiver ; Farewell^deare world 5 farewell,deare world/or ever. CXbut this molt delicious world,how fweet Herpleafuresrehfh 1 Ah I Hew jump they meet The grafping foule i And 3 with their fpnghtly hie, Revive^andraifejandrowiethe taptdehrel Forever? O, to part fo long ? What never Meet more ? Another yeire $ and then, for ever : Too quick refolves do refblution wrong 5 What partfo foone \ to be divore'd fo long ? Things to be done are long to be debated j Heav'nts not dayM: Repentance is not dated. S. Auciul fook*; EMBLEMES. 115 S.August. lib.de util.agen.pxn. Go up my fbule into the Trihunall of thy Conscience ; Tlere : et thy guilty Jelfe before thy felje : Hide not thy J'elfe behind thy r eljejeafi God bring thee jort h before thy felje. S. A u g u s T. in Solilocj. In vaine is that wafhing, where the next fin defiles : He lath b repented who fe finnes are repeated : Thatfiomac^ ii the wCrje for vomitings hat licfo up his vomit, A N S £ L M. Godhathpromifed pardon to him that refentsthjwt he hath not wmifed repentance to him thatfinneib. Epig- if Srame-wounded Cupidfad this hafly dart A.s it hath prickt thy Fancy ,pierc'd thy heart, T had been thy Friend : O how has it deceived thee ? For had this dart but kill'd^this dart had fay'd thee* U6 EMBLEMES. - Booki XIV. CPafi fapfumrftrtius acid Wil'Marjha/l- ftufylit. £ro.xxiv*xve i jufl man falhtb firpen times andrifeth up agaiw; but ihetetckedfidl fall into mfchiefkj. I TIs bite a tojfh at beft s And that's the molt Your skill can boali : ly flippry footing fail'd me ; and you^tript, IuftaslUipt: ly wantort weakneffe did her felfe betray With too much play ; was too bold ; He never yet ftood fure, That ftands (ecure % Vho ever muted to hi s native firength, But felt at length / "he Title's crai'd, the Tenour is not goody *hat claimes by th'Evidence of flefh and Bloodt a oaftnot thy skill j The Righteous man fals off 3 Yet fals but foft : 'here may be dirt to mire him; but,noftones " t To crufh his bones : mat/f he daggers? Nay,put cafe he be Foyl'dcto his knee* *i8 EMBtEMES. Booki: That very knee will bend to heav'n,and woo For mercy too. The true-bred Gamefter ups a frefli j and then. Falls to't agen 5 Whereas the leaden-hearted Coward lies, • And yeelds his conquered life , or crayend 3 dks i Boaftnot thy Concmeft 5 -thoUjth.it cv'ry hou? e, .Falft ten times loweii Nay 3 haft not pow'r to rifc,if not,in cafe, ' To fall more bafe ; Thou wallow'ft where I flipj and thou doft tumbic 3 ; Where I but ftumble : Thou glory*fl in thy flav'ries dirty Badges, And fal 'ft for wages: Sowrc griefe 5 and fad repentance fcowres and cleares My ftai nes with teares • ? Thy falling keeps thy falling, ftill in ure ; « But when I llipjl Hand the more fecure. .4... Lord what a nothing is this little Span, . We call a Man! What fenny tram maintaines the fmooth'ring fires Ofhisdefires ! How Height and &ort are his Refolves at longefH ■ . How weakest ftrongeft 1 O if a Sinner^held by thyfaft hand Can hardly ftand. Good God* in what a defp'fac? cafe are they * That have no ftay 1 Mans ftatc implies a neceflary Curfe . When not himfelf 5 hee'smad> when moll himfelfjhee's worfe. S.A MBROS. )ok a. EM B L E M E Si iis S. A m B r o s. in Serm.ad vinculai peter flood more firmly after be had lamented his fall, than be- e be jell: Infomuch that be foundmore grace tbanhe loft grace* S* C h R t s. in Ep. id Heliod.monach. It Is no fuel heinous matter tofa!l,affiitted; as J ting downe.to Aejefted : It is no danger for afouldier to receive a mound in veil, but after the woundreceivedjhrough defpaire of recovery refuje a Remedy . For we often fee wounded Champions wean : Falme at laft 3 and after fight jrmrtd with viclory. Epic i4» iumph not 3 C«/pU,His mifchance does (how ly Trade } does once 3 what thou doft alwayes do : ag not too foone : Has thy prevailing han4 yl'd him ? Ah^Foole, TVaft taught him how to Sand, lie EMBLEMES. XV* r> ^ ^r ■ --3" (f~ivtet c&thia? ; claudvtw ozbi W»: Tnar/ban/cutpfit. jdoki. 1 EMBLEMES.' til XV. ier. xxxn. xl; IMUptmyfeareintheirhems^tbat they jfbaU not depart fremmtj. JOj now the foule's fublimM ; Her fowre defircs JAre re-calcm'dinheav'ns well tempred Fires : "he heart reftor'd and purg'd from droflie Nature, Jow finds the freedome of a new-borne Creature : t'lives another Iife 3 it breathes new Breath j t neither feeles nor feares the fling of death : ike as the idle vagrant (having none) "hat boldly'dopts each houfe he viewes,his owne % lakes ev'ry purfe his Checquer $ and 5 atpleafure, Sfelks forth 3 and taxes all the world,iike CsefaU it length 3 by virtue of a juft Command^ , (is fides are lent to a fever* r hand ; /Jiereonjiis Paffe.not fully underitood, ; texted in a Manufcript of Blood 5 "hus pall from towne to toyvne 3 untflI he come (sire Repentant to his native home : v'n Co the rambling heart,that idly roves rem Crime to Sin ; and^incontrol'd^emoves rom Iuft to Iuft, when wanton flefh invites rom old-worne pleafures to new choice delights^ X length corte&ed by the filiail Rod tfhis offsndcd(but his gracious G q/d) I And fit £MBt£M£S: Book a And lafht fromSinnes to fighs } and,by degrees. From iighs to vowes ; From vowes,to bended knees '",• from bended knees ,to a true' penfive breft ;' From thence,to torments,not by tongues expreft 3 fetarncsj and(from his finfull ielfe exil'd) , . Finds a glad Father 5 He, a welcome Child : O^thenjit lives } O then, it lives invol v'd In fecret Raptures ; pants to be diffolv'd ; The royall Of-fpring of a fecond Birth Sets ope to heav*n,ard fhuts the doores to earth : If love-flck /ox/e-commanded Clouds mould hap To raine fuch fhow'rs as quickned 2)an^is lap : Or dogs(far kinder than their purple Mafter) Should lick his foresee laughs,nor weeps the faftcr. If Earth (Heav'nsRi vail) dart her idle Ray. To heav'n, 'tis Wax, and to the world, 'tis Clay : If earth prefent delights, it fcornes to dravv, But,like the let unrub'd,difdaines that ftraw : No hope deceives it,and no doubt divides it • No Griefe difturbes it 5 and no Errour guides it j No Feare diftrads it ; and no Rage inflames it 5 No Guilt condemnes it 5 and no Folly fhames it y No floth befotts it j and no luft inthrals it 5 No Scorne afflidsit •, and no PafTion gawlelit : It isaCarknetofimmortall life 5 An Arke of peace 5 The Lifts of facrcd Strife 5 A purer Peece of endleffe Tranfitory ; A Shrine of Grace , A little Throne of Gl®ry ; A heav'n-borne Of-{pring of a new-borne birth ; An earthly Htav'nj An ounce of hcav'nly Earth. S. Auguj Book 2. EMBi-fciymx 123 S. A u g u s t. de fpir.& anima. G happy heart phere piety a feels 5 where, humility fiibjefts 3 where, repentance cone fts j where 3 obedience direftS} wherever* fever anceperf efts j whereipmer protecls 5 atfere, devotion pro* jefts 5 where 3 charityconnefts. S.Greo. Which way foever the heart turnes it [elf e (if carefully) it [ball commonly obferve, that in thofe very things we lofe God, in thofe very things we jkall find God j Itfhallfind the heat of hi* power in confederation of thofe things Jn the love of which things he,was mo ft cold ; and by what things it fell 3 perverted; by thofe things it U raifediConverted. EPI G. If. My heart 5 but wherefore do I call thee Co ? I have renoune'd my Intrcft lung ago ; When thouweitfalfe^and Hefnly 3 I was thine ; Mine wert thou neverjtill thou wert not miuc. m EMBLEMES. Bookj, «*s THE THIRD B O O K E. ' | ; The Entertainement, ALL you whofe better thoughts are newly born., And(rebaptizM with holy fire)canfcorn The worlds bafe Trafh ; whofe necks difdainto bear Th'impenous yoke of Sathan 5 whofe chaft eare Mo wanton Songs of Syrens can furprizc kVith falfe delight ; whofe more than Eagle-eyes 3an view the glorious flames of Gold 3 and gaze Dn glittring beames of Honour^and not daze, Vhofe foules can fpurne at pleafure a and deny rhe loofe Suggestions of the Fleflr, draw nigh : And you^whofe am*rous 3 whofe felecT: defires Would feele the warmth of thofe tranfeendent fire^ #hich(like the rifing Sun) put out the light 3f Z/e»#a ftarre 3 and turne her day to night ; fou that would love 3 and have your pailions crownM With greater happincfle than can be found 1 your own wifhes 5 you, that would affeft Adhere neither fcorne 3 nor guiIe 3 nor difrefpec! >hali wound your tortur'd Soules . that would enjoy^ Where neither want can pinch,nor fulnefle cloy j ^Jor double doubt afflids^nor bafer Feare jfaflames your couraze in purfuit s draw neare : l i Sh$ft 116 JMBLEMES. Books: Shake hands with earth,and let your foule refpecY Her Ioycs no further than her Ioyes reflecV - Vpoa her Makers Glory, if thou fwim In'v?ertlth a See him in all- See aft in Him : Sink'ft thou in warit 3 ancl is thy fmall Cruife fpent ? See Him in want ; Enjoy Him in Content : Conceiv'ft Him lodg'd in Croffe, or lott in paine ? In Prayer and Patience find Him out againe : Make Heav'n thfMritrefle, Let no Change remove Thy loyall heart : Be fend 5 be fick of Love : .What if he ftcp his eare,or knit his Brow ? At length hee J l be asfcnd 3 as tick as thou : Dart up thy Soule in Gtoane's : Thy feeret Grone Shall pierce his Eare., fhall pierce his Eare^alone : Daft up thy Soule in vowes s Thy facred- Vow Shall find'him cutjwhere heav'n alone fhall knew : Bart up thy foule in fighs 5 Thy whifpring figh Shall rouse his eares,and fearc no hftner high : Send up' thy Grones 3 thy Sighs,thy ciofet Vow ; There's nonc^there's none fhall know but Heav'n and tnou t Groncs frelht with yowes 3 and vowes made fait with tearesj Vnfcale hiseyes^and fcalehis concater'd eares : Shoot up the bofome Shafts of thy defire, Fcather'd with Paith ,,and double forkt With Fire^ &nd they will hit 5 Feare not > where heav'n bids Come s Hcay'ns never deafe, but when mans heart is dumb. US EMBLEMES; h Book 3, W- hmpJbn Jc - Pr+v if gazing Mortals j his victorious Ray m chafe the &idowes,and reftore the day: lights ba{hfullEfnprefl"e,though the often wayncj s oft repents her darkneflc 5 primes againe 5 md with her circling Homes does re-embrace [er brothers wealth 3 and orbs her tilver face ; ut 3 ah,my Sun 3 deep fwallow'd in his Fall 3 ; fet,and cannot fliine 3 not rife at all: ly bankerupt Waine can beg nor borrow light: das,my darknene is perpetuall night : als have their Rifings ; Wainings have thefr Primes, ind defp'rate forrowes wait their better umes, ibbs have their Floods^and Autumnes have their Springs $ lII States have Changes hurried with the fvvings )f Chance jand-Timejftill tiding to and fro ; rcrreftnall Bodies and Celcftiall too \ 139 EMBLEMED Book?. How often have! vainly grop'd about, With lengthned Armes, to find apaflage out, That! might catch thofe Beames nunc eye defitcs, And bathe my foule in thofe Celeftiall fires : Like as the Hagard, cloyfter'd in her Mue, To fcowre her downy Kobes^and to renew Her broken Flags,preparing t*overlookc The tim'rous Malardat the Hiding Baookc, lets oft from Perch to Perch ; from Stock to ground j From ground to Window,thus furveying round Her dove-befeatherd Prifon,tiIl,at length, (Galling her noble Birth to mind,and ftrength Whereto her wing was borne) her ragged Beake Nips oft her dangling Iefles,ftrives to breake Her gingling Fettcrs,and begins to bate At ev'ry glimpfe,and darts at ev'ry grate : Ev'n fo my wearie foule,that long has bin An Inmate in this Tenement of Sin, Lockt up by Cloud-brow'd Error,vyhich invites My cloyftred Thoughts to feed on black delights^ Now fcornes her fhadowes 3 and begins to dart Her wing'd defires at Thee,that onely art The Sun (he feeks.whofe riling beames can fright Thefe duskie Clouds that make fo dark a night : Shine forth,great Glory, (hine;that I may fee Both how to loath my fclfe,and honour Thee : But if my weakneffe force Thee to deny Thy Flames,yet lend the Twilight of thine Eye : If I muft want thofe Beames I wifh,yet grant, That I,at leair, may wifh thofe Beames I want. S. AuGUSl .ok^. EMBLEMED *3* S.August. Soliloq cap. 3 & There v>M a great and dar^e cloud of vanity before mine eyes, hat I coulu not fee the Sun of Juji ue, and the light oj Truth: 1 netheSonoparknetfe, no* involved in darhnefe : 1 loved darknefe> becaufe ripe* not thy Light : fir as blind, audio* dmy blindnefe^nddid-walke from darhenefe to darl { enejfe : it Lordithouart my Godjvbo haft led rue from dortyeffe , and >jhadow of death i haft ca&d me into this glorious l%bt, and hid, I fee. Ep ig. i, ly foule,chcare up : What if the night be long f leav'n finds an eare,when linners find a tongue : rhy teares are Merning ftr w'rs : He:*vn bids me fay, Vhen Meters Cock begins to crow, 'tis Day* «3* EMBLEMES. II. 'not /wLinJ&eRi V/-Sr*ir»f3n Sc- C ' Canft thou but admire he empty fulnefle of his vaine defire ? lanft thou conceive fuch poore delights asthefe !an fill th'infatiate foule ot Man,or pleafe he fond Afpeft of his deluded eye ? eader,fuch very fooles are thou and 1 1 life puffs of Honour \ the deceitfull ftreames if wealth j the idle,vaine,and empty dreameS if pieafure^aie our Trafficked enfnare »ur (oules ; the threefold fubject of our Care : fe toyle for Trafh, we barter folid Ioyes or ayry Trifles 5 fell our Heav'nfor Toyes : /e fnatch at Barly graines,whilff Pearles ftand by 'efpis'd ; Such very Fooles are Thou and I : ym'ft thou at Honour ? Docs not th'Ideot lhake ie 1 his left hand ? Fond man,ftep forth and take it : ♦r wouldft thou Wealth ? See how the foolc prefents thee /ith a full Basketjif fuch Wealth contents thee : foaldft thou take pleafure ? If the Foole unftride is prauncing StalIion 3 thou ma)ft upland ride s Fond i ? 4 EMBLEMES. Book £oad man : Such is the Pleafure, Wealth, and Honour That earth affords fuch Fooles as dote upon her 5 Such is the Game whereat earths Ideots flic j Such Ideots,ah,fuch Fooles are thou and I : Had rcbell-mans Foole-hardinefle extended No further than himfelfe,and there, had ended," % It had been iiift ; bu^thuSjenrag'd to flie ,Vpon th'eternall eyes of Majefty, And drag the Son of Glory,from the breft Of his indul gent Father ; to arreft His great and facred Perfon 5 in difgrace, To fpit and fpaule upon his Sun-bright face ; To taunt him with bafe termes ; and,being bound, To fcourgeiiis foft,his trembling fides \ to wound His head with Thornes ; hisheart,with humane feares 5 His hands,with nayles ; and his pale Flanck with fpeares And,then,to paddle in the purer ftreame Of his fpilt Blood,is more than moftextreame : Great Builder of mankind 3 canft thou propound All this to thy bright eycs,and not confound Thy handv-work ? O^canft Thou choofe but fee, That mad''ft the Eye? Can ought be hid from Thee ? 1 Thou feeft our perfons , Lord, and not our Guilt 5 Thou feeft not what thou maift;but what thou wilt i i The Hand,that form'd us,is enforced to be A Screene fet up betwixt thy Work and Thee : Looke,Iooke upon that Hand,and thou (halt fpy An open wound, a Throughf are for thine Eye $ Or if that wound be clos*d,that pafiage be Deny'dbetweene Thy gracious eyes,andmc, Yet view the Scarre , That Scarrewilicouatermand Thy Wrath : O read my Fortune in thy Hand. S.CfiK Sook£ EMBIEMES. 135 S. C H R Y $. Hom.4.Ioan. Toolcs feeme to abound in wealth when thy want all things 3 hey feeme to enjoy bappinejfeywhen indeed thy are onely moft alt- erable i neither do they underftand that they are deluded by their ancy,titfthey be delivered from their filly* S.Greg, in mo. Byfo much the more are we irswatdlj/foott[h, fy hte Much we frive to feeme outwardly wife* Epi g. i t Rebellious foole^what has thy Folly done ? Controld thy G o d, and crucified His Son i How fweetiy has the L o r d of life decei v*d thee > Thou &ed$ His £lood,and that'ihed Blood has fav'd thee. EMBLEMES; in. Book j ^-''W^ ffi^jbii Sculp-' EMBLEMES, 335 III. PSAL. vi.it- f ayeinerc)\ Lord> upon me^for lam TtoaKj Lordheak me y for my boms are Vexed. Soute. feftts, jp A H > Son °* David Jielp : lef What lmfull crie -tX-Imploies the Son of David ? Scut. It is I : ". Who art thou ? .SW Oh, a deeply wounded breft That's heavy laden, and would faine have reft. " I have no IJ^aps, and dogs rnuft not be fed ' Like houfhold Children, with the childrens bread : il True Lord 5 yet tolerate a hungry whelp To lick their crums : ' O, Son of David, help. ". Poore Soule, what ail'ft thou ? Soul ■ O I burne, I fry % I cannot reft ; I knew not where to fly To iind fome eafe 3 1 turns my biubber'd face from man to man 5 1 roule from place to place, Tf" avoid my tortures, to obtaihe reticle, But ftill am dogg'd and haunted with my griefc : My midnight torments call the fluggiih light. And when the morning's come, they woo the night. . Surceafe thy teares, and fpeajce thy free defircs j ftQuench^uench my flames 3 & fwage thefc (torching firest K y Hf 134 ' EMBLEMES. lef Canft thou believe my hand can cure thy griefc 2 Soul. Lord,, I believe 5 Lord, help my unbeliefc ; Jef Hold forth thy Arme, and let my fingers try Thy Pulfe , where (chiefly) does thy torment lie ? Soul. From head to foots it raignes in ev'ry part. But playes the felfe-law'd Tyrant in my heart. Jef. Canft thou digeft? canft relifh wholfome food ? How ftands thy taft ? Soul, To nothing that is good All finfull tram, and earths unfav'ry ftufie I can digeft, and reliih well enough : lef Is not thy bloud as cold as hot, by turnes ? Soul Cold to what's good , to what is bad, it burnes 1 Jef. How old's thy gnefe ? Soul. I tooke it at the Fall With eating Fruit. Jef, 'Tjs Epidemicall 5 Thy blood's infected, and thlnfe&ion fprung From a bad Liver : 'Tis a Fever itrong, And full of death, unleffe, with prefent fpeed, A veine be op'ned 5 Thoa muft die, or bleed. $qu\. O I am faint, and fpent ; That Launce that fhall Let forth my bloud, lets forth my life withall ; My foule wants Cordialls, and has greater need Of blood, than (being fpent fo farre) to bleed i I faint already : If I bleed, I die • •lef. 'Tis either thou muft bleed, ficke foule, or I : IVly blood's a cordiall : He that fuckes my vei nes, Shall cleanfe his owne, and conquer greater paines Than thefe : Cheere up : this precious Blood of mine Shall cure thy Gnefe ; my heart mall bleed for thine : Believe, and view me with a faithfull eye ; Thy foule fhall neither languiih, bleed, nor die, 5. A v 6 v s EMBLEMES. . ttf S. A v G v s t. lib. 10. CqnfeC ord, Be merciful/unto me : Ah me ; Behold, I hide not my rids : Thou art a Pbyfitian, and I amfic\e 5 Thou art mem* andlammiferable, S.Gre G. in Paftoral. ' Wifdome^ithhow faeetan 'art dees thy. wine andeylere* 1 I health to my healthleffb foule ! How powerfully mercifully mercifully 'ponerfuU art tbeul FowerfuU 9 forme- t Mer t cifull 3 WJ Epic. 3. lft thou be fide, and fuch a Do&or by ? ou canft not live, unlefte thy Dq&or die I mge kind of griefe, that finds no med'rine good (wage her paiaes, but the phyfitians Blood i K 2r EMBLEMES. 137 IV. PSAL, XXV. XVIII. wke upon my affliftion and my paine, and forgh>$ aUmyfinws. Oth worke, and ftroakcs ? Both lafli, and labour too ? What more could Edom, or proud A'fliur doe ? ipes after ftripes . J and blowes fucceeding blowes I d, has thy feourge no mcrcy,and my woes end ? My paines no eafe * No intermifTion ? his the ftate ? Is this the fad condition thcfe that truft thee ? Will thy goodncfle pleafc How no other favours i None but thcfe ? I not the Rethrick of my torments move f : thefe the fymptoms ? thcfe the tignes oilove ? not enough, enough that I fuliiil e toylfome task of thy laborious Mill ! y not this labour expiate, and purge finne, without th'addition of thy feourge ? )ke on my cloudy brow, how fcft it raincs fhowers of fweat, the fruits of fruitlefle paines : old thefe ridges 5 fee what purple furrowes y plow has made j O think upon thofe forrowes 2 at once were thine ; wilt, wilt thou not be woo'd mercy, by the chatmes of fweat and blood ? ifl thou forget that drowfie Mount, wherein y dull Difciples ilept ? Was not my linns K$ There i3§ EMBLEMES. There, puniuYdin thy foule ? Did not this brow Then fwe2t in thine ? Were not thofe drops enow ? Remember Golgotha, where that fpring-tide Oreflow'd thy fov'raigne Sacramentall iide 5 There was no fame ; there was no guilt in Thee 3 That calPd thofe paines; Thou fweatft ; thcj bledft for c Was there not blood enough, when one fmall drop Had pow'r to ranfome thoufand worlds, and ftop The mouth of Iufticc ? Lord,I bled before, In thy deepe wounds : Can Iuftice challenge more? Or doeft thou vainly labour to hedge in Thy lofles from my fides ? My blood is thin ; And thy free bounty fcornes fuch eafie thrift 5 No, no, thy blood came not as lone, but gift : But muft I ever grinde ? And mull I earne Nothing but ftiipes ? O, wilt thou difdterne The reft thou gav'ft ? Halt thou perus'd the curie Thoulaidft on Adams fall, and made it worfe ? Canft thou repent of mercy ? Heav'n thought good loft man fhould feed m fweat; not work in blood i Why deft thou wound th' already wounded breft ? Ah me j my life is but a paine at beft ? I am but dying duft : my dayes, a fpan ; What pleafure tak'ft : thou in the blood of man ? Spare,fpare thy fcoutge,and be not fo. auftere 5 Send fewer ftrcakcSjOr lend more ftrength to t>eare. 3.B JSMBLEM-ES. Z%& S.Bers. Horn. 8 1 in Cant. Miferable man ! Who frail deliver me from tie reproach of tin imefull bondage ? lam a miferable man j but a free man; free, caiijeaman} Miferable, becaufe a fervant : In regard of my ndaze, miferable - 3 In regard of my will* inexcufable: For my & %at yvatfreejejlareditfelfe tofinne, by ajfenting to [mm * ?he that C9mmitsfia>h thejervanttofmne. Epiq. 4» axe not thy God : Thine ovyne defaults did urge his twofold puniihment; the Mill 3 the Scourge : hy fin's the Author of thy felfe-tormenting : hou grind 'it for finning 3 fcourg'd for not repenting, K4 ■ iKememher ^iefccck t]iec,tha4 thwfuvl made mc iU the clay, & u^t thow Inru] mc tnio dufi ajaine! l,l.j 9 .j. wiU-ftm^Jlu EMBLEMES. HI V. IOBX. IX. Remember 7 1 befeecb thee % that thou hali made me as the clay >and yvilt thou bringmetoduftagaine? THus from the bofome of the new-made earth, Pooie man was delv'd, and had his unborne birth : The fame the fluffed the felfc-fame hand does trim The Plant that hdes-, the Beaft that dies$ and Him : One was their Syrej one was their common mother j Plants are his (iilersj and the Beait; his brother, The elder too, Beafts draw the fclfc-fame breath, Waxe old alike, and die the felfe fame-death : Plants grow as hc^vith fairer robes arraid - y Alike they fiourifn,and alike they fade : The beaitjin fenfj,cxceeds him; and, in growth, The threc-ag'd Oake doth thrice exceed them both : Why look'lt thou then To big, thou little fpan Of earth ? What art thou more,in being man? I ; but my great Creator did infpire My chofen earth with that diviner fire Of Reaf jn ; gave me Iudgemcnt, and a Will ; That, to know good 5 this, to chufc good from ill : He put the raines of pow'r in my fvee hand, And jurisdiction over fea and land : 14*. EMBLEMED He gave me art, to lengthen out my fpan Of life, and made me all, in hej,ng man. : - I i but thy Paffion has committed treafon Againil the f acred petfon of thy Reafon 5 Thy Iudgement is corrupt; perverfe thy Will ; That knowes no good , and this makes choice of ill * The greater height fends downe the deeper fall, / .And good, decl;n'd jtumes bad$turnes worft of all ; Say then,proud inch of living earth, what can Thy greatnefle eiaime the more m being man ? O, but my foule tranfrends the pitGh of nature, Borne up by th Image of her high Creator 5 Out-rbraves the life of reafon,and beats downe Her waxen wings, kicks off her brazen Crowne 5 My earth's a living Temple t'entcrtaine The King of Glory, and his glorious fraine : How can I mend my Title then ? where can, Ambition find a higher fhle than man ? Ah, but that Image is dehed and foiVd ; Her Temple's raz'd, her altars all defiPd > Her vefiels are poliuted,and diftain'd With loathed kilt ; her ornaments prophan'd f Her oyle-forfaken lamps, and hallow' d T?pou'rs Put out 5 her incenfe breaths unfav'ry vapours :' Why fwel'fi thou then fo big, thou httle fpan ' Of earth? What art thou more in being man ? Eternall Potter, whofe bleft hands did lay My courfe foundation from a fod of clay, Thou know'ft my {lender veflell's apt to leake ; Thou know'rt my brittle Temper's prone to brcake £ Are my Bones Bra zzill, or my Flelh of Oake ? O, mend what thou haft made,what I have broke : 3Looke,iooke with gentle eyes, and in thy day Of vengeance, Lord, remember I am clay. "' S. A V G V S T. jEMBLEMES. M3 S. AVG vs T. Soliloq. $1. Shaft 1 a*k who made me ? It vets th&u that madefl me, with- out whom nothing was made: Tkeu art my Maker, and I thy »orhc : / tUnh/thee nyLordGod, byxhom I li^andlyvhom all hints MP, becaufethoumakilme: 1 thankeivee o my totter, becaufe thy bands have maJeme, becauje thy hank bav* formed me* Epig- ?< Why fwell'ft thou, Man, pufi: up with Fame, and Purfe ? Th'art better earth, but-borne to dig the woiie : Thou carn'ft from earth, to earth then muft returne J And art bat earthy call; from the wbmbe, to th'ume. What shall 3 do qmro thee, [how preserver of men; why hart thou set: &$:%&k <&MnTtthee.Ioh. 7 .^ mec ty. Marshall EMBLEMES. i 4J VI. IOB VII. XX. 1 have finned: What /hall I do unto thee f O tboupreferyer ofmen^hy baft then fetmeas a marke againfl thee ? LOrd I have done : and Lord, I have mifdone ; "Tis folly to conteft, to llrive with one, That is too ltrong j 'tis folly to afiaile Or prove an Arme, that will, that muft prevaile ? Iv'e done, I've done $ thefe trembling hands hayc throwne Their daring weapons downe : The day's thine owne ; Forbcare to ftrike, where thou haft won the field 5 The palme, the palme is thine r I yeeld, I yeeld . Thefe treach'rous hands, that were fo vainly bold To try a thrivelefie combat,and to hold Selfe-wounding weapons up, are now extended For mercy from thy hand * y that knee that bended Vpon her guardlefle guard, does now repent Vpon this naked floore ; See, bnth are bent, And fij|for pi tie 5 G,my ragged wound Is deep and defp'rate 5 it is drench'd and drown'd In blood, and briny teares : It do&s begin To ftink without, and putrine within : Let that victorious hand, that now appeares Iuft in my blood, prove gracious to my teares 5 Thoa 146 EMBLEMES, Thou great Preferver of prefumptucus man., What mall Tdo ? What fatisfaction can Poore dull and afhes make ? O, if that blood ; That yet remaines unfhed, were halfe as good As blood of Oxen ; if my death might be An offrihg to attone my God and mey I would difdaine injurious lue,and ftand A fuiter,to be wounded from thy hand : : / ■ But may thy wrongs be meafur'd by the fpan Of life ? or balanc'd with the blood of man ? No, no, eternall {in experts, for guardon, Eternall psnance,or eternall pardori : Lay downe thy weapons ; turne thy wrath away 5 And pardon him that hath no price to pay 5 Enlarge that foule, which bnfe prefumption binds j Thy jultice cannot loofe what mercy finds : thou that Wilt not bruife the broken reed, Rub not my fores, nor prick the wounds that bleed : Lord, if the peevim Infant rights, and flies, „With urtpar'd weapons, at his mothers eyes, Her frownes (halfe mixt with fmiles)*may chance to mow An angry love-trick on his arme, or fo ; Where, if the babe but make a lip,and cry, Her heart begins to melt ; and, by and by, She coakes his deawy cheeks 5 her babe me blifles^ And choaks her language with a thoufand kifles ; 1 am that child ; ioe, here I proftrate lie, Pleading for mercy : I repent, and cry For gracious pardon : let thy gentle eares # Heare that in words, what mothers judge in teares : See not my frailties. Lord, but through my feare. And looke on ev'ry trefpafle through a teare : Then calme thy anger,and appeare more mild ; Kernember* th'art a Father 5 X, a child, S.Ber EMBLEMED 147 S # Ber n. Ser. 2 1 in Cant, klferable man! Who/ball deliver me from tie reproach of tils bamefufl bondage? I am ami{erableman^but a free man: Free, ecaufe like to Godi miferable, becaufe again/? God: O keeper I mankind, -why baj? thou fet me as a marke again/? thee? Thou afifct me, becaufe thouha/? not hindredme : It U jufi that thy nemyftiouldbe my enemy, and that he who repttgnesthec/bQUli epugne me : I »bo am again/? thee, am again/? myfelfe* E p 1 6. & But form'd, and fight ? But borne, and then rebell f How (mail a blaft will make a bubble fwell ? But dare the floore affront the hand that laid it ? So apt is dull to fly in's face that made it, Wherefore kiJesT thou thy face, o^ kollesi -net {or mine tnamtf'lph'-jzM »okj. EMBLEM! S. s& IOB XIII. XXI V. farifore hidefi thoutbyface^ andholdeji meforthyemmie> VHy doft thou ffade thy lovely face f O why Does that ccclipfing hand, fo long, deny - le Sun-fnine of thy fouie-enliv'ning eye ? ithbut that Light, what light remaines in me ? iou ait my Life, my Way, my L'ght ; m Thee ve, I move, and by thy beame$ I. fee : iou art my Life : If thou but tnrne away, ? life's a thoufand deaths : thou art my jVay % ithout thee, Lord, I travell not, but toy. r Light thou ait ; without thy glorious fight, ne eyes are darkned with perpetuail night . j God, thou art my tVay^rj Life, my Vghh iou art my Way 5 1 wander, if thou flie : , . iou art my Light 5 If hid, how blind am I ? iou art my Life j If thou withdraw, I dit t ne eyes are blind and datke ; I cannot fee 5 3 whom, or whether fhould my darknefle flee 3 x to the Light? Arid who's that Light but Thee ? L* Mf Itfo EMBLEMED Book My path is loft $ my wandring fteps do ftray ; I cannot fafely go, nor fafely ftay ; Whom fhouid I fee& hut Thee, my Path ; my IVcy? O, I am dead . To whom (hall I, poore I Repire ? To whom Hull my Tad Allies fly But Life ? And where is Life but in thine eye - ? And yet thou tum'ft away thy face, and fly 'ft mc J And yet I fue for Grace, and thou deny ft me y Speake,art thou angry, Lord,or onely tryft me ?' Ynskreene thofe heav'nly lamps,or tell me why Thoij iliad'ft thy face 5 Perhaps, thou think'ft , no eye Can view thofe flames, and not drop downe and die t Ifthatbeati; flint forth, and draw thee nigher | Let me behold and die 5 for my defire Is Phcenix-like to perifh in that Fire. Death-conquer' d La^rui was redeem'd by Thee 5 If I am dead, Lord fet deaths piifner free ; Am I more fpent, ot ftink I woife than he * If my puflt light be out, give leave to tine My namelefle fnufre at that bright Lamp of thine $ . G what's thy tight the fefle for" lighting mine ? If I have loft my Path, great Shepheard, fay, ShalM ftill wander in a doubtfull way ? Lord, fhall a Lamb of I ft tit fheepfold ftray ? Thou art the Pilgrims Path, the blind mans fyt% The dead mans Lift ; on thee my hopes rely 5 If thou remove, \ erre 5 I grope 5 I die : Difclote thy Sun-beames 5 clofe thy wings,and ftay 5 See fee,how I am blind,and dead,and ftray, O thou^ that art my Light , my £i/e,my fVay. . S. A f G ok 3? EMBLEMES. tj£ S. A v g v s t. Sohloq. Cap. i. Vhydoft thou hide tfy face? Happily thou wilt fay, none can thy face and live: Ah Lord, let me die, that I may fee thee , me fee tbee % that I may die : I w> uU not live, but die • T has uyfee Chrift, I deftre death 5 that I may live with thrifts I fife life. Anseim. Med. Gap. ?. excellent hiding- which ishecome my perfection ! My (7*4; u hide ft thy treajure, to hjndle my defire- Thou Uhft thy *,rle 3 to inflame the feeder -thou delay' ft to give, that thou maijf ch m to importune •, feem'ft not to hare, to maf(e meperfiv&ir* Epi©. 7. • Kcav'ns ali-quidming Eyes votichfofe to {hln« pon our foulcs, we flight •> If not, wetvhmc ; ur Equinoctial 1 hearts can never lie cure, beneath the Ti'optcks of that eye, La that rny % Head rvcrc waters, and mme . eyes aj-ountaine of tcarcs '. Icr: 9 .j . • vm.Af^utajhJpJft. Jc|, EMBLEMED Ijj VIIL JER.1X. I. that my head -were waters, &nd mim tyes afowtaineofteareS) that I might yeeepe dajandnighp. . That mine eyes were fprings,ind could transforme ' Their drops to fcas ! My fighs., into a itorme ieale, and facred Violence, wherein jlab'ring veiiell 3 laden wirh her fin, fit fuffer fodainc llupwrackc^ and be fplit »n that Rock, where my drench'd fouje ma j Gt whclm'd with plenteous pafjian ; O., and there P, drop into an everlafting tcare ! r»e I that ev'ry Hiding, veine that wanders ough this vaft Iflc/did worke her wild Meanders rackilh teares, inftead of Woodland fwell s flcih with holy Dropfies, from whofe Well, lc warme with fighs, may fume my wafting breach, 1ft I diffolve in fteames,and reeke to death i fe narrow fluces of my dribling eyes much too ftreight for thofe quick fprings thatrife^ 1 hourely fill my Temples to the top j mot fhed for ev'ry fin a drop : at builder of mankind, why h*ft thou fent 1 (welling floods, and made fo fmall a ye/it \ fj4 EMBLEMED B( chat this flefh had been compos'd of fhow, 1 ftcad of earth , and bones of Ice, that fo, Fueling the Eervor of my tin 5 and lothing The fife 1 feele, I might be thaw'd to nothing ! thou, that di^ftjWith hopefull joy, entombe Mi thrice three Moones in thy laborious wombc, And then, with pyfull paine, broughtit forth a Son* What wurth thy Lbour, has my labour done ? What w:s there ? Ah ! what was there in my birth That could deferve the eafieft f.nilc of mirth .•' A man was borne : Alas,and what's a man ? A fctittle full of duft, a meafur'd fpan Of flitting Time 5 a furmfh'd Pack, whofe wares Are fullen Griefs^ and foule-tormenting Gares : A vie of teires 5 a veiloll tunn'd with breath, By ficknefTe broacht, to : be drawne out by death : A hapltfil, helplcfle thing 5 that, borne, docs cry To feed } that feeds to live 5 that lives to die. Great G xl and Man, w r hcfe eyes fpcnt drops fo often For r.e > that cannot weepe enough 5 O fofierf Thefe maiv'le biain^s ,and ilnke this flinty rock > Or if the mufick of thy Peters Cock ' Will hare prevaile, filLrlii my hcarkning eares With that fweet found, that I may melt in teares t 1 cinnot weepe, untili tiiou broach mine eye j Or give me veat 5 or els I burft 3 and die. S. A m b iu p£ EMBLEMES. IJJ S. A mbs o s. inPfal. 118. He that commits fmnes to be wept for, cannot weepe for finnes amitted :■ ^nd being him/elfe raofi lamentable, lath no teares 'ameht hit offences. N az i a n z. Orat.3. Tearss are tie deluge $ffinne>and the worlds facrifice. S.HiEROM.in Efaiam. Prayer appeafes Godjmt ateare compels him i That moves 8, but this eon/?rai»ps hi™ ( E p 1 G. ?. arth is an Ifland ported round with Feares ; 'he way to Heav'n is through the Sea of tesres i : is a ftormy jpaffage 5 where is found rhe wracke of many a fhip 3 but no man drown*d. jfic sorroucs of hell scl mc the. suarcf 0, hauc encompar death haue y: Wittfm/svn- Book*. EMBLEMED ij 7 IX. P SAL. XVIII. V. Tbcforroxpes of hell compaffed me about) andthefnares of death pre- Ventedmz^. IS not this Type well cut ? In ev'ry part Full of rich cunning ? fil'd with Zeuxian Art ? Are not the Hunters, and their St^gean Hounds Limm'd full to th' lite ? Didft ever heare the founds, The mullcke, and the lip-divided breaths Of the ftrong-winded Home, Rcchcats, and deaths . Done more exact ? Th'infernall Nimrods hollow ? The lawleile Purliews? and the Game they follcw ? The hidden Engines ? and the fnares that lie So undifcovei'd, fo obfeure to th' eye ? The new-drawne net ? and her entangled Pray ? And him that clofes it ? Beholder, fay, Js't not well done? feemes not an em'lous ftrife > Betwixt the rare cut picture, and the life ? Thefe Purlieu-men are Devils 5 And the Hounds, (Thofe quick-nos'd Canibals that fcuiire the grounds) Temptations j and the Game thefe Fiends puifue, Aie humane foules, which ftill they have in view 5 Whofe Fury if they chance to fcape, by flying, The skiifull Hunter plants his net 5 clofe lying, x 0ft 15* EMBLEME5, 1 Bookj, On th'unfufpecled earth, baited with treasure. Ambitions honour, and felfe-wafting pleafure s Where if the foule but ftoope, death itands prepar'4 To draw the net, and drawne, the foule's eafnar'd. Foore foule ! how art thou hurried to and fro? Where canft thou fafely itay? where fafely go ? Jf flay; thefe hot-mouth'd Hounds are apt to teare thee, If goe > the fnares enclofe, the nets enfnare thee : Wnat good in this bad world haspow'r t 'invite thee A willing Gueft ? wherein can earth delight thee ? Her pleafures are but Itch ; Her wealth, but Cares j A world of dangers, and a world of fnares : The clofe Purfuers bufie hands do plant Snares in thy fuMlance ; Snares attend thy want J Snares in thy credit 5 Snares in thy difgrace 5 ' ;_ Snares in thy high eftate ; Snares in thy bafe $ Snares tuck thy bed ; and Snares arround thyboord 5 Snares watch thy thoughts ; and Snares attache thy word $ Snares in thy quiet ; Snares in thy commotion ; Snares in thy diet ; Snares in thy devotion 5 Snares lurk in thy refolves j Snares, in thy doubt j Snares lie within thy heart, and Snares, without > Snares are above thy head, and Snares, beneath j Snares in thy ficknelTe ; Snares are in thy death : O, if thefe Purlieus be fo full of danger, Great God of Harts, the worlds fcle fov'raigne Ranger, Preferve thy Deere, and let my foule be bkft In thy fafe Forrdt, where I feeke for reft : Then let the Hell-hounds roare 3 Ifeare no ill ; Kouzc me they may, but have no pow'r to kill. S. A MB no Book?: EMBLEMES. ij| S. Ambros. Lib. 4 in Cap. 4X11CK. 7*&e reward of honour? , rfc? k/gfo- of forcer, the delUatie ofdi* tt 9 and the beauty of a harlot are the /ham ojthe 'Devifl. S. A m b R o s. de bono mortis. Wh'ileft thou fee\e(l plea/ures, thou runnefi into Jhares fir tit eye ojthe harlot k thcfnare of the Adulterer. S a v A N A R. In eating, le fits before m Gluttony; Ingencration, luxury 5 In labour jfluggijbnej/e ; Inc§nverfing,en\y; ingovemwg,co- hjetoufne/fe ; In correcting* anger; in honour, pride ; In the bean } he ers eviU thoughts ; in the mouth, vuih words ; tn afti- 'dns evill worses ; when awa\^^ he moves us to eviU aftionss \sbtn ajleepe, to filthy dreamt?. Epic. $* £e fad, my Heart a Deep dangers wait thy mirth 5 Thy foulc's way-laid by fea 3 by Hell 5 by earth ; Hell has her hounds ; Earth, fnares 5 the Sea, a ftielfe } But moft of all, my heart, beware thy felfe. Hater not mta> iudani&iit with, thy fcruant -for no man liunia shall Pe. xufiificd in th n^ swfo WsU -jimp lent Book}. l!M£LEMl£S # i£* X. psal: cxliu il Enter not into judgement with thy fepvm $ for in tbjfiglxjballno man Having bee justified. *efa* iuftite. Sinnit. gr/i Ij^jng forth the prifner, Iuftice. /*/?. Thy commands DAre done, juft Judge 5 See, here the prifner ftands, itf. What has the prifner done ? Say$ what's the caufe Of his committment ? luft, He has broke the lawes Of his too gracious God ; confpir'd rhe death.- Of that great Maieiiy that gave him breath, And heapes tranigicifron, Lord, upon tranfgreffion ; tef How know'ft thou this ?/**/. Ev'n by his own confefliom His fTnnes are cryingjand they cry'd aloud 5 They cry'd to heav'n 5 they cry'd to heav'n for blood 3 l$f. What fayft thou (inner ? Haft thou ought to plead, That fentence fhould not pane ? Hold up thy head, And fhtw thy bnazen, thy, rebellious face. Sin, Ah me ! I dare not : I'm too vile,and bafe, To tread upon thy earth, much more, to lift Mine eyes to heav'n 3 1 need no other fnrifc Than mine owne conference ; Lord, I mult confeflc, I am no mort than duft, and no whit leflc Thsa If 2 BMBLEMES. Book j, Than my Induement ftiles -^ie ; Ah, if thou Search too fevere, wich too fevere a Brow, What Flefh can ftand ? I have tranfgreft thy lawes J My merits plead thy vengeance 5 not my c: -uf.. Juft. Lord (hall I ftrike the blow ? lef Hold, Iuftice,fhy,- Sinner, fpeake on j what haft thou more to fay ? Sin, Vile* as I am, and of my felfe abhor 'd," I am thy handy-worke, thy creature, Lord, .. - Stampt with thy glorious Image, and at firfty " Moft like to thee, though now a poore accurft Convi#ed Caitifie y and degen'rous creature, Hete trembling at thy Bar. luff . Thy fault's the greater Lord (hall I ftrike the blow ?' lef. Hold, Iuftice, ftay, Speakc, firmer ; haft thou nothing more to fay ? "Sin* Nothing but Mercy, Mercy ; Lord, my ftate Is miferably poore, and defp.rate 5 I quite renounce my felfe, the world, and flee From Lord to fefa; from thy felfe,to Thee , Jftft> Ceafe thy vaine hopes ; my angry God has vow'cf J Abufed mercy muft have blood for blood : Shall I yet ftnke the blow ? lef Stay, Iuftice,h Md 3 My bowels yearne, my fainting bloou grr-wes cold, To view the trembling wretch ; Me thinks,! fpye My fathers. Image in the prifners eye : iilfi * I cannot hold. lef Then turne thy thirfty blade Into my fides : let there the wound be made : Cheare up, deare fcule j Redeeme thy life with mine My foule mall fmart ; My heart ihall bleed for thine^ till* X) groiind-lefle deepes ! O love beyond degree I Th'oflendcd dies, to fet th'oftender free.. S.AV6YS1 ook %1 EMBLEMES. 16$ Lord, -if I have done that, for -which thou mayeft i&mne me 5 sto hajf not loft that, whereby thou mayeft f Ave me : Remember \i>fweet lefts, thy luftice Againft the firmer, hut thy benignity wards thy Creature : Remember not to proceed agatnft aguiU foulejout remember thy nercy towards a miserable wretch: Tot" *t the infolente oj the provoker, and behold the mijery oftfafn* 9f{er i fir what k Jefm 'ut a Saviour ? A N S E L M. Have re$e8 to what thy Sonne hath km for me , 4nd forget hit myfinnes have done againft thee : My flefh hath frovo^ei iee to vengeance ; let the flefh of Ghrift move thee to mercy : It much that my rebellions have defervedi for it k mors that my [edeemer haib merited £ p 1 g. ioi 4ercy of mercies ! He that was my drudge s now my Advocate, is now my ludge : it (ufF.rs_, pleads, and fencences, nlone $ rtiree | adore, and yet adore but One, Let ftcl me water- +/oad overflow me , neitiier let t/te dce^eJwauo7ir me i>j>: JSbbk*.' EMBLEMED. iSi XI. PSAL.kXIX.XW Letnottbewater-fleodover-flo'to m^ timber let the deepes fad- loT»meti]>. r He world's a Sea j my flefli, a /hip, that's man'd ^ With lab'rmg Thoughts 5 and fteer'd by Reafons handV tyly heart's the Sea-mans Card, whereby fhe failes j My loofe Aftsclipns are the greater Sailes : The Top-faile is my Fancy ; and the Gufts That fill thefe.wanton^Sheets, ar£ Worldly Lufts* Pray'r is the Cable, at wKofe end appqares , The Anchor Hope, nev'r ilipt but in our feares : My Will's th'unconftant Pilot, that command? The ftaggring Keele ; my-Sinncs are like the Sands ; Hepcntanceis the Bucket 5 and mine Eye The Pumpe, unus'd (but in extreames) and dry * Vly, confeience is thc.Plummet, that does prefTe The deepes, but feldnme cryes, A' fathom lefle : - 3 Smooth Calm's fecurity ; The Gulph, defpaire £ ■ Vly Freight's Corruption, and this Life's my Fare : Vly foulc's the Paflenger, confus'dly driven ; f -ram feare to fright T her landing Port, is Heaven,. Vly. feas are itormy, and my Ship does leake ; . .. .; . Vly Saylers rude : My Steerfman faint and wcake ; M Ml S« EMBLEMED Bobk|] My Canvaae tome, it flaps from fide to fide ; My Cable's crackt 5 .my Anchor's flightly ty'd 5 My Pilot's craz'd ; my fhipwrack fands are doak'd J My Bucket's broken,and m^ Pump is choak'd j My Calm's Ueceitfull 5 and my Gulph too ncare ; My wares are flubber'd $ and my Fare's too deare 5 My Plummet's light, it canrtot {ink nor found ; O mall my Rock-bethreatned Soule be drown' d •? Lord ftill the Teas, and fhield my fhip from harme ; Inftuft myfaylours j guide my Steerfmans Arme 5 Touch thou my Compafle, and fencw my Sailed; Send ftifter courage, or fend milder gales 3 Make ftrong my Cable ; bind my Anchor fafler % Direct my Pilot, and be thou his Mafter j Objecl: the Sands to my more ferious view, Make foutidmy v Bucket j bore my Pump anew $ ! New caft my Plurifimetymake it apt to try ; Where the Rocks lurke,and where the Quickfands lie % Guard thou the Gulph, with love 5 my Calmes, with Care % ' Cleanfe thou my Freight 5 accept my {lender Fare > : Refrefh the fea-flck paffenger j cut mort ! His- Voyage ; land him in his wifhed Port i. , \ Thou,thou, whom winds and ftormy feas obay,. That, through the deeps, gav'tt grumbling Ifr'ell way, Say to my foule, be,fafe j and then mine eye Shall fcorne grim death, although grim death ftand by $ \ O thou whofc ftrength-revi ving Arme did cherifh Thy finking Peter^ at the point to perifh, [ • Reach forth thy hand, or bid me tread the Wave,' Ik come^Ue come a The voice that cals will fave.' I S. Amiro feokj: EMBLEMES. tgy S. A a B r o s. Apol. poft. pro David". Op. 3. p? confluence oflujts ma\e a great Tempeft, -which in this ft* ifiurbes tbe/ed-jaringfoule, thai reafon cannot govern* it* S. A v G v $ t. Soldoq. Cap. j ?. We labour in ahoy fteromfea: Thou (tank ft upon the Jbett. tdjeeft our dangers 1 Giuem grace to hold a middle cow ft be- rixtScyUaanl Charybdu>thit both dangers cjcapd&g may as* ve at our I'ort.fecure* E p re. x U y foule 5 the feas are rough 5 and thou a ftranger thefe falfe coafts j O keep aloofe 5 there's danger J ift forth thy Plummet $ fee a rock appeares $ by (hip wants fea-roomc$ Make it with thy teares, : C that ihowrvculJ ft protect me in t/;c arauc , cmlifde mt cntiU ' thy jvm bz pa& i Lah t Where luftice aimes, her fiery darts mutt hit. No,no, if fterne-brow'd vengeance mcanes to thunder, There is no place above, beneath, nor under, So clofe, but will unlocke, or rive in funder. *Tis vairte to flee 5 'Tis neither here nor there Can fcape that hand untill that hand fcrbeare ; Ah mc I where is he not, that's everywhere ? *Tis vaine to rice j till gentle mercy (how Her better eye, the farther off we go, ' The fwihgof lultice deales the mightier blow : Th'ingemous child, corrected, does not flie His angry mothers hand, but clings more nigh, And quenches, with his teares, her flaming eye. Shadowes are faith lefle,and the rockes are falfe ; No truft in brafie ; no trull in marble wals j Poore Gotts are ev'n asf/.fe as Princes Hals : Great God, there is no fafety here below 5 Thou art my For trefle, though thou feem'ft my foe, 'Tis thou, that ftrik'ft the ftroke, muft guard the blow % Thou art my God 5 by thee I fell or ftand; Thy Grace hath giv'n me courage to withftand All tortures, but my Confcience, and thy Hand. I know thy luftice is thy felfe 5 I know, luft God, thy very felfe is mercy too ; If not to thee, where? whether mould I go ? Then work thy will ; If piffion bid me flee, My Reafon (hall obey ; my win; s fhali be r Stretcht cut no further than from Thee to Thee. - 5ookj; EMBLEME3. iji S. A v g v s r. in Pfal. 3 S* Whether fie I? To ■% hat place can I fa f ely flie? To what isuntaine I To what den I To rvhatfironz houje ? What Cq- 'kjhaltl hold I What wals Jhall hold me ? Whether foever go, my (elf e jollowes me : For rvhatjoever thou fyeft^ 9 man 9 bbumayfi, but thy owne Confiience l rvherefoever Lord lgo % I ndthee, if angry a Reveler; ifappeas'd 9 a Redeemer: rhat way have 4, but to ftee from thee, to thee ; Thattboumaiffi •void thy Qod> addrejjl thh to thy Lord* E p i G. 1 1* lath vengeance found thee \ Can^hyfeares command ^lo Rocks to fhield; thee from her thundring hand ? [now'ft thou not where to fcape \. lie tell thee where y dy fouie make dearie shy Conscience ; Hide thee there* 'M4 Arc not nnr Jaipar_Jrrv I Qra/e then, and let mc alone that I may hcroayic tne a Utile. Joh .jo. 2.0 - n'&Jrmz'Sn.Jititpfit dkj; EM3J.EMES. tj£ XII I. IOB X.XX. -enotmy dayesfm? Cetfethen^ wdletme alone % tbaP Imaybewailewyfelfe JY GlafTe is halfe unfpent : Forbearc t'arreft. My tjiriftlefle day too foone : My poore rcqueft lat my gf afte may run but out the reft. time-devoured minuts wilbe done liout thy help ; See, fee how fwift they run ; : not my thred before my thred be ipun ; : < " : gained not great I purchafe by this fhy ; at loffe fuftain'ft thou by iVfmall delay, whom ten thoufand yeares are but a day. following eye can hardly make a fhift count my wmgedhoures. ; they flie fo fwift s iy fcarce deferve the bounteous name of gift.* jj fecret wheeles of hurrying Time do give hort.a warning,and fo raft they drive, n I am dead before I feeme to live : I what's a life ? A weary Pilgrimage, ofe glory, in one day, doth fill thelhge h Childhood, Manhood, and decrepit Age* I what's a Life; the flourifhing Array :he proud Summer meadow, which to day tres her grecne Plulhj and is, ;o morrow, Hay. And ^74 EMBLEMES.' Book And what's a Life ? A blaft fuilain'd with clothing, Maintain'd with f jod > retain'd with vile feifc-loathing. Then weary of it felfe, again' d to nothing. flead on this diall, how the fhades devoure My lliort-liv'd winters day ; How'r cats up howre > Alas, the total's but from eight to foure. Behold thefe Li Hies (which thy hands have made Taire copies of my life, and open laid ,To view) how foone they droop, how. foone they fade ' Shade not that diall night w'dl blind too foone 5 My nonag'd day already points to noone £ How fimple is myTuit ! How fmall my Boone I >Jor do I beg this {lender inch, to while The time away 3 or falfly to beguile My thoughts with joy ^ Here's nothing worth a fmik. No, no • 'Tis not to pleafe my, wanton eares With frantick mirth ; I beg but howres > not yeares.; And what thsu giv'ft me a I will give to teares.. Draw not that foule which would be rather led J That Seed has yet not broke my Serpents head > fhall I dio. before my Unncsare dead ? Beheld thefe Rags 5 Am I a feting Gueft To taft the dainties of thy royall feaft, With hands and face unwafn'd, ungirt,unbleft ?. Firft, let the Iordan ftreames (that find fupplics From the deepe founrai,ne of my heart) anfc, And cleanfe my fpots,and cleaie my leprous eyesJ 1 have a world of iinnes to be lamented ; J have a fea of teares that mutt be vented 5 O fpare till then j and then I die 5 contented S.Avc v s ,6k 3- EMBLEMES, t 17$; S.Av6vs T.lib. 7 de Civir. Dei cap. 10. The time tolerein ve live h taken from tie Jpaee of cur life % Irvbat r emetines u daily made leje and lege, infomuch that the e of our life u nothing but a jjajfage to death'. S. G R E O. Hb. 9 mor.cap.44 in Cap. 10 lob. As moderate afflictions bringteares ; fo immoderate ta\e ana? resj Infomuch that forrow becomes no forfoiv. which faaltorv- ttp]hemindoftheafjfi#ed a takps amy the fenfe of the <#- Ep ig. 15. ar'ft thou to go, when fuch an Arme invites thee ? read'ft tHou thy bads of fin ? or what affrights thee I thou begin to feare, thy feare begins 5 >ble > caivhei.beate thee hcnce 3 and not thy hns ? Oh tkat-they'were wtfe>,~then ~tkey would, Ctoderftarui this; they would, confidet^^ ■ their latter en&.Deete-ron: $% - JJ>aynefeid- ook 3; £ :M B L 6 M E S. ' 1 73 XIV. DEllf. XXXII. XXIX. > that men men weire wife> and that they uifa derHood this % that tbeysvotildceti* Jider their latter end. fkjh. spirit. WHat meanes my fifters eyes fo oft to pane - Through the long entry of that Optick glafle > Tell me ; what fecret virtue does invite ; Thy wrinckled eye to fuch unknowne delight ? . Ithclps'the fight 5 makes'things remote appeare In perfect view j It drawes the objecTnearct. . What fenfe^-delighting objects doeft thou fpie ? What does' that Glafle prefent before thine eye f '. I fee thy foe, my reconciled friend, . Grim death /even ftanding at the GlafTeS end i His left hand holds a branch of Palme 5 his ri^ht Holds forth' a two-edg'd fword. fl. A proper light 2 And is this all ? does thy Profpective pleafe Th'abufed fancy with no fhapes but thefe ? '. Yes, I behold the dark'ned Sun bereav'n Of all his light, the battlements of heav'n, Sweltring in Flames y the Angell-guarded Sonne Of glory on his high Tribunal! Throne i *7* EMBLEMESJ " Book I fee a Brimftone Sea of boyling Fire, And Fiends, with knotted whips of naming Wyre, Tort'ring poore foules, that gnaih the'ir teeth,in vainc, And gnavy their flame-tormented tongues ,for paine £ Looke fitter, how the queazie-ftomack'd Graves Vomit their dead, and how the p urple waves Scal'd their confumelefTe bodies, ftrongly curling All wombes for bearing,and all paps for nurfing : jtt. Can thy diftamper'd fan'cie take delight In view of Tortures ? Thefe are fnowes t*affriej>r! Looke in this glaiTe-Triangular j looke here, . Here's that will raviih syes. Sp. What feeft thou there i Jr/ # The world in colours 5 colours that diftaine The, cheeks of Proteus, or the filken Traine Of Floras Nymphs j fuch various forts of hiew, As Sun-confronting Irh never knew : Here, if thou pleafe to beautine a Towne, "Thou maift ; or, with a hand, turn't upfide downe 5 Here, maift thou fcant or widen by the meafurc Of thine owne will ; make fbort or long, at pleafure t Here maift thou tyre thy fahcie ," and adviie With fliowes more apt to pleafe more curious eyes ; $b. Ah foole ! that dot'ft on vaine, on prefent toyes, And difrefpecls thofe true, thofe future joyes ! How ftrongly are thy thoughts befool'd, Alas, To dote'oh goods that perifh with thy Glafle T Nay, variifh with the turning of a hand .' Were they but painted colours, it might ftand With painted reafon, that they might devote thee 5 But things that have no being, to befot thee ? Forefight of futu re torment is the way To baulk thofe ills which prefent joyes bewray ; As thou haft fool'd thy felfe,fo now come hither, Break that fond glaffe^ind let's be wife together. r J Bo* aye N 1(3. BMBLEMES. 17^ BoNAVENT.de contemptu feculi. that men would be wife 3 Underftand, andforefee : Be wife^ ow three thing* : The miilt nude of thcfe that are to be dam* the lew number ofthofe that are to be javed ; and the vani- tranptory things : Vnderfiand three things ; the multitude nes, the omijjion of good thin ? r,' and the lojfe of time : Fore* >ree things # the danger of death, the lafi judgement , and fa iH$>uni$mttit m Epxg. t£ it foule, no farther yet ? what nev'r commence her in Faith > Still Batchclour of Senfc ? infufficiency ? Or what has made thee flip thy loft degree ? Thy lufts have M&tteg ^ life hjfent mdi gnrf> c wfjeeres "with Sialuncr * ?s:2o - jo. wm. sculp- 3ot|. ENiBLEMESy %U XV. PS AL. XXX Xa My life isfyentvitbgriefeiaMmy yeares ftithfigbing. VHat fullen Starre rul'd my untimely birth,- That would not lend my dayes one houre of mirdi t w oft have thefe bare knees been bent, to gaine le flender Almes of one poore fmile, in vaine I w often, tir'd with the faftidious light,* ve my faint lips implor'd the fhades of night * w often have my nightly Torments praid : lingring t wilighty glutted With the made I y 3 worfe than nightj night, worfe ths-n day, appearerf feares I fpend my nights j' my dayes, in teares : loane, unpitti'd 5 groane without reliefe 3 lereis nor end, nor meafure of my griefe 5 le fmiling flow'f falutes the day ; it growes itoueh'd with care 5 It neither fpms,Miar fowes |' that my tedious life were, like this fiow'r, freed from griefe 5 or finifh'd with an houfe : iy Was I borne ? Why was I borne a man ? d why propbition'dby fo large a Span ? why fufpended from the common lot, d being borne to die, why die I not ? me ! why is my forroW- watted breath' ny'd the eafie prmledge of death ? K The iSt EMBLEMES: IS Book The branded Slave, that tugs the weary Oarc j Obt^ines the Sabbath of a welcome Shore 5 Hisranfom'd ftripes are heal'd 5 His native foile Sweetens the mem'ry of his forreigne toyle: But ah ! my forrowes are not halfe fo bleft ; My labour finds no point < m'y paines, no reft : I barter lighs for teares $ and teares for Grbnes, Still vainly rolling Syfiphajan ftones : Thou jiift dbferver of our flying houres, That, with thy Adamantine fangs, devoures The brazen Monuments of renowned Kings, Does tlry glafle ftand ? Or be thy moulting wingS Vnapt to flie ? If not, why doft thou fpare A willing breft 5 a breft, that ftands fo faire ? A dying breft, that has but onely breath To beo- a wound,; and ftrength^ toxrave a death ' O, that the pleafed Heav'ns would once diflolve Thefe fleihly fetters, that fo fail involve My hampred foule ; then ftould my foule be bleft . From all thefe ills, and wrap her thoughts in reft : Till then, my dayes are moneths, my moneths are yeares i My yeares are ages, to be fpent in teares : My GriePs entayPd upon my waftfull breath, Which no RecoVry can cut off, but death • Ifceath drawne in Cottages, pufft out in Throne^ begins 3 continues j and concludes in Grones. Jhmocb ookf. EMBLEMED 1S3 Innocent, de vilitate condit. human x. 6 plemUgive mineeyes afountaine ofteares, that I may be* ii& the miferable inrrejfe oj mans condition ,- t be finfuU pro* tjfe e f mans confer fation, the damnable egrejfe in mans dijfolu- m? I mffcenfider with teares, tvhereoj man wot made, "what m does, andtvhat man u to do : Alas, he is jormed of earth, nceived in finne, home to punifhment ; He does eviU things^ hich are mt larvfult; He does filthy things? which are not de~ nt ; He does vaine things ^ which are not expedient. m E P I G. I ?. y heart. Thy life's a debt by Bond, which beares fecret date ; The ufe 3 is Grones and teares j lead not 5 Vfurious Nature will have all^' . s well the Int'reftj as the Principal^ N 1 *s* EMBLEMES. Book Mysoiic hath Coucted to desire thy ludqcmcTtfr- vsal-uo- Will ftrnvfon :*1 THE FOVRTH _|OOKE, \ I. ROM. VII. xxm. I fee another Law .in my members Warring tgainft the Law of my mind, & bringing m$ into captiyitie to the Law of fin. ? DHow my will is hurried to and fro 5 And how my unrefolv'd refolves do varie ! I know not where to fix s fometimes I goe This vvayj then that; and then the quite contrary^ I like, difJike 5 lament for what I could not $ I doe j undoe ; yet {till do what I ftpuld not ; nd at the felfe fame inftant > will the Thing I would not. 1 'hus are my weather-beaten Thought? oppreft With th 'earth-bred winds of my prodigious will % hus am I hourely toft from E^ft to Weft Vpon the rouling ftreames of Good and III : Thus am I driv'n upon thefe flippry Sudds, From reall Ills to falfe apparent Goods 5 y life's a troubled Tea, compos'd of Ebb$ and Hood*. «'}■" "■— The m$ EMBLEKES. Book^ 5 • The curious Penman., having trim'd his P by an evi&yeittmn lojt bhgoodfowh 1 foule 3 how are thy thoughts difturb'd \ confin'dj Wrg'd betwixt thy Members, and thy Mind I t here, or there 5 Thy doubt-depending caufe in, ncY'r expert one terdift, 'twixt two Lawes. 1 28 EMBLEMES. Book Oh that mj wair CJ - were Qireeled tohepc tins Statutes. Ps.j j?. j. W- Siny f on Sculp - >ok4. EMBLEMES, i% 9 II- PSAL. CXIX.V. that my *ftayes to ere dire [led to keepetbyftatutes. i ■•Hus I, the obje£t of the worlds difdainc, With Pilgrim -pace, furround the weary earth 5 neiy relifli what the world counts vaine ; fler mirth's my griefe ; he r fullen Griefe, my mirth 5 Her light, my darknefl'e 5 and her Truth], my Error % r freedome is myjayle 5 and her delight my Terror : 2 nd earth ! Proportion not my Teeming love To my long fray $ let not thy thoughts deceive thee $ iou art my Prifon, and my Home's above ; My life's a Preparation but to leave thee : Like one that fetks a doore, I walke about thee,, ith thee I cannot live 5 I cannot live without thee, 1' ie world's a Lab tinth, whole anfractious waves Are all compos'd of Rubs, and crook'd Meanders 5 orefting here 5 Hee s hurried back that ftayes., A thought j And he that goes unguided, wanders : Her way is dark $ her path untrod, unev'n ; hard's the way from earth $ fo hard's the way to Heav'n. This *$o EMBLEMED Book 4 "This gyu n g LabVimh is betrench'd about On either Hand, with ftreams of fulphrous fire, Streames ciofely Aiding, erring in and out, But feeming pleafant to the fond defcrier 5 Where if his foctfteps truft their owne Invention, He fals without redrefle, ancl (Inks beyond Demenuon. Where fnall Ifcek a Guide ? Where fhall I meet Some lucky hand to lead ray trembling paces ? What trufty Lantexne will dired my feet To fcape the danger of thefe dang'rous places ? What hopes have I to pane without a Guide ? Where one gets fafcly through, a thoufand fall befide. 6 An unrequefted Starrc did gently flide Before the Wifemen, to a greater Light ; Back-fliding Ifr'el found a double Guide ; A Pillar, and a Cloud ; by day , by night : Yet, in my defp'rate dangers, wliich be farre More great than theirs, I have nor Pillar, Clcud,nor Starr< 7 3 that the pineons of a clipping Dove Would cut my. p >flage,through the empty Ayre 5 Mine eyes being feeld, how would I mount above The reach of danger, and forgotten Care ! My backward eyes fnould nev'r commit that fault, Whofc lafting Guilt mould build a Monument otSalt* 8 Great God, that art the flowing Spring of Light, Enrich mine eyes with thy refulgent Ray : Thou art my Path j direct my ftcps aright j I haye no other Light, no other Way : lie truft my God, and him alone purfue j His Law ihalbe my Path $ his heav'nly Light my Clue, i'i EMBLEME5. r 9 i S. A V G V S T. S'jliloq.Cap.4. UrdMoarttheUih h tbeWay,tbeTruth,JzV^Ui uhereunodarkneJfe,error,vanity, nor death: «*«**£ uM then ■isdirkmfc , Thewy^woutnhuh there TdrwT The Truth Jitbout^bicb there uerrour, Ufe, ttliih there u death : Say t«W there be light, aUt ■naStum- , (ball fee the truth , and ihmenour; 1 shall ^^apedeJb , Illuminate, illmm^ rry md Mcbfis in darkmfeandtbe Jhadwof death, mdamel et in the way of peace. Epig. 2. feirn trudge on : What makes thy foule complaint, 53 1 " ™1~inr • TV way to rci* is pame ; rownes thy complaint . i ne v\*y *■ r he Road to Rcfolution lies by doubt : he next way Home's the fartheft way about, %9i EMBLEMES. Boc jjtay TTiyJiepPf in thy Pathcs that my feet do not Aide. ?s.j 7 . $ 1(4/ EMBLEMES. %9$ PSAL. XVII. V. Stqymyfteps intbypatbstfhdmyfet donotjlide-*. i r rHen ere the Old Exchange of Profit rings V Her filver Saints-bell of imcertaine gained, merchant foule can ftretch both legs and wings % ,ow I can run, and take unwearied paines ! The Charmes of Profit are (o fh-ong, that X Who wanted legs to go, find wings to fly ; a me-beguiling Pleafure but advance ler luftfull Trump, and blow her bold Alarms, bow my fportfnll foule can frisk and daunce, aid hu^ that Syren in her twined Armes ! The fprightly voice of Gnew-ftrengthning Pleafure Can lend my bedrid foule both legs and leifure* laiing Honour chance to fill my veines Vith fiattring warmth,and flafh of Courtly fire, foule can take a pleafure in her paines 5 * ilyloftie ftmtting fteps difdaine to tire : My antick knees can turne upon the hingef Of Complement, and skrue a thoufand Crjnges. ipA 1MBLEMES. Bool 4 But when I come to Thee, my God, that art The royall Mine of everlafting Tieafure, ,The reall Honour of my better part, And living Fountaine of eternall pleafure, How nervelefl'e are my limbs ! how faint, and /low ihave nor wings to flic, nor legs to go. 5 So vyhen the ftrcames of fwift-foot Rhene convay Her upland Riches to the Belgick fhore i The idle vefTell Hides the watry lay, - ., Without the blaft,6r tug, of wind, or Oarc 5 Her flippr/keeje divides the fiiver foame With eafe j So facile is the way from home. 6 But when the home-bound veflTell turnes her failes Againft the breft of the relifting ftreame, O then fne flags -, nor Saile, nor Oare prevailes 5 The Streame is fturdy^ and her Tides extreme : Each ftroke is IojTe, and ev'ry Tug is vaine j," A Boat-lengths purchafe is a League of pained 7 6reat All in All, that art my Reft, my Home^ 'My way is tedious,and my fteps are flow : Reach forth thy helpfull hand,or bid me come $ I am thy child , O teach thy Child to go : . Conjoyne thy fweet commands! to my defire 5 And I will venture, though I fall or tire. &-£'?*> j^; EMBLEMES; *9S S. A V G v s t. Ser. i i de Verb. Apoft. eateries di$kafedat wUttheuart, 8^*^'*** >to»hattim art not: for where thou hafi pleas dtbyfelfe, >tbou abidefl: Butifthou(ayeft y l have enough .thouperijb. ' Alrvayes add, alwayes walk*, alvayei pnceed i neithe* mil, nor Pobacl&nor deviate: He that ftands fttll, pro- mt; Hegoes back that continues not* He deviates, that Its : Me goes better that creepes 9 in bk V9ay % thin be thai % outofhismj/* " xftnot, my foule, to Iofe for want of cunning |' eepe not 5 heav'n is not alwayes got by running % by thoughts are fwift, although thy legs be How 3 rue love will creeps not feafing ftrcngth 50 g«* ip5 EMBLEMES. Bool afraidc of thy Iudamcnif.P/f'ng'.-t^Q, K>k4- EMBLEMES. ipj It. PSAL. CXIX. CXX. iyflefb trembkthforfeare ofthee^nd I am afraid oftbyjudgetttents* Et others boaft of Luck : and go their yvayes . JWitii their faire Game - 9 Know, vengeance feldome playes^ o be too forward ; but does wifely frame er backward Tables, for an After-Game : le gives thee leave to venture many a blot ; ad, for her owne .id vantage,' hits thee not • it when her pointed Tables are made faire, hat (lie be i cady for thee, then beware j hen, if a neceflary blot be fet ? le hits thee * wins the Game • perchance the See i profprous Chances make thy Calling high,' : wifely template ; caft a ferious eye n after-dangers, and keep fyack thy Game ; oo forward feed-times make thy H'arveft lame : r . 'left-hand Fortune give thee left-hand chances, e wifely patient ; let ho envious glances epine to view thy Gameueis heape Co faire ; 'he hindmefi: Hound takes oft the doubling Hare : 'he worlds great Dice are falfe $ fometimes they gQ£ Xtremety high ; fometimes, extremely low : )f all her Qamefters, he that playes the leaft, i'Ves rno$ at eafe j playes moft fecure,and beft i ; O The ip8 EMBLEMES. Book. The way to win, is to play faire, and fweare Thy felfe a fervant to the Crowne of Feare ; £eare is the Primmer of a Gamfters skill $ Who feares not Bad, ftands moft unarm'd to III i The III that's wifely fear'd, is halfe wkhftood 5 And feare of Bad is the beft foyle to Good : True Feare 's tWElixar, which, in dayes of old, Turn'd leaden Crofles into Crownes of Gold : The World's the Tables ; Stakes, Eternall life ; The Gamefters, Heav'n and 1 5 Vnequall ftrife I My Fortunes are my Dice, whereby I frame My indifpofed Life : This Life's the Game 5 My fins are fev'rall Blots, the Lookers on Are Angels j and in death, the Game is done : £,ord^ I'm a Bungler, and my Game does grow Still more and more unfhap'd 5 my Dice run low ? The Stakes are great 3 my carelelTe Blots are many $ And yet, thou pafTeft by, and hitft not any : Thou art too ftrong ; And I have none to guide me With the Ieafl Iogge 5 The lookers on deride mc fr- it is a Conuueft, undeferving Thee, To win a Stake from fueh a Worme as mee : I have, no more to lofe 5 If we pcrfever, 'Tis loft • and,tbat,once loft, I'm loft for ever. Lord,wink at faults,and be not too fevere, And I will play my Game with greater feare $ O give me Feare, ere Feare has paft her date : Whofe blot being hit,then feares 3 feare's then^too late. S.Bsr cblc*. 1 EMBLEMES. j£j> S.Ber n. Ser. 54 in Cant. There u nothing fo ejfefiuall to obtaine Grace , to retains 'ace, and toregaine grace 3 asalrvayes to be found before God I over-wife, buttojeare : Happy art thou if thy heart bereple** Tjedwitb three feares>afeare for received grace, agreaterfearv • loft Grace 3 a greatefijeare to recover Grace. S. A v g y s t. fuper Pfalm. Pre r entfeare begets eternaU fecurity : Feare Godfrlkhk <£< ve allj and no need tofeare man at all* Fpig. 4* >rd fhall we grumble, when thy flames do fcourge us ? 1 finnes breath fire 5 that fire returnes to purge us •' »rd 3 what an Alchymitt art thou 3 whofe skill ranfmutes to perfeft good; 'from perfect ill \ Q 2. 50* EMBLEM E$. V. Book tkcy -behotcl w'a^itc -pfd' us> wj ook*. EMBLEMS |bf V. fsal. cxix. xxxvn: Twne atpdy mm eyes from regarding Hi Ow like to threds of Flaxe iat touch the flame, are my infJam'd defires ! How like to yeelding Waxe, rfoule diflblves before thefe wanton fires I The fire, but touch'd $ the flame, but felt;, Like Flaxe, I burne * like Waxe, I melt* z O how this flelh does draw ' fetter'd foul e to that deceitfull fire I And how th'eternall Law baffled by the law of my defire ! Sow truly bad, how feeming good Arc ail theLawes of Flefh andBlood ! O wretched ftate of Men, le height of whofe Ambition is to borrow) What muft be paid agen, th griping Int'reft of the next dayes forrow ! iow wild his Thoughts I How apt to range I low apt to ntk I Apt to change I "~ ' ~ O i .$lfiH ho* ^EMBLEMES. Eook4 4 How intricate and nice • Is mans perplexed way to mans defire ! Sometimes upon the Ice Re flips, and {onetimes fals into the fire % His progreflfe is extreme and bold, Or very hot, or very cold. % The common food, he doth Suftaine his fdule-toumenting thoughts withall , Is honey, in his mouth, To night 5 and in his heart, to morrow, Gall > ' Tis oftentimes, within an houre, Both very fweet, and very fowre. . - . > 6 : If fweet Corinna fmile, A heav'n of-Ioy breaks downe into his heart : Cori«»0 frownes a while? j^els Torments are but Copies of his fmart : * Within a luftfull heart does dwell A feeming Heav'n ; a very Hell. 7 Thus worthlefle, vaine and void Of comfort, are the fruits of earths irnpicyment % Which ,ere they be enjoyd, Piftrad us j and deftroy us in th'enjoyment 5 Thefebe the pleafures that are pnz'd, When heav'ns cheape pen'worth ftands deipis d. o Lord,quench thefe hafly flames, Which dart as lightning from the thundnng skies; And, ev'ry minut, dames Aeainft the wanton windowes of mine eyes : L.ord,clofe the Cafemem, whilft I ftand Behm4 the curtainc of thy H.md. Jook4. emblemes. **$ S. A V G V S T. Sollloq. Cap.4, thou Sonne that iUuminates both Heaven and Earth ; Wot e unto thofe eyes which do not behold thee : Woe be unto thofe lindeyes which cannot behold thee : IVoe be unto thofe which urne away their eyes that they will not' behold thee ; Woe be untQ bcfe that turn not away their eyes that they may heboid vanity* S, Chrys. fup. Matth. 19. What u an eviU woman but the enemy of fiiendfbip, an una- widabtepaine, a necejfaiy mifchiefe 3 a natural tentation, a defu Arable calamity, a doinejtic^ danger, a delegable inconvenient rid the nature of eviH painted over with tie colour of good! Tis vaine 3 great God, to clofe mine eyes from ill 9 When I refolve to keep the old man ftill : My rambling heart muft cov'nant firft with Thee^ Or none can j>afTe betwixt mine eyes and me, O 4 »4 EMBLEMES. Book 4 VI. Jflhtnajvunttfetour 'in rhy fi'qfc l cU my life he afuen me at my Petition .sTcr.7.3. 301^. EMBLEMES, so$ | VI. ESTER VII. in. f I have found favour in thy ftght % and if it pkafe the King* let my life be given me at my petition* rHou art the great Ajfuzr #j,whofe command Doth ftretch from Pole to Pole | The World's thy land % .ebellious Wjhtts the corrupted Will, /hich being cal'd, refufes to fulfill *hy juft command : Heftcr, whofe teares condole 'he razed City's the Regen'rate Soule ; i captive maid, whom thou wilt pleafe to grace /ith nuptial! Honour in ftout Vafljti's place : [er kinfman, whofe unbended knee did thwart 'roud Hainan: glory, is the Fleihiy part : rhe fobcr Eunuch, that recaPd to mind rhe new-built Gibbet (Haman had divin'd : orhis owne ruine) fifty Cubits high, s luflfuil thought-controlling Chaltity ; nfulting Haman is that flefhly luft Vhofe red-hot fury, for a feafon, mtift rriumph in Pride, and ftudy how to tread Dn Mordecay, till royall Hefler plead ; Great King, my fent-for Vajhti will not conic 5 Diet the oyleo'th bleflfed Virgins wombe ho6 EMBLEMES. Book- Cleanfe my poore Hefter ; look, O looke upon het With gracious eyes j and let thy Beames of honour So fcoure her captive ftaines, that ilie may prove A holy Object of thy heav'nly love : Annoint her with the Spicknard of thy graces, Then try the fweetneffe of her chart embraces : Make her the partner of thy nuptiall Bed, And fet thy royall Crowne upon her head : If then, ambitious Haman chance tofpend His fpleene on Mordecay, that fcornes to bend The wilfull (UfFenefle of his ftubborne knee 3 Or bafely crouch to any Lord but Thee , If weeping Hefter fhould preferre a Gronc Before the high Tribunall of thy Throne, Hold forth thy golden Scepter,and afford The gentle Audience of a gracious Lord : And let thy royall Hefter be poffeft Of haife thy kmgdome, at her deare requeft : Curbe luftfull Haman $ him, that would difgrace 3 Nay, ravifh thy faire Queene before thy face : And as proud Haman was himfelfe enfnar'd On that felfe Gibbet, that himfelfe prepared, Sonayle my luft, both Punifhment, and Guilt On-that deare CrofTe that mine owne Lulls have built. S. A V C Y s x** EMBLEME5. 207 S.AvGvsT.ia Ep. holy Spirit, alvayainfpire me with holy Mfe ; conftraine ■ that 1 'may doe : oounfelime that I may love thee; Confirms 1 that I may hold thee ; tionferve me that I may. not lo/e thee. S. A v G v s t. fup. loan. TheSpiritruftsvleretheflethrefts : Foraitbefiejh unou- Wviibjweet things, theSfirit is retrejhedmtbjome. Ibid. Would/? thou that thy flefhohcy thy Spirit? then letthySpi* t obey thy God; Tboumufi be govern 'd, that thou may ft go- ',rne. Erie. ^. Df Merc'and luftice is thy Kingdome built 5 rhis plagues my Sin ; and that removes my guilt : When ere I fue 3 AJfuerm like decline rhy Scepter* Lord, fay, Haife my kin^dome's thine, io$ EMBLEMES. Book vn. Come Tmf beloved, ietvs jfocjorth into f fielfe, letvr remmncinf Viftaqcs. Cant: J IV.Simpsvn.JctOp: J ■ o> '3 >otc4; EMBLEMED tfV VII* CANT* VII. XL rme my helo^ed i let tis goe forth into thi fields and let us remme in the villages. drift. Sntte. t >r .A>Ome 3 tome, my deare, and let us both retire V^ Andwhiffethe dainties of the fragrant fields^; ■ Where warbling ThiVmel and the fhrill-mouth'd. Quire Chaunt forth their raptures ; where the Turtle builds Her lonely neft j and where the new-borne Br yer Breaths forth the fweetneffe that her Aprill yeeldsi Come 3 come* my lovely faire^nd let us try Thefe rurall delicates j where thou and I May melt in private flames^ and fcare no ftander by, * -> t WL My hearts eternall Ioy, in lieu of whom T he earth's a blaft.and all the world,a Buble $ Our Ci tie-manfion is the fairer Home, But Country-fweets are tang'd With iefler Trouble • let's try them both, and choofi the better ; Come ; A change in pfeafure makes the pleafare double : On thy Commands depends my Goc 3 or Tarie 5 lie ftirre with Martha. ; or He ftay with Marie •• Our hearts arc firmly fixt a although, our plcafures varie. aio EMBLEMES. Book €hr* Our Countrey-Manfion((ituate on high) With various Obje&s, ffillfenewes delight > Her arched Roofe's of unftain'd Ivory ; Her wils iof fiery-fparklmg Chryfolite ; Her pavement is of hardeft Porphery ; Her fpaeious wmdowes are all glaz'd mth bright And flaming Carbuncles ; no^need reOuire Titans faint raves, or Vulcans feebler fire ,- And ev'ry Gate's a Pearle^ and' ev'ryPearle, entire," 4 §W. Foble, that I was ! how were my thoughts deceiv'd T How falfly was my fond conceit poffeft ! Itooke it for an Hermitage,but pav'd And daub'd with neighbring dirr, and thatch'd at bei Alas,! nev'r expe&ed more,nor crav'd ; A Turtle hop'd but for a Turtlesneft : Come,come, my deare, and let no idle flay Negledt th 'advantage of the head-ftrong day • How pleafure grates, that feeles the Curb of dull delay . > 1 , €hr. Come,then my Ioy ; let our divided paces Conduct us to our faireft Territory j *C there weel twine our foules in fweet embraces ; Sou. And in thine Armes lie tell my paffion ftory : Cbr, O there He crowne thy head with all my Graces $ Sou. And all thofe Graces fhall, reflect thy Glory-, Cbr. O there, lie feed thee with celefhaii Mann* * llcbc thy Elk^nah. Soul. And I, thy Hanna* ChrjU found my Trump of Ioy. Ss And lie rcfoutid Hofin S.BbR )k4- EMBLEMES. ait S.Bern. blejfed Contemplation ! The death of vices, and the life of ties ! Thee the Lao? and Prophets admire • Who ever at' *d perfettimi, if mt by Thee ! Oblejfed Solitude , the Maga- of cclefiiatt Treafure ! by thee things earthly., and tranfttory^ :hang 9 dinto heavenly, and et email, S. BfcRN.inEp. 'appy u that houfe, and blejfed u that Congregation > where t\\zfiill cmplames d/Mary. £p ig. 7. rhanick foule 5 thou muft not onely doc :h Martha 5 but 3 with Mary, ponder too j spy's that houfe, where thefe faire (ifters vary j mofi, when Martha's reconcil'd to Maty. II* EMBLEMES. VII L Draw me; rvc mitt run after thee becaufc of the tauour oflkirqood oy~ntmcntf . (ant -j 4. WillJlmpfon.Jculp r 6oM* EMBLEMES. iij VIII. cant. i. in* JralPme>, we will follow afper^tbee by the favour of thy Ojntments* j"Hus,like a lump of the corrupted Maffe, I I lie fecure ^ long loft, before I was : \ And like a Block, beneath whofe burthen lies 1 That undifcovet'd Woime that never dies, tave no will to roivze j I have no povvr to rife. > an ftinking td\Arm compound, or ftrive 'ith deaths entangling Fetters, and revive Qr can the water-buried Axe implore A hand to raife it? or, it felfe, reftore nd, from her fahdy deepes, approach the dry-foot /horc ? \ hard's: the task for finfull flefh and Blood o lend the fmalleft ftep to what is Good j My God, I cannot move,the leaft degree j Ah ! If but onely thofe that active be one fhould thy glory fee 3 none ihould thy Glory fee, it if the Potter pleafe t'informe the Clay 5 t fome ftrong hand remove the Block away j Their lowly fortunes foone are mounted higher/ That proves a veflell, which, before, wa^myre ; id this, being hewne, may ferve for better ufe than fire/ * p An£ si4 EMBLEMED BqoIh And if that lifc-reftoring voice command Dead La^ruA forth ; or that great Prophets hand Should charme the fallen waters, and begin To beckon, or to dart a Stick but in, Dead ta^rmmwA revive, and th'^xc muft float agin; Lord, as I am, I have no pow'r at, all Tq heare thy voice,- or ficcho to thy call $ The gloomy Clouds of mine owne Guilt benfght me 5 Thy glorious beames, nor dainty fvveets invite me j They neither can direct 5 nor thefe at all delight me. See how my Sin-bemangled body lies, Nor having pow'r, to wrll ; nor will, to rife \ Shine home »-ipon thy €reature,affd infpire My livelefie will with thy regen'rate rire 5 The firfl degree to do, is onely to dcfire. Give me the pow'r to will ; the will, to doe ; O raife me up, md I will ftrive to go : Draw me, O draw me with thy treble twifty That have no pow'r but meerly to refift ; O lend' me fength to doy and then command thy Lift. My Soule's a Clock, whofe wheeles (for want of ufe And winding up, being fubjed to th'abufe Of eating Ruft) wants', vigour to fulfill . Her twelve houres task, and fhow her makers skill ; But idly ffeepes' anmoov'd, and ftandeth vainly ftill. Great God, it is thy work : and therefore, Good ; If thou be pleas'd to clcanfe it with thy Blood 5 And winde it up with thy foule-mooving kaycsy Her bufie wheeles (hall ferve thee all her dayes ; I Het Hand (hall point thy pow'r jher Hammer fluke thy p dok£ EMBLEMED srj S.Bekn. Sermii in Cant,' tet us run : let m run % but in the^ favour oftby Oyntments^ not the confidence of our merits , nor in . the great neffe of our rength : »r truft to run, but in the multitude of. thy mercies, joi» ough t»e run and are witlings it u not in him that veils , nor in), mthat rum, but in God thatjheweth mercy : let thy mercy furne.andwe wilt run: TheuAi^eaGyant^ run' ft ty.ttymri mti tyeiUnleJfkihyoyntment breath upon us, cannot run* Epig. Br- ooke not, my Watch^ being once repair'*!, to ftand xpecting motion from thy Makers hand . /as wound thee up, and cleans'd thy Coggs with blood: : now thy wheeles fiand ftili $ thou art not good/ Pa tie EMBLEM ES. Book. IX. that thorp wert as my Brother, that Slicked the BrcTts of mi' Ulother. Cant: g v pok*. gMBLEMES, $17 IX, CANT. VIII. L Hhat thou wert as my brother, that fucked the brefts of my mother > Iwouldfindtbte Without r and 1 would fajje thee. ■\Omc,come my bkffed Infant, and immure thee 4 Within the Temple of my facred Armes > cure mine Armes 5 mine. Armes {hall, then, fecure the$ From Herods fury, or the Hi^h Priefts Harmes ; Or if thy danger'd life fultaine a lofle, My folded Armes fnall turne thy dying Croifc. 2 it, ah, what favage Tyrant can behold The beauty of fo fweet a face as this is, id not himfelfe, be, by himfelfe, controld, And change his fury to a thoufand kifles ? One fmile of thine is worth more mines of treafure Than there be Myriads in the dayes oiCffir* , had the Tetrartb} as he knew thy birth, So Vnowne thy Stock 5 he had not fought to paddle thy deire Blood ; but, proftrate on the earth, - Had vayld his Crowne before thy royall Cradle^ And laid the Scepter of his Glory downe, And hegd A heay'nly for. an earthly Csowne, %VI ^MBLEMES. Book, 4 Illuftrious Babe ! How isthy Handmaid grac'd With a itch Armcfull i How doeft thou decline Thy Majefty, that wert, fo late, cmbrac'd In thy great Fathers Armes, and now, in mirie t How humbly gracious art thou, to refrefh Me with thy Spirit, and afiume my fiem. i ..... . $ But ffiuft the Treafon of a Traitors Halle Abufe the fweetnefie of thefe rubie lips ? Shall marble-hearted C rueltyafiaile ° Thefe Alablafter fides with blotted whips ? And mufl thefe fmiiing Rofes entertaine The Blowes of fcorne,and Flurts of bafe difdaine ? 6 Ah ! muft thefe dainty little fprigs that twine So fait about my neck, be pierc'd and torrie With ragged nailes ? And muft thefe Browes refignc ' Their Crowne of Gl ory for a Cf owne of thorne ? Ah, mult this bleued Infant taft the paine Of deaths injurious pangs ? nay worfe > be flaine ? 7 " ' Sweet Babe ! At what deare rates do wretched I Commit a fin ! Lord, ev'ry fin's a dart > And ev'ry trefpafle lets a javelin fly ; - Arid ev'ry javelin wounds thy bleeding heart : - Pardon, fweet Babe, what I have done amine, Afcd feale that granted pardon with a khTc. Bon a v £ a tok4- EMBLEMES. &** Bonavent. Soliloq.Cap.l. Ofweet lefu, J lyietf not that thy hjjfes werefofaeet, not thy ieiy fo delegable, nor thy Attrcfftimfo «jertuoas : Tor when I ie the, I am cleans-, when 1 touch ibee, I am chafi } when 1 eive tbee, I am a virgin ; mofi (weet lefu, thy embraces not,butcleanfe ; tlyattraftien pollutes notjut fanftifies: O (ujbefountaine oj univvrfall weetnejfe.pardon mejkat lbt% vedfi >late .thatji much feeetnefe u i$ thy embraces* E p i G. $. 4y burthen's greateft : Let not jitlas boft ; mpartiall Reader, judge a which beares the moft : ie beares but Heav'n $ My folded Armes fuftoine fcav'ns Maker y whom heayns heav'n cannot contain?. P4 EMBLEMES. X, By nwht on my hedlfoiujhtlutn whom, my foide lauem 7 Ifouahtrkmit butffound hm nfft - Cant.- 3-j. "r J mnrjhnpfonfculffjtt. k4. EMBLEMES. $*i CANT. III. L nmybedy by nighty I fought him y thatm$ joule loyedi I fought him^but 1 found him not. rHe learned Cynick, having loft the way To honeft men, did, in the height of day, btaine, muft feek Where, As, and When he fhould : ow often have my wilde Affections led ly wafted foule to this my widdow'd Bed, "0 feek my Lover, whom my foule defires i Ifpeak not, Cupid, of thy wanton fyre« 4 y* J EMBLEMES; Book^ "thy fires are all but dying fpaiks to mine ; My flames are full of heav'n, and all divine) How often have I fought this Bed, by night, To find that greater, by this lefler light I How oft has my unwitfieft groanes lamented / Thy deareft abfence I Ah,how often vented The bitter Tempefb of defpairing breath, And toll my fouie upon the waves of death 1 How often has my melting heart made choice Of lilent teares, (teares lowder than a voice) To plead my gnefe, and woo thy abfent eate I And yet thou wilt not come ; thou wilt not heare : is thy wonted love become fo cold ? Or do mine eyes not leek thee where they fhould ? Why do I feek thee, if thou art not nere ? ' Or find thee not, if thou art ev'ry where ? 1 fee my error j ' Tis not ftrange I could not Find out my loveY I fought hirn where I ihould not : Thou art not found in downy Beds of eafc ; Alas, thy mufick {hikes on harder keyes : Nor art thou found by thatfalfe,feeble light Of Natures Candle; Our Egyptian night Is more than common rhVknefle ,- nor can wc lixpeel a morning, but wifat breaks from Thee. Well may my empty Bed bewaile thy lofte, When thou ait lodg'd upon thy fhamefull Croffe : If thou refufe to fhare a Bed with me ; Wee'I never part, He fhare a Crofte with Thee. Ansel ook* EMBLEMES. &%; A k $ £ l m. in Protolog. Cap. i. Lordjfthouartnotprefent, where Jhallf feeke thee absent? every where, why do / » 01 fee the prefent ? Thou dwellefti* >bt inaaejfible ; and. where is that inactejftble li^ht ( Or how \tl f have accejfc to light inaccejflhle ? 1 bejeecb thee, tor d 9 tch me tofeeke thee, andjh on> thyfelje to the feeder, beeaufe I n neither feeke thee, unlejfe thou teach me, nor findtbee, unleje mjbow thyfelfe to me : Let me eef^e thee, in Ai firing thee, and ftre thee in 'eefyig thee ; Let mefnd the in loving thee , and ve thee infndingihet. Epig. xo. Vherc (houldft thou feck for reft, but in thy Bed e hit now thy Reft is gone ; thy Reft is fled : Tis vaine to feeke him there 5 My foule, be wife } Jo ask thy finnes i They'l tell thee where he lies. EMBLEMES. Book TiwILtiJc. a on? fjoz about ilic cfizc^Jn the , StreeEef w hi the hroal nrayCJ ffviltscci^^ him nr/7C7n imrSftilc foveih tT^tPuj/it htm lid trfjU/xtJw/i not- Cant: 3 - Z- V/ilkfrtnp fcn We*. EMBLEME& **£ XI. CANT. lit M mtlrifej and go about in the Cit^ and wiU feekebim thatmyfouleloyeth : Ifought bim % but 1 found him not. .1 )rioW my difappointed foule's perplext I How reftlefle thoughts fwarme in my troubled brefll >w vainely pfeas'd with hopes ,. then, croflely vext With feares ! And how, betwixt them both, diftreft 1 hat place is left unranfack'd ? Oh ! Where, next, Shall I gofeek the Author of my Reft ? Of what bleft Angell {hall my lips enquire The undifcover'd way to that entire id everlafting folacc of my hearts defire I z K>k how the ftricken Hart, that wounded, flies Ov'r hils and dales, and feeks the lower grounds tr running ftreames ; the whil'ft his weeping eyes Beg filem mercy from the following Hounds, : Iength,emboft,he droopes,drops downe,and lies Beneath the burthen of his bleeding wounds : Ev'n fo my gafping foule, diflblv'd in teares, Doth tearch for thee, my God, whofe deafnedeare* aye me th'uoranfom'd Prifner to my panick feares. /r Where as£ EMBLEM ES. Bode 1 Where have my bufle eyes not pry'd ? O where,' Of whom hath not my thred-bare tongue demanded > 1 fearch*d this glorious City ; Hee's not here j I fought the Countrey ; She ftands empty-handed ? I fearch'd the Court j He is a ftranger there : , I ask'd the land ; Hee's fnipp'd . the fea ; hee's landed : I chmb'd the ayre, my thoughts begin t*afpire j i m Bur,- ah I the Wings of my too bold dc.fire, Soaring too neare the Sun, were ting'd with faded fire. 4 I moOvM the Merchants eare ; alas, but he. Knew neither what I laid, nor what to fay ? I ask*d the Lawyer ; He demands a Fee, And then demurres me with a vaine delay : J ask'd the Schoole-man j His advife was free, But fcor'd m ^ out too intricate a way ; I ask'd the Watch-man (belt of all the foure) Whofe gentle anfwer could refolve no more 5 But tnat he lately left him at the Temple doore. Thus haying fought, and made my great Inqucrt In ev*ry place, and fearch'd in ev'ry eare j I threw me on my Bed ; but ah ! my reft Was poyfon'd with th'extreames of griefe and feare^ Where, looking downe into my troubled breft, The Magazen of wounds,I found him there ; Let others hunt, and fnow their fportfull Art ; I wifh to catch the Hare before fnefbrt, As Potcbers ufe to do y Heav'ns Foim ? s a troubled heart.' S. A M B R *>k4. EMRLEMES; «*?. S. A it B r o s. Lib. 3 de Virg. Chrift is net in the market ; not in tie ftreets : Tor Chriflu ice; in the market are ftttes : Chrift is luftice ; in the mar- is iniquity : Chrift it a Labourer ; in the market u idlenejfe: rift U Charity i in the marine t ujlander : Chrift u Faith j in market u fraud : Let us not therefore feeke Chrift, where we wet find Chrift • S. H i e R 6 m. Ep.n Euftoch. Iefm is jealoxt ■ Hewitt not have thy face feene : Let foclijh rgins ramble abroad -, Jeelp theuthyL we at home. Epi6. m /hat loft thy Love ? Will neither Bed nor Board .eccive him ? Not by teares to be implor'd ? t is the Ship that mooves,and not the Coaft £ feare,ni:rTm:fctitf. <*)K4* EMB LIMBS: ii? XII. CANT. III. III. lave you feene him Tvhom myfoule loVeih & 'ken I hadpafl a little fro them f hen I found him, I took hold on him>and left him not. TtfrHit fecret corner ? What unwonted way , , / V Has fcap'd the ranfack of my rambling thoughts'? he Fox by night, nor the dull Owle, by day, Have never fearch'd thofe places 1 have fought, Whilft thy lamented abfence taught my breft The ready Road to Griefe, without requeft ; . |y day had neither comfort, nor my night had reft : i !ow has my unregarded language-vented The fad Tautologies of lavifh pafficfcaj !bw often have I languiiVd, unlamented I t How oft have I co. npliin'd without jompalfion ! I ask the Otic- Watch ; but fome deny'd me The common ftreit, whilft others would mifguide me j 3me would debarre me 3 fome, divert me j- fome,deride m% lark, how the widow' d Turtie,"having loft' The faithful! partner of her loyall Heart, tretches her feeble wings from Coaft to Coaft, Haunts ey'ry path } thinks ev'ry fhade does part c£ Her iji EMBLEMES. Book4 Her abfent Love, and her ; At length, unfped, She re-betakes her to her tangly Bed, And there bewailes her cverlafting widow-head * 4 So when my foule had progreft ev'ry place, That love and dcare anvdibn could contrive j J threw me on my Couch, refolv'd t'embracs A death for him, in whom I ceas'd to live : But there injurious Hymen did prefent His Lanskip joyes ; my pickled eyes did vent Full ftreames of briny teares'j- tgares never to be fpenrj Whilft thus my forrow-W3fting foule was feeding Vpon the rad'call Humour of her thought, Ev'n whilft mine eyes were blind, and heart was bleeding He that was fought, unfound, was found, -unfosght 5 As if the Sun mould daft his Orbe of light Into the fecrets of the black-brow'd night, Ev*n fo appear'd my Love, my fole, my fouies delight, fi O how mine e?es, new r'avifh'd at the fight Of my bright Sun, {hot flames of equall fire f Ah! how my fciile, diftblv'd with ovV-delight^ To re-enjoy the Crowne of chaft defire 1 Howfov'raigne joy depos'd and difpofleft Rebellious griefe 1 And how my ravifht breft — — But who can -preffe thofe heights, that cannot be expreft ? 7 O how thefe Armes^hefe greedy Armes did twine, And ltrongly twift about hisyeelding waft ! The iappy branches of the Thefpian vine Nev'r cling'd their leffe beloved Elme fo fait ; Boaft not thy flames, blind boy, nor feather 'd mot J Let Himens eafie fnaules be quite forgot : Time cannot cjuench qui fires, nor death diflolrc our knof, m4> EMBLEM fiS. f|Tf . Orig. Horn, i o in diverf. mop holy Lord, andfroeetefl, Mafter, horv good art thou to ofe that are of upright heart, dnd'humblejpirit ! O how blejfei ethey thatfeeli thee "with afimple heart! How happy that trufi thee ! It u a moft certaine truth jhat thou lovefiall that lovt et, andnever forfa\eft thofe that trufc in thee : For beholdthy we fimply fought thee ,a*dundoubtedly found thee: She trufiei thee r and it notforfa\en ofthee 3 but hath obtained more by tbee, anfhe expeQedftom thee . B-bde in Cap. 3. Cant. The longer i wa§ infndmgwhom Jfwgbt 3 tbe mmmmfito held him bgwgfovnd. Fpi €. til hat? found him out ? Let ftrong embraces bind him j :e'l fly perchance, where teares can never find hims ew Sins will Iofe what old Repentance gaincs : ifdome not onely gets, but got p retainer Book 4 Ji ujoolfcr mc to draw ncare io fiord '. Jhauc nut m tr&injfLoriJjol' Book4. EMBLEMED ?3J XIII. PSAL. LXXII. XXVIIL It is good for me to drawneare toGod; I bay e put my truU in the Lord God, WHere is that Good, which wife men pleafe to call The Chiefeft ? Does there any fuch befall Vithin mans reach ? Or is there fuch a Good at all ? If fuch there be ; it neither muft expire, Nor change 5 than which, there can be nothing higher * uch Good muft be the utter point of mans defire : It is the Mark,to which all hearts muft tend, Can be defired for no other end, rhen for it felfe j on which, all other Goods depend J What may this Exc*Ience be ? does it fubflft A reall Effence , clouded in the mift )f curious Art, or clcare to ev'ry eye that lift 3 Or is't a tart Idea, to procure An Edge, and keep'thepractick foule inure, .ike that deare Chymick duft, or puzzling Quadrature ? Where fliall I feek this Good ? Where fhall I find This Cath'Iicke pleafure, whofe extreames may bind ly thoughts a an4 fill the gulph of my infr;iate mini ? ft* M ij4 E.MBLEMES. Bopkjf Lies it in Treafure ? In full heaps untold ? Does gowty Mammons griping hand infold This fecret Saint in facred. Shrines of fov'raigne GoM ? Ho,no ; me lies^not there 5 Wealth often fowrs In keeping j makes us hers 3 in feeming outs ^ She Aides from heav'n indeed, but not in € Danaes mowrs. Lives Ihe in Honour ? No. Theroyall Crowne guilds up a Creature, and then.batters downe : Kings raiXb thee. with a fmiie, and raze thee with a frowne. In pieafure ? No, Pleafure begins in rage > Ads the fooles part on earths uncertaine Stage, Begins the Play in Youth ; and Epilogues in Age. Thefe 5 thefe are kaftand-goods 3 the belt cf thefc Torment the foule with pleafing it, and pleafe, Like water gulp'd in Fevers, with deceitful! eafe. Barths flattring daintics'are but fweet diitrefTes : Mole-hils performe themountaines flic profefTes 5 Alas,can earth confer more good than earth poAcHes ? ■ 'Mount, mount my foule ; and let thy thoughts cafheire Earths vaine ctelights,and make their full careire 'At heav'ns eternall joyes , ftop, flop thy Gourfer there. There mall thy foule pofferTe uncareful! Treafure $ There (halt thou fwim in never-fading pleafure ; And blaj&e in Honour farre above the frownes of Ctsfar. Lord, if my hope dare let her Anchor fall On thee, the chiefeft Good,no need to call for earths inferiour traih i Thou, thou art All in AJ1. S. A v e v s 0C&4. EMBLEMED SjJ" S. A v g v s t. Solilocj. Cap. 1 5, I follow this thing, I purfue that j but arrifili'dwith nothing* . ut when I jound thee , who art that immut able , individed, and velygood) in myfelfc, what 1 obtained) I wanted not 5 for what obtained not, I grieved not 5 with what Jwa^po/efi^ whole fire wasfatisfed. S,Bbrn. Ser. 9 iup.beati qui habent 3 &c* , Let ethers pretend merit : let him brap cf the burthen 6>f tha iy- y let him boaft ofhh Sabbatbfafls 3 and let him glory that he u I as other men t but for me, it is good to cleave unto the Lord d id to put my trufl in my Lord God, . -et Boreas blafts, and Neptunes waves be joyn 9 d s rhy EoliK commands the waves 3 the wind : Fearc not the Rocks or worlds imperious waves : Ihou climbft a Rock (my foule) a Rock that &vc% 5U EMBLEMES. XIV. J, f nmfer the shadow* of kirn whom 1 haue dc sired - Co. nc -- £ Writ fin son S tu jr pokf. EMBLEMES. sj7 XIV. G ANT. II. Ill; fate under his jbadoft with great delighp $ andhisfrutiwasfyeettomytafte. Ook how the fheep, whofe rambling fteps doc ftray j From the fafe bleffing of her Shepheards eyes rtfoone, becomes the unprotected Prey To the wing'd Squadron of beieagring flies s 'here, fweltred with the fcorching beaine&of day, She frisks from Buih to Brake ; and wildly flies From her own felfe, e v'n of h er felf e affraid 5 She (hrowdsher troubled browes inev'ryGhdej nd crayes the mercy of thefoft removing fhade. 2 v'n fo my wandring Soule, that has digreft From her great Shepheard, is the hourely prey >f all my Sinnes, Thefe vultures in my Breft Gripe my Promethian heart both night and day j hunt from place to place, but find no reft ; I know not where to go, nor where to ftay : The eye of vengeance burnes ; ner flames invade My fweftring Soule : My foule has rft affaid rut fhe can find no ihrowdj but ihe can feek no Shade* *3* EMBLEMES. j^: I fought the Shades of Mirth, to weare away My flow-pac'd houres of fbule-confumin^ griefc ; I fearch'd the Shades of Sleepe, to eafe my day Of griping forrowes with a nights repriefe $ I fought the Shades of Death 3 thought, there ,, t'allay My final! torments with a full reliefe 3 But Mirth, nor Sleepe, nor Death can hide my howrcs In the falfe Shades of their deceitfull Bowres ; The firftdiftracts, the next difturbes^ the laft devourcs. 4 Where fhall I turne? To whoin fhall I apply me ? Are there no Streames where a faint foule may wade ? Thy Godhead, I e s v s, are the flames that fry me ; Has thy All-glorious Deity nev'r a Shade, Where I may fit,and vengeance never eye me, Where I might (itrefrefht, or unafFraid ? Is there no Comfort? Is there no Refection ? Is there no Covert that will give Protection T'a fainting fcnile 3 the fubject of thy wraths reflexion ? Loolcc up, my foule ; advance the lowly ftature Of thy fad Thoughts , advance thy humble eye : See, here's a Shadow found ; The humane nature Is made th'Vmbrella to the Deity, To catch the Sun-beames of thy juft Creator ; Beneath this Covert thou maift fafely lie : Permit thine eyes to climbe this fruitfull Tree, As quick Zacbeui did,and thou {halt fee : A Cloud of dying flefh betwixt thpfe Bcames and thee. Gyxi ok^ EMBLEMES. 23* & v I L I. in Cap.z Cant. Who can endure the fierce rayes of the Sun of /uftice? WU 'Mnot be confuted by h'u bedmes ? Therefore the Sun of luftict \eflejh, that through the conjunction of that Swiandtbuhu- ne body % a [hadow may kg made, S. A y G v st. Meu.Op.37. Lord, let my foule flee from the fetching thoughts of the worldl ter the Covert oftly wings jhat behgrefreflkd by the modera- n of thy fhadow } JIjc mayfing merrily , In peace will I lay mt we and reft. Epig. 14. .h 3 trech'rous fcmle 3 would not thy Pleafures give Kt Lord which made thee Hying, leave to live ? ec, what thy (innes have done : Thy (innes have mrtdc .'he Sun ©/Glory ncm become thy Shade." M» EMBLEMES. XV. Mow shall wz sing The sono of-.- the Jard In a 6nmy>. land vr-sjsuL [>ok4* / IMBLEME& *4f XV. PSAL. GXXXVII. IV, How /ball-toe finga fongoftbe tori in a ftrange land* Rgc me no more : This Ayry mirth belongs . To better times : Thefe times are notfor longs S 'he fpnghtly Twang of the melodious Lute .grees not with my Voice : ana both unfuit ly untun'd fortunes : The affected meafure if ftr mes that are conftrain'd, affoord nopleafure 5 ' lufick's the Child of mirth : where griefs aflaik "he troubled foule, both voice and fingers faile 5 ,et fuch as ravill out their lavifh dayes n honourable Ryot , that can raife )ejec~ted hearts, and conjure up a Sprite )f madnefle by theMagick of delight 5 jet thofe of Cupids Hofpitall that lie inpatient Patients to a fmiling eye, rhat cannot reft, untili vaine hope beguile rheir flatter'd Torments with a wanton fmile ; ^t fuch redeeme their peace,and falvethe wrongs )f froward Fortune with their frolick Songs : rty grief, my griefe's too great for fmiling eyes ro cure, or Counter-charmes to exorcize ; fhe Ravens difmall Croakes s the rriidnight howlefi Oi empty Wolves, mixt with the fcreech of Owles * *4* EMBLEMED Boo&> The nine fad knowls of a dull Priiing Bell, With the loud language of a nighty knell, And horrid out-cries of revenged Crimes, Ioyn'd in a Medley's Mufick for thefe Times ; Thefe are no Tunes totou.h the merry irdng Of Orpheus ; , No, thefe are no times to fing : Can hide-bound Prifners, that have fpent their foules And famifiYd Bodies in the noyfome holes Of hell-black dungeons, apt their rougher throats! ' Growne hoarfe with begging Aimes, to warble notes ? Can the fad Pilgrim, that lias left his way In the vaft defart; there, condemned a Prey To the wild Subjea, or his Salvage King , Rouze up hispalfey-fmitten fpir'ts,and finj? Can I a Pilgrim, and a Prifner too, * . (Alas) where I am neither knowne,nor know Oudn but my Torments, an unranfom'd ftrangei In this ftrange Climat,m a land of danger, . 3 can my voice be pleafant, or my bsn4, Thus made a Prifner to a forreigne land ? How can my mufick relifh in your cares, That cannot fpeake for fobs, nor ling for teares > Ah, if my voice could, Orpbeui-like, unfpell My poore Eur tike, my foule, from help Of earths mifconftru'd Heav'n, O then my bre# Should warble Ayrcs, whofe Rapfodies mould r es4V The eares of Scraphims, and entertaine Beav ns higheft Deity with their lofty ftraine, A ftraine well drencht in the true Thefpian Well : Till then 5 earths Semiquaver, mirth, farewell. S. AvCvj k4. IMBLEMES; £43 . S. A v g y s t. Med.Cap.j J. I) infinitely happy are thofe heavenly virtueswhkh are able t$ \\fe thee in holinejfe and purity < 3 with exceffwe fweetnejfe and Herable exultation! From thence they praife thee,ftom whence / re Joyce, hecaufe they continually Jee for what they rejcyce, what they praife thee : But wee preft dewne with rhU \then of flefh , \arre remov'd from thy countenance in thk \mmage* andhlowne up velthworldly variities jannot worthily tfe thee : We praife thee by faith ; not face uface : hut thofe \gelicaU Spirits praife thee face tojace&nd mt by faith id! refufe to fing ? Saidlthefe times 'ere not for Songs ? nor mufick for thefe Climes a *vas my Errour : Are not Groanes and teares armonious Raptures m th'Almighties eares ? M4 EMBLEMES. h Irhtirycyon*, oycc Daughters of leriijalcm jf yccj-mdc my Iclovrd that vorv tell htm mat I am ficke ofiouc. r.in.:X T -- «3g r- ■ ■•' •? u • • Ms THEFIFT.BOOK* I. CANT. V. Villi cbargeyou, daughters of lerufalem] if pu find my khyed > tbatyouteUhim tbaiamfick ofhye*,* YOu holy Virgins, that Co oft furronml The Cities Saphyre Wals, whofe fnowy feee Meafure the pearly Paths of facred ground, And trace the new Ierus'lems Iafper ftreet £ kh, you whofe carc-forfaken hearts are crown'd With your beft wifhes j that enjoy the fweet Of all your Hopes 3 If ere you chance to fpie My ablent Love,0 tell him that I lie )eep wounded with the flames, that furnae'd from his ey$, z charge you, Virgins,as you hope to heare The heav'nly Mulick of your Lovers yoke 5 ■ charge you by the folemhe faith ye beare To plighted vowes,and to the loyall choice X your Affections ; or. if ought more deai'e *4* EMBLEMES. Book 1 You hold 5 by Hymen ; by your marriage joyeS, I charge you, tell him, that a flaming dart,' . Shot from his Eye, hath pierc'd my bleeding heart $ And I am lick of love, and languifh in my fmait. •Jell him, O tell him, how my panting breft Is fcorch'd with flames, and how my foule is pin'd j Tell him, O tell him, how I lie opprett With the full torments of a troubled mind 5 O tell him, tell him, that he loves'in jeft, But I, in earneft ; Tell him, hee's unkind : But i f a difcon tented frowne appeares Vpon his angry Brow, accoaft his eares With foft and fewer words, and aft the reftin tearcfc 4 O tell him,that his cruelties deprive My foule, of peace, while peace, in vaine, me fecks ; Tell him, thofe Damask rofes, that did ftrive, With whjte,both fade upon my fallow cheeks ; Tell him,n'd token does proclaime I live, A, But te'ares, and lighs, and fobs, and fudden ihre&ks y Thus if your piercing words mould chance to bore His-harkning^ eare, and move a figh , give ore To fpeak ( and tell him % - Tell him, tharX-could no mo; If your elegious breath mould hap to roiue A happy teare, clofe harb'ring in his eye, Then'urge his plighted faith, the facred vowes, Which neither I can break, nor He deny > Bcwailethe Torments^othis loyall Spoufe, ~ That for his fake, would make a fport to diet O bleffed Virgins,how rnypffion tires . . Beneath the burthen of her vaine defires. . - v v Keav'n never fcot fuch flames, Earth never fefcfoch fares. J» ATCV Bdokj: EMBLEMED ^7 S. A v g v s t. Med.Cap.40J ; Whatjbattlfay ? IVhatfhaltl Joe? Whether frail *$* >_ rbereJbaMifeekbimi OrwhenlhaU/findhm?: motnjbai? I m\ ! Who mH teU my beloved that 1 am M °I love i G v l 1 e t. in Op. 5. Cant. , J live ; But Hot 1: it is my beloved that livesin me: Hove mlelfe>nt>tmtbmymnelove, but with tie love of, my beloved, tiatlovetme: JlovenotmyfelfeinmyfelfeMtrnyfeljembm, tndhiminme. E P I G. x« Grieve not(my foule) nor let thy love waxe faint, Weepft thou to lofe the caufe of thy Complaint ? Hee'l come ', Love nev'r was bound to Times nor Lawes i Till then a thy teares complains without a Caufc. £# 1MBLEMES. fcobk*; 1MBLEMBS. ?0 Mi CANT. II. V. Sfcy me with Flower$> andcomfort me feitB Appfa t fer Iamjkhjphhye^ Tyrant love ! how does thy fov'raigne povy> Subject poore foules, to thy i mperious thrall ! They Cay, thy Cup's compos'd of fweet and fowre % They fay, thy diet's Honey 3 mixt with Gall £ How comes it then to pafle,thefe lips ofoyr y Still trade in bitter > tafte no fweet at all ? ■ O tyrant love 1 Shall our perpetuall toyle Nev'r find a Sabbath, to refrefh, awhile, ^ ©ur drooping foules? Art thou all frowns,and nev t a imi&s 2 You bleffed Maids of Honour, that frequent The royall Courts of our rcnown'd Iehoyi, ^Vith Flow'rs reftore'my fpirits faint,and fpent 5 O fetchme Apples from Loves fruitfull GroYe, To coole my palat, and renew my fent 3 ; ' For I anvfick, for I am fick of Love : Thefe, will revive my dry 3 my wafted powVs, And they, will fweeten my unfav'ry houres ; f , Refiefh me then with Fruit, and comfort me with Flovvrs. 35© £MBL£MBS. Book; bring me Apples to aflwage that fire, Which, iEtna-like, inflames my flaming breft | Nor is it ev'ry Apple I defire, Nor that which pleafes ev'ry Palat beft ; *Tis not the lafting Deuzan I require, • ' Nor yet the red-cheek'd Queening I requeft 5 " Nor that which,firft, bcfhrewd the name of wife^ Nor that whofe beauty caus'd the golden Arifes s No,no,bringmc an Apple from the Tree of life. ' •' 4 Virgins, tuck up your filken laps, and fill ye ' With the faire wealth of Floras Magazine ; The purple Vy*Iet, and the pale-fac'd Lilly y The Panney and the Organ Colombine ; The flowring Thyme, the gilt-boule Daffodilly ; \ The lowly Pinok,the lofty Egientine : The bluihing Rofe, the Queene of FWrs,and beft OtFUras beauty.; . but, above the reft, Let lejfes fov'raigne Fiow'r perfume my qualming bieft. Haftc, Virgins, hafte ; for I lie weake and faint, • Beneath the pangs of love ', why ft and ye mute % As if your filence neither car'd to grant, ; Nor yet your language to deny my fuit ? • No key can lack the doore ofmy complaint, 1 Vntill Iimell this Flcw'r, or tafte that Fruit ; Go, Virgins, feek this Tree,and fearch that-Bow r 5 O, how my foule fnall blefls that happy houre, ■ • ( That brings to me fuch fruity that/brings me fuch a Flow r . GlSTE* JK*?. SMBLBMES: *>* GistEN. in'Cap.2 Cant.Expof.^ O lam ficknefTe ! where the infirmity U not to death, but to therein the joule relijbes no earthly things, hut onety favours vine nourijbment I S. Bekm. Serm.5imCant. Bv flowers under fiand faith ; hy fruit, goddmrhjt At tit wither U the fruit without theflomr, mrgoodworh,s mthm Hth Epis. a. Why Apples, Onsyfoule? Can they gemote the Pangs qf Gnefc or eafe the flames of love ? It was that Fruit which gave the firlt oSence ; fhat fent him hither -, that remov'd him hence, EMBLEMED Book 5I My 'B cloned u mine and I am Ins, flee Jvtdcth among the LiVics. Cant.' a*i£ Wrfl^/trrtpj-ffn . Gulp : Sookj; EMBLEMES, % tf I HI. 6ANT.II.XVl/ Mj } beloved is mine ,and 1 am his; He feedetb among theLiUie$. i EV'n like two little bank-diyiding brookes, That wafh the pebles with their wanton (tagamet, And having rang'd and fearch'd a thoufand nookes , Meet both at length, in (ilver-brefted Thames s Where, in a greater Current they conjoyne ; So I rny Beft-Beioveds am 5 fo He is mine; a . Ev'n fo we met ; and after long purfuit, Ev'n fo we joyr&l 5 we both became entire ; No need for either to renew a Suit, For I was Flax, and he was Flames of fire : Oiiti firm united foules did more than twine 3 So I my Beft-Beloveds am $ fo He is mine. If all thofe glittring Monarchs that command The fervile Quarters of this earthly Ball, Should tender, in Exchange, their ihares of land, ' I would not change my Fortunes for them all : Their wealth is but a Counter to my Coyne j The world's but theirs 5 but my Beloved's mine. *$4 EMBLEM ES. 1 Book 5, 4 ^ay,more ; If the faire Thefpian Ladies,all Should heap together their diviner treafure : That Treafure fhould be deem'd a price too fmall To buy a minuts Leafc of halfe my Pleafure 5 'Tis not the facred wealth of all the Nine Can buy my heart from Him $ "or His, from being mine Nor Time, nor Place, nor Chance,nor DeatlicanboY* My leaft aefires unto the leait remove ; Hee's nrmely mine by Oath ; I, His, by Vow 5 Hee's mine by Faith 5 and I am His by Love 5 Hee's mine by Water. 5 I am His, by Wine > Thus I my Beft-Beloveds am • Thus ^e is mine. He is my Altar 5 I, his Holy l%ce 5 I am his Gueft 5 and he,my living Food } I'm his, by Poenitencc j He,mme by Grace 5 " I'm his, by Purchace i He is mine, by Blood $ Hee's my fupporting Elme $ and I, his Vine s *Thus I my Beft-Beloveds am . Thus He is mine. 7 He gives me wealth : I give him all my Vowes : I give Him fongs ; He gives me length otdayesj With wreathes of Grace he crownes my coloring browes : And I, his Temples 5 with a Cr owne of Praife, Which he accepts as an everlafting figne, That I my Beil-Bcloveds am j that He is mine. S. AvGvn tkf. EMBLEMES. 2J8 S. A v g v s t. Manu.Cap.24. mv route ftampt »ith the image of thy God 5 love him, of omthou art fo met beloved i Bend to htmtkatbmes to thee, 1 him thatfeeks thee : Love thy lover t by»bofi Mi^ lented,beLgtbecaufeoj thy love: Bz carejuU mth hofb Tare carefuU^ant with tbofi that »anu Be cteane mth the ane.and holy mth the holy i Chooje thu friend f™f erU^ho^henaUaretakenaway.nmaiMsonelyfatth^ E JnthedayofthyhuriaU^hen aU leave thee, he mil not :eivetheijmm™* thee from the roaring Lions, preparedjor lirpey. EPie. 3. in. Hymen to my foule: What ? loft an* foun Or can my wandring Thoughts forbeare torovc, Vnguided by the vertuc of thy Spirit ? O has my leaden Soule the Ait t'lmpoye , Her wafted Talent'; and unrais'd, afpire In thisfad moulting time of'her-deiire ? Not nrft belo v'd have I the pow'r to love ? ,• Icannotftirre^butasthoupleafe to move me, Nor can my heart returne thee love, vntill thou love me. 4 The full Commandrene of the fiient night Borrowes her bcames from her bright brothers Eye i His faire Afpeft fils her fharpe homes with light, , _ \ , If he withdraw,her flames are quench'd and die > i v'nfo the beames of thy enlightningSp'ritc Infas'd and (hot into my dark defire, ti Inflame my thoughts, and fil I my foule with fire, That lam ravimtwitli a new delight^ . : h But if thou fhrowd thy (ace,, my glory fades, . And Iremaine a HotbingfW compos'd of fijades, / - si : 4 * Eternall God, O thou that onely art , The facred Fountainc of eternall light, And Wefled Loadftone of my better part, • O thou my hearts defire,my foules delight, Reflefi: upon my foule j and touch my heart, • - And then my heart mail prize no good above thee*. And then my foule fhall know thee; knowmg,love ti And then my trembling thoughts fhall never Aart From thy commands, or iwerve the leaft degree, Of onceprefumc tomove,buta$ they moveinthee. SJW«v irtk5* IMBLEMES: ?58 S.Avgvjt. Wfei.Gap.if* If man eatiiovemanmthfi entire affeffion, that t}e one tan :arce brook* the others ab fence; if a Bride canbejoynedtoher iride-erdome with fo great an ardency ofmmd^dtfor the extre- tiiy of Me Jbe can enjoy m reft.not fuffring his abfence mthout reatanxiety* mthnbat afe£tion x mthTvhat fervency ought the tole whom thou baft efpoufed by faith and ew$Jjkmmi tin* to trUe Godandgloriom Bridegrooms I EpiG. 4- My foule; thy love is deare ; 'TvyaS thottehta go©4 And eaucpen'vvorth of thy Saviours Blood \ £ut be not proud j All matters rightly fcan'd, 'twas over-bought : Twas fold at fecond han^ $«* EMELEMES. Book m v s^^^ wLnm y helml •3* ah . CM: ^£s^njcd- took*. EMBLEMES. i€t CANT. V. VI. My Soulemelted'fthilfl my Beloved LOrd, has the feeble voice of flefh and blood The pow'r to work thine eares into a fioo4 ■ melted Mercy ? or the ftrength, t'unlock rhe gates of Heav'n, andxo diffolve a Rock )f marble Clouds into a morning fhow'r ? )r has the breath of whining duft the pow'r to ftop 3 or fnatch a falling Thunderbolt -rom thy fierce hand , and make thy hand revolt J fom refolute Conftifion, and inftead Df Vyalsjpoure full Blefiings on our head ? Pr fliall the wants of famifht Ravens cry, \nd move thy mercy to a quick fupply ? Dr mall the Hlent fuitsof drooping flowr's Noo thee for drops^ and be refrem'd with Showr*s ? fUas, what marvel! then, great G o d, what Wonder If thy Hell-rouZing voice 5 that fplits in funder rhe brazen Portals of etcrnall death i What Wonder if that life-reftoring breath Which drag'd me from th'infernall fhades of nighr^ Should melt my ravimt foule with ore-delight ? D can my frozen gutters choofe but run, Xhat feel the warmth of fuch a glorious Sun ? 262 EMBLEMES. Book Me thinks his language, like a flaming Arrow, Doth pierce my bones, and melts their wounded marrow Thy flames O Cupid (though the joyfull heart Feeles neither tang of giiefe, nor feares the fmart Of jealous doubts, but drunk with full defires) Are torments weigh' d with thefe ceieftiall fires $ Pleafures that ravifh in fo high ameafure. That O I languish in excefle of pleafure : What ravimt heart, that feeles thefe melting loyes, Would not defpife and loathe thetrech'rous Teyes Of dunghill earth f what foule would not be proud Of wry-mouth'd fcornes, the worft that flefhand bloui Hadrancor to devife ? Who would not beare The worlds derifion with a thankfull earc ? What palat would refufe full bowles of fpight, To game a minuts taft of fuch delight ? Great fpring of light, in whom there is no (hade But what my interpofed finnes have made, Whofe marrow-melting Fires admit no fcieene But what my owne rebellions put betweene -Their precious flames,and my obdurate eare 5 Difperfe thefe plague-diftilling Clouds, and cleare My mungy Soule into a glorious day ; Tranfplant this fcreene, remoove this Barre away 5 Then, then my fluent foule fhall feele the fires Of thy fweet voice, and my diflblv'd defires Shall tiirnc a fov'raignc Balfome, to make whole Thofe wounds my finnes infliaed on thy foule. S,Av€ v jook?: Emblemed ±t'i .S.Aygvst. Soliloq. Cap.54.' What fire h thu thatfo wdrmes my heart? What light u fhk hat fo enlightens my foule ! fire^ihit alwayes burnefi t andne- tergoefi cut, l(mdle me : O light , which ever Jhineft, and art \ever dar lined, illuminate me : that 1 had my heat from thee, wftjouly fire I How fweetly doefl thou burne ! Howfecm ly do{£ hou {bine ! How defiderably doefl thou inflame me I B o n a v e n t. Stim. amoris Cap.8. 2t ma\es God man; and man y God; things tempdratf, I 'email i mortaU, immortally it maty s an enemy a friend •, a trvant, a Sens vile things ^mow^ cold hearts fisry^nd ha%d 'hings liquid* F>te. 5. My foule ; Thy gold is true ; but full of drone % Thy S a Yi o v rs breath refines thee with fome lofie k His gentle Fornace makes thee pure as true s *thou muft be melted^ ere th'art cart anew* $2r s&$ EMBLEMES. Book J VI. Whom hauelin heaven out ikee/zr nfhat desire I on earth in refbect of dice. ?s: 7?: w- s. fc .- Book j. EMBLEMES. §#j VI. PSAL, LXXIII.XXV. W horn have I in heaYn but Thee? and wb$ dejire Ion earth in refiett of Thee f i ¥ Love (and have fomecaufe to love) tlie earth ; 1 She is my Makers Creature ; therefore Good : She is my Mother • for (he gave me birth ; She is my tender Nurfe j flic gives me food : But what's a Creature, Lord, compar'd with Thee % Or what's my mother,or my nurfe to me i I love the Ayre • her dainty fweets refrefh My drooping foule, and to new fweets invite me £ tier fhrili-mouth'd Quire fuihine me with their fiem^ knd with their Polyphonian notes delight me : But what's the Ayre, or all the fweets that fhe Can blefle my foule withall^compar'd to Thee ? [ love the Sea j She is my fellow-Creature 5 Vly carefull Purveyor j She provides me ftore ; >he wals me rsund 5 She makes my diet greater 3 >he wafts my treafure from a forreigne fhore j But Lord of Oceans, when compared with thee* What is, the Ocean, ox her wealth, to me ? %6£ EMBLEMES. £ook§| 4 To heav'ns high City I direft my Iourney, Whofe fpmgled Suburbs entertaine mine eye 5 Mine Eye., by Contemplations great Atturncy, Tranfcends the Chriftail pavement of the sky j But what is heav'n, great G p D,compar'dto Thee ? Without Thy prefence Heav'n's no Heav'n to me. Without Thy prefence Earthgiyes no Refection ; Without Thy prefence, Sea affords no treafure 5 Without Thy prefence Ayre's a rank Infection ; Without Thy prefence Heav'n it felfe's no pleafure 1 If not poffeft, if not enjoy 'd in Thee, What's Earth, or Sea, or Ayre, or Heav'n to mc ? The highcft Honours that the world can boaft Are fubjefts farre too low for my delire ; The bnghteft beames of glory art (at moft) But dying fparkles of thy living fire : The prouder! flames that earth can kindle, be But nightly Glow-wormes, if compared to Thee. 7 Without Thy prefence, wealth are Bags of Cares 5 - Wifdome, brtt Folly ; Ioy,difquiet fadnefTe ; Friendfhip is Treafon, and Delights are fnares l Plcafures burpaine; and mirth,but pleating Madnefle 5 Without Thee, Lord, things be not what they be, Nor have they being, when compared with Thee., 8 In having all things, and not Thee, what have 1 2 Not having Thee, what have my labours got ? Let rrie enjoy bucThee, what farther crave I ? And having Thee alon what have I not ? I vvifh nor Sea, ncr Land • nor would I be ; roOell of Heav'n, Heav'n unpoffeft of Thee. tedkj- EMBLEMES. ^7 * BoNAVENT. Cap. I .Soliloq. '.Alas my God 3 now lunderftand(butblujfj to confefe) that the her feares Bring hopeful! Griefes $ her griefesweep fearfull teares, Teares coyne deceitfull hopes ; hopes, carefull doubt, And furly pifiion juftles paffion out: To day, we pamper with a full repaft Of lavifh mirth; at night, we weepe as f ift: To night we'fwim in wealth, and lend ; To morrow, We fink in want, and find no friend to borrow : In what a Climat does my foule refide i Where pale-fac'd Murther, the firft-borne of pride, Sets up her kingdbme in the very fmiles, And plighted faiths of men-like Crocadilcs ; A land, where each embuoydred Sattin word Is lin'd with Fraud 5 where Mars his lawleflc fword Exiles Aftr*ds Balance 3 where that hand Now Hayes his brother, that new-fow'd his land : O that my dayes of bondage would expire In this lewd Soyle ! Lord, how my Soule's on fire To be diffolv'd I that I might once obtaine Thefe longM for joyes, long'd for, foofc, in vaine I If Mofes-l&e, I may not live pofleft Of this faire land $ Lokd, let me fee'r, at leaft. 1 S. A v G y s t. looks; ' "EMBLEMES. 271 S. A y G v ST. Solilocj.Cap.2. My life is aftaile life', a corruptible life-, A life, toktcb the tore increaes, the more decreases ; The farther it goes, tie nea- er it comes to death : A deceii\uH life, andlikeafbadow j full fthefnares of death: Now 1 rejoyce b now 1 lawuifh , now I tourijh j now infirme ; now 1 live, and firaight I die ; now I :eme happy, alwayes miserable , now I laugh, now I weepe:Thas ,11 things are fubjecl to mutability , that nothing continues -an oure in one ft ate : ley above loy, exceeding all toy, without vhich there is no loy, when JJjaU I enter into thee, that I may fee ny God that dp els in thee f EpiG.y. Art thou fo weake ? O canft thou not digeft An houre of travell for a night of Reft ? Cheare up, my foule ; call home thy fpir'ts., and bcarc One bad Good-Friday ; Full-mouth' d Eaffcr's ncarc. S7i tMBLEMES, Book VIII. • A*« J am tn a. sfrcialit hcfoix-t two haucing a fit fir? to Depart zrtohz w Oirist-' iooky. EMBLEMES. % 5; S VIII. ROM. VII. XXIV. Wretched man that lam ! who {ball deli* Ver me from the body of this death ? ^Ehold thy darling, which thy luftfull care 5 Pampers • for which thy reftlefle thoughts prepare ach early Catcs ; For whom thy bubbling brow v often fweats, and bankrupt eyes do owe ich midnight fcores to Nature ^ for whofe fek$ afe earth is Sainted, the Infernall Lake nfear'd ; the Crowne of Glory poorely rated 3 'hy G o D neglec~ted,and thy brother hated : ehold thy darling, whom thy fouie affects d dearely ; whom thy fond Indulgence decks aid puppets up in foft, in filken weeds: ehold thy darling, whom thy fondnefle feeds fith farre-fetch*d delicates, the deare^boughtgainetj >f ill-fpent Time, the price of halfe thy paines ; ehold thy darling, who, when clad by Thee, ierides thy nakednefie 5 and, when moftf ree, roclaimes her lover, (lave j and, being fed loft- full, then ftrikes th»indulgent Feeder dead: /hat meanft thou thus, my poore deluded fou!c a *o love fo fondly ? Can the burning Cole >f thy Affcdion laft without the fuell >f counter-love i Is thy Compere fo cruelly Arid a?* * B MB I EM E S* Boc And thou fo kind, to love un!ov*d againe ? Canft thou low favours, and thus rcape difd.une ? Remember , O remember thou art borne Of royail blood ; remember, thou nrt fworne A Maid of Honour in the Court of Heav'n 5 Remember what a coCily price was giv'h To ranfome thee from ifcv'ry thou wert in $ And wilt thou now, my foule, turne ilave acin ? The Son and Hei're to Heav ns triune IehovS Would faine become a Suitor for thy Love And o#ers for thy dow'r, his Fathers Throne, ; To fit, for Seraphims to ^aze upon ; Hee'lgrve thee Honour, Pleafure, Wealth, and Things Tranfcsnding farre the Majefty of Kings: And wiit thou proftrate to the odious charmes Of this bafe Scullion ? Shall his hollow Armes Hugg thy foft fides ? Shall thefe courfe hands untie The Cdcicd Zone of thy Virginitie ? £or ihame, degen*rous foule, let thy defire Be quickned up with more heroick fire 5 Be wifely proud j let thy ambitious eye Read nobler objects 5 let thy thoughts defie Such am'rous bafeneflfe; Let thy foule difdaine Th'ignoble profers of fo. bafe a Swaine j Or if thy.vowes be paft, and Himens bands Have ceremonyed your unecjuaH hands, Annull, at leaft avoid thy lawlefle Ad "With infufficience, or a Precontract 1 Or if the Aft "be good,yetmaift thou plead A feconci freedoms $ for the fle ih is» dead, ^A2IAK ook?; EMBLEMES. f7| N az i an z. Orat.i6. How I am joy tied to this body, 2 know not ; which when it u nltbfull, provokes me to wane, and being damaged by warre, fetts me with priefe i which I both love as a fellow-fervant, tdhate as an utter enemy; It u a pleafant Foe, and a per fi- lm friend: Ofi range Conjunction and Alienation! What I are I embrace, and what I love I am afraid of; Before I make. wre>i amncomiU ; Befm I enjoy peace, l am at variance Vhat need that Houfe be daub/d with flefli and blood I iang'd round with filks and gold j repair'd with food ? Coft idly fpent 1 That coft does but prolong rhy thraldome -, Foole, thou mak'ft thy Iayle too ftr ong* 2f6 EMBLEMES. Book 5 j IX; I I am in a sfreijld hehprnt two hauc277fl a iitjirr toDrpart crtobt w Otrisl ■' ^Ph'ibj-^' -Will: Sim} S*n. Ssulfjit' look?*' EMBIEMES; t$gj I IX. phil: l xxiii; hm ina freight bety>eenet70O y bar>ing a de^ fire to he dtffoh%andto be with Cbrift* • \ ?f YHat meant our carefull parents, fo to weare, V V And lavifh out their ill expended hoiires, fo purchafe for us largs poffeffions, here, Which (though unpurchas'd) are too truly ours ? What meant they, ah what meant they to indure ' Such loads of needlefFe labour, to procure, Lnd make that thing our own, which was our own too fuacw z yhat meane thefe IiVries and pofleflive kayes ? What meane thefe bargaines,and thefe needlefle fales ? tyixat need thefe jealousy thefe fufpitious wayes Of law-devis'd, and law-diflclv'd entailer ? No need to fweat for gold ; wherewith, to buy Eftatesof high-prizM land $ no need to tie forth to their heires, were they but clog'd with earth as £ J were their foules but clog'd with earth, as I, They would not purchafe with fo fait an Itch ; they would not take, of Almes, what now they buy % Hot call him happy, whom the world, count? rich ; 7* * EMBLEMES. Book 5 They would not take fuch paines,proje& and prog, To charge their moulders with f ogreat a log 5 »Vhohas the greater lands, has but the greater clog, 4 [ cannot do an ad which earth difdaines not 5 I cannot think a thought which earth corrupts not 5 [ cannot fpeake a word which earth prophanes not 5 I cannot make a vow earth interrupts not 5 If I but offer up an early groane, Or fpread my wings to heav'ns long iong'd for Throne She darkens my complaints, and drags my Offring downe. Ev'nlike the Hawlk, (whofe keepers wary hands Have made a prifner to her wethring itock) Forgetting quite the pow'r of her faft bands, Makes a rank Bate from her forfaken Block, But her too faithfull Leaih does foone reftrainc Her broken Hight, attempted oft in vaine $ : It give.s her loynes a twitch, and tugs her back againe. 6 So, when my foule directs her better eye To heav'ns bright Pallace(where my treafure lies) I fpread my willing wings, but cannot me, Earth hales me downe, I cannot, cannot rife 5 < When I but ftrive to mount the leaft decree, Earth gives a jerk, and foiles me on my knee 5 Lord, how my foule is rackt,bctwixt the world and Thee 7 Great G o d, I fpread my feeble wings, in vaine ' r In vaine I offer my extended hands ; I cannot mount till th ou unlink my chains ; I cannot tome till thou releafe my Bands : Which if thou pleafe to hreak,and then fnpply My wins* with fpirit, th' Eagle mall not flie # pitch that's halt fo faire^ nor half fo fivift as h ooky: EMBLEMES. %J9 Bonavekt. Cap. i. Soliloq. T Jhfaeet Iefis } pierce the marrow ofmyfoule with tie health* Ufhafts of thy love, that it may truly burne, and melt, and lan- tifhwitb the onetyde fire of thee; that it may defire to he dif- Iv'd, and to be with thee ; Let it it hunger alone for the bread of re ; let it Mr ft after thee, the firing and fountaine of eternatt ?J)t 3 theftreame oftruepleafurc i let it alwayes ckf're thee,fee\ m, and find thee 2 andfmetly reft in thee, E p x G. gl What? will thy (hackles neither kofe^nor bfeake Are they too ftrong? or is thy Arme too weake ? ft.rt will pvevailc where knotty ftrength denies $ My foule $ there's Jqmfmk in thine eyes. T a EMBLEMES. Book X. !Brinjj try Joule out of Prt/on that Imay vrajfi thy Name; Ps-j^.?..-. mnfitg/in ftubfit Jookj. EMBLEMES; $>M X. PSAL.CXLII.VII. Bring myfoule outofprifon y that Imaj praife thy Name~>. i M Y Souk is like a Bird ; my Flefh, the Cage % VI Wherein, me weares her weaty Pilgrimage }f haures as few as evilly daily fed Vith facred Wine, and Sacramentali Bread $ fhe keyes that locks her in, and lets her out, Ire Birth, and Death $ ,'twixt both, the hopps about Irprajf perch to perch 5 from Senfe to Rcafon j then, rom higher Reafon, downe to Senfe agen ; rom Senfe fhe climbes to Faith j where,for a feafon, he fits and lings j then, down againe to Rcafon ; rom Reafon, back to Faith j and ftrafght, from thence he rudely flutters to the Perch of Senfe 5 rom Senfe, to Hope 5 then hopps from Hope to Doubt $ rom Doubt, to dull Defpaire ; there, feeks abot# or defp'rate Freedome ; and at ey'ry Grate, he wildly thrufts, and begs th'untimciy date )f unexpired thraldome, to releafe ^'afflicted Captive, that can find no peace : "hus am I coop*d within this flefhly Cage, weare my youth, and waft my weary Age, pending that breath which was ordain' d to chaunt Eeav'ns praifes forth, in fahs and fad complaint : Ill EMBLEMES. Book Whilft happier birds can fpread their nimble yving Prom Shrubs to Cedars, and there chirp and fing. In choice of raptures, the harmonious ftory Of mans Redemption and his Makers Glory: "You glorious Martyrs; you illumious Troopes, That once were doyfter'd in your flelhly Coopes, -As faft as I, what Reth'rickhad your tongues 1 What dextrous Art had your Elegiak Songs ? What paw/-Iike pow'r had your admir'd devotion ? What fhackle-breaking Faith infus'dfuch motion To your itrong Pray 'is, that could obtaine the boon? To be inlarg'd. to beuncag'd fo focn'e ? When I(poore l)can ting my daily tearcs, Growne old in Bondage, and can find no eares ; You great partakers cf eternall Glory, That with your heav'n-prevailing Oratory, RclcasM ycur foules from your terrcftriail Cage, Permit the paffion of my holy Rage To recommend my forrowes (dearely knowne To you, in dayes of old , and, once, your owne) To your beft thoughts, (but oh 't does not befit ye To moove our pray'rs , you love and joy 5 not pitie: Great Lord of foules, to whom mould prifners tiie, But Thee ? Thou hadit thy Cage, as well as I : And, for my fake, thy pleafure was to know The forrowes that it brought, and feltft them too-, O fet me free, and I will fpend thofe dayes, Which now I waft in begging, in Thy praife. Anj£I Book?. EMBLEMES. aS? A m s e i m. in Protolog. Cap. i. O miferahle condition of mankind) that has loft that for which he was created ! Alas ! What has hee left ? -And what has hee found? He has loft happineffefor which he was made, and found mijery for which he was not made : What is gene ? and what u left ? That thing is ^one, without which hee u unhappy ; that thing is lefty by which he is miferahle ; wretched men ! From whence are we expend f To what are we impeU'd ? Whence are We throwne ? And whether are we hurried ? From our home ints lanifljment 5 from the fight 0} God into our own blindnejfe-. from thepleafure of immortally to the bitternejfe of death : Miferahle change ? From how great agood, to how great an evill ? Ah me; What have I enterpri^d { What have J done? Whither did I eoe ? Whither am J come? Ep I 6. 10, * . Pauls Midnight voice prevail'd ; his muficks thunder Vnhing'd the prifon doores ; fplit bolts in fundev : Andiitft thou here ? and hang' ft the feeble wing > And whinit to be enlarg'd ? Soule 3 leayne to fing. T 4 «4 EMBLEMES, Book 5 XI. as thi Hart vaiitrtli after iJje watrrlnokr [o yantelh w foijc after Ace Olord. / Book;;- EMBLEMED sgj 1 XL psal;xlii. i # 4$ the Hart panteth after the to Met '-brooks * JopMtetbnyfoute after thee Q God. HOw (hall my tongue cxprefle that hallowM fire Which heav'n has kindled in my ravifht heart ! What Mufe fhall I invoke^ that will infpire My lowly Quill to acl alofty part 1 rVhat Art fhall I deviCc t'expreffe defire, Too intricate to be exprefiby Art 1 Let all the nine be filent $ I refufe Their aid in this high task, for they abufe Fhe flames of Loye too much : Aflift me *£>avUs Mufe, 2 • sjot ?•% the thirfty foyle defires foft fhowres^ To quicken and refrefh her Embrion grainc 5 sjor as the drooping Crefts of fading flowres Requeft the bounty of a morning Raine, po I defire my God: Thefc,in few houres, Re-wifh, what late their wifhes did obtaine, t But as the fvyift-foot Hart does, wounded 3 fli? To th* much defired ftreames, ev'n fo do I ?ant after Thee, my G o, d 3 whom I muft find, or die. Ecfore >8 71 /Hat is my foule the better to be tinde V V With holy fire ? What boots it to be eoynd Vith heav'ns own ftamp '? What vantage can there be ro foules of heav'n-defcended Pedegree, lore than to Beafls, that grovell ? Are not they ed by th' Almighties hand i and,ev*ry day, ill'd with His Bleftng too ? Do they not fee ) o b in His creatures, as direcfc aS we ? )o they not taft Thee » heareThec? nay, what Sen& 5 not partaker of Thine Excellence ? phat more do we ? Alas, what fcrves our reafoo, ut, like dark lanthornes, to accomplim Tfeafoft fith greater clofenefle ■? It affords no light, rings Thee no nearer to our purblind fight j Jo pleafure rifes up the Iea# degree, Ireat G o d, but in the clearer view of Thee r ftiat priv'ledge more than Senfe, has Reafon thaii * /hat vantage is It to be borne a man ? iow often has my patience built, (deare Lord) aine Tow'rs of Hope upon Thy gracious Word i low often has Thy Hope-reviving Grace foo'd my fufpitiotts eyes to feck Thy faec! %$o fiMBLEMlS. BookjJ Mow often has thy hope-reviving Grace Woo'd my fufpitious eyes to feek Thy face ! How often have I fought Thee? Oh how long Hath expectation taught my perfect tongue Repeated pray'rs, yet pray'rs could nev'r obtainej In vaine I feek Thee,and Ibeg in vaine i If it be high prefumption to behold Thy face, why didft Thou make mine eyes fo bold To feek it .? If that object be too bright For mans Afpccl,why did thy lips invite Mine eye ^expect it ? If it might be Ceene, Why is this envious curtaine drawne betweene My darkned eye and it ? O tell me, why Thou doft command the thing Thou doft deny ? Why doft thou gi ve me fo unpri z'd a treafure, And then deny'ft my greedy foule the pleafurc To view thy gift ? Alas, that gift is void,. And is no gift, that may not be enjoyM : If thofe refulgent Beames of heav*ns great light Guild not the day, what is the day, but night ? The drouzie Shepheard fleeps > flowres droop and fade 3 The Birds arefullen, and the Beaft is fad j Burif bright Titan dart his golden Rayj And,with hisriches,glorifie the day, The jolly Shepheard pipes $ FloWres frefhly fpring $ The beaft growes gamcfome,and the birds they ling : Thou art my Sun,great. k God, O when fnall I View the full beames of thy Meridian eye ? Draw,draw this fleihiy curtaine,that denies The gracious prefence of thy glorious eyes ; Or give mc Faith 5 and,by the eye of Grace* I (hall behold Thce^ though not face to face, S. AtGvn joky. EMBLEMES. 2pt S. A v G v s t. inFfal.^. Who created all things U letter than all things ; who leautu d all things u more beautiful than all things : who made ength U fironger than all things : who made great things is eater than all things : Whatsoever thou lovejt he U that t§ le : Ltarneto love the workman in hu wor\e > the Creator in i creature : Let not that which was made hy Him pjfejfe tfae 3 f thou lofe Him by whom thyfelfe was made. S.Avgvst. Med.Cap.}7. thou moft (weet 3 mdfl gracious, mo ft amiable^ moftfaire* henjhalil fee Thee ? whenfijaU l hefatisped witbThy beau- ? When wilt thou lead me fiom this darfe dungeon jhat l may nfejfe thy name i E p i ©. i ii tow art thou {haded in this vale of night, lehind tky Curtaine flefh ? Thou feeft noligh?^ iut what thy Pride does challenge as her owne ; fhy Fkfh is high ; Soule^ take this Cwrtaine downflf EMELEMfcS. Book XIIL Ihylhadihe wings of a Douafor thenl mmMJJy amaptsbc at rcHgg :gf . 6 w. fimps0*i ft jofcj;. EMBLEMES^ s*j XIII. PSAL. LV.VK that Ibadthe wings of a Dove/ortho* I ypottt K Nd am I iworne a dunghill flave for ever - To earths bafe drudgery ? Shall I neyer find night of Reft? Shall my Indentures never Be canceled ? Did injurious nature bind y fouk earths Prentice j with no Claufe^ to leave hef t t Nod.vyoffreedome? Mult I evergrinde ? Othat I had the pineons of a Dove, That I might quit my Bands, and lore above, id poyvre my juft Complaints before the great I S H q ? $ * a ow happy are the Doves, that have the pow'r. When ere they pleafe^ to fpread their ayry wing£.! r cloud-dividing Eagles , that can tow # r AboYethe Sent of thefe inferiour things 1 ©w happy is the Lark, that ev*ry howre, Leaves earth, and then for joy, mounts up and lings \ Had my dull foule but wings as well as they, How I would fpring from earth ^and clip away, s wife jfitta did, and fcorne this ball of Clay f 3£4 EMBLEMES. Book O h©^ my foule would {piifne thi^ Ball of Clay, And loath the dainties of earths painfull pleafure t O how lMe laugh to fee men night and dayj Turmoyle, to gaine that Train they call their treafure ! Ohow I*de fmile to fee what plots they lay To catch a blaft,or owne a (mile from Cafir S Had I the pineons of a mounting Dove, How I would fore and fing j and hate the Lore Of tranfitory Toyes, and feed on Ioyes above ! 4 There mould I find that everlafting Pleafure, Which Change removes n®t,& which Chance prevents nc There fhould I find that everlafting Treafure, Which force deprives not, fortune dif-augments not ; There fhould I find that everlafting. Cffar, Whofe hand recals not, and whofe heart repents not : Had I the pineons of a clipping Dove, How I would climbe the skies,and hate the Love Of tranfitory Toyes,and joy in Things above ! No rank-niotith'd {lander, there,fhall give offence, Or blaft our blooming names, as here they doe 3 ^Jo liver-fcalding Luft fhill,there a incenfe Our boyling veines : There is no Cupids Bow i L or R d 3 give my foule the milk-white Innocence Of Doves,and I fhall have their pineons too s Hadlthepineonsofafprightly Dove,; , How I vvould quit this earth,and fore above, .(hall things are ., efwUch 3 aU things are". Epig, 15. Fell me 3 nay wiinihg foule, didft ever trie iowfaft the wings of Red-crofi' Faith can fiic> JVhy beg'ft thou then the pineonsof a Dove ? ' raithj wings are fwifteiybunhe fwifteft, Love. ig$ EMBLEMES. BookJ XIV. rlom atmablc are th/Tahernacle* oLord. ofHofu my Souleloryeth,yca euen Bookj. EMBLEMMS, 19J XIV. PSADLXXXIV.I. Hm amiable are thy Tabernacles QGodofHoUs. ANcient of dayes,to whom all times, are Now, Before whofe Glory, Seraphims do bow Their blufhing Cheeks,and vale their blemifht faces $ That, uncontaind, at once, doft fill all places, How glorious, O how farrc beyond the height Of puzzled Quils, or the obtufe conceit Of flefh and Blood,or the too flat reports Of mortall tongues, are thy exprefleffe Courts I Whofe glory to pamt forth with greater Art^ Ravim my Fancy, and infpire my heart, Excufe my bold attempt^and pardon mc For fhewmg Senfe, what Faith alone mould dee. Ten thoufand Millions, and ten thoufand more Of Angell-meafurM leagues from th'Eafterne fhor« Of dungeon earth this glorious Palace ftands, Before whofe pearly gates, ten thoufand Band* Of armed Angels, wait, to entertaine Thofe purged foules, for whom the Lamb was flaine, Whofe guiltleffe death, and voluntary yeelding Of whofe giv'n life gave this brave Court her building $ "The lukewarme Blood of this deare Lamb being fpilt P To Rubies tornM, whereof her pofts were built j V 1 An£ 19* EMBLEMED Bpoky, And what drcpt downe in cold and gelid gore, Did turne rich Saphyrs, and impavM her floore : The brighter flames, that from his eye-balls rayM, Grew Chryfolites, whereof her wals were made: The milder glaunces fpavkled on the Ground^ And grunfild ev*ry doore with Diamond : But, dying, darted upwards, and did fixe ' A Battlement of pureft Sardonix ; Her ftreets with burnifht Gold are paved round - Starrcs lie like pebbles fcattred on the ground : Pearle, mixt with Onyx, and the Iafper f£one 3 Made gravil'd Caufwayes to be trampled on ; There {hints no Sun by day 5 no Moone_, by night s The Pallace glory is the Pallace light : There is no time to meafure motion by, Therc,time is fwallow'd with Eternity } Wry-moutfi'd disdaine, and corner-haunting Iuft, And twy-fae'd Fraud ; and beetle-brow'd Diftruft 5 SouIe-boylmgRagej and trouble-ftate fedition j And giddy doubt j and goggle- ey'd fufpition j And lumpiih fortoyy, and degen*rous feare Are banimt thence,and death's a ftranger there : . But fimplelove, and fempiternall joyes, Whofe fweetneffe neither gluts, nor fuinefle doyes > Where face to face, our ravifht eye mall fee Great ELOHI M, that glorious One in Three, And Three in One # and/eeing Him, {tall bleffe Him 5 And blefling, love Him 5 and, in love 3 poflMTe Him : Here ihy, my fcule,and ravifh in relation : *.£hy words being fpent $ fpend now^in Contemplation, » S.GnSfi. Book?: IMBLEMESi W9 S.Greg. inpfaj.7 pdenitent. Sweet lefa, theWordojtle Father 9 the hrightnefe *f pater* nail glory ^whom Angels delight to view* teach me to do thy wtUi that, led by thy goad Spirit,/ may come to that hlejfed City cohere. day is eternal, where there u certainefecurity, andfecure eternt* ty, and eternall peace, andpeacefuUhappinep, and happyfweet- nefe^andfweetpleafurei where thou God with the ratHf and the holy Spirit Iwefi andraignefiworldwithout end. Ibid. There u light without dar\nejfe ; loy without grief e j depe without puni[hment ; love without fadnejfe ; fatiety without loathings fafety without jeare i health without dijeafei qn£ life without death My fou!e 3 pry not too nearcly f The Complexion Qf Sols bright face is feen, but by Reflexion : But wouldft thou knovy what's heav'n ?. lie tell thee wfoal % .Think what thou canft not think, and Heav^i is that, ----- y 1MBLEMES XV. Make hag my dchvel-, awl le Thwlikt io a, Roe, or to ajf07uj Hart vjion ihe Itlounbamfs tf Jjttces , Cant'Z-if . wiUfofe Book*; EMBLEMIS. 3©I XV. CANT. .VIII. XIV. Make ha&e my Beloved^ and be like the Roe or tbejoung Hart upon the Mouth tames of Spices. GO, gentle Tyrant, goe ; thy flames do pierce My foule too deep j thy flames are too too fierce : Vly marrow melts j my fainting Spirits fry xh' torrid Zone of thy Meridian Eye 5 A.way,away : Thy fyyeets are too perfuming • fume, turne thy face 5 Thy fires are too confumin^ 5 Haft hence 5 and let thy winged fteps out-aoe The frighted Roe-buck, and his flymgRoc : But wilt thou leave me then ? O thou that art Life of my Soule, Soule of my dying heart, Without the fweet Afped of whofe fairc Eyes, My foule does languish, and her folacedies j fVrt thou fo eafly woo'd ? So apt to heare The frantick language of my foolifhfeare ? Leave, leave me not % nor turne thy beauty from me, Looke,looke upon me, though thine eyes ov'rcome mc* D how they wound ! But, how my wounds content me I How fweetly thefe delightful! paines torment m,e I fiow I am tortur'd in exceflive meafure Of pleafing cruelties %qq cruell pleasure J 3©a EMBLEMES. Bookji Turne,turne away ; remove thy fcorching beames - I languimwiththefe bitter-fweet extreames : Haft then, and let thy winged fteps out-goc The flying Roe-buck, and his frighted Roe„ Turne back,my deare 5 O let my ravifht eye Once more behold thy face before thou fiie ," What? fhall we part without a mutuall kifle ? who can leave fo fweet a face as this > looke full upon me j for my foule defires To turne a hply Martyr in thofe fires : O leave me not, nor turne thy beauty from me ; Looke,looke upon me,thougn thy flames ov'rcome me. If thou becloud the Sun-mine of thine eye, 1 freeze to death ; and if it fhine, I frie 5 Which like 3 Fever, that my foule has got, Makes me to burne too cold, or freeze too hot i Alas, I cannot beare fo fweet a fmart, Nor canft thou be leffe glorious than thou art : Hail then, and let thy winged fteps out-goc The frighted B.oe-buck, and his flying Roe. But goe not farre beyond the reach of breath • Too large a diflan.ce makes another death : My youth is in her Spring ; Autumnall vowes Will make me riper for fo fweet a Spoufe, When after-times Wye burnifh'd my deflre, lie moot thee flames for flames, and fir e for fire. O leave me not,'nor turne thy beauty from me 5 Looke 3 looke upon me.though thy flames OYVcomems, Auth m$l EMBLEMES. 3@ ? Author fcalje Paradifi. Tom.o.Aug^Cap.8. Feare not O gride, nor dejpaire $ Tbinke not thy felfe colu- mn d> if thy Btidegroeme with draw bis face a while: All things -operate for the beft : &oth from hU abfence } and his pre- nce tlmgainefi light: He comes jo thee, arid he goes from t beti e somes, to maf^e thee con folate-, He goes, to mafe thee ca^tiouA 9 ft tby abundant confolat ion fujfe thee up : He comes, that thy nguifhing foule may be comforted •, He goes ; left Vufamdiaru jbould be contemned-, and, being abfent,to be more defired ; and ing defired, to be more earnefily fought j and being long fought^ be more acceptably found. V P I 6. I J. y foule, (Innes monfc, whom., with greater eafe en thoufarid fold, thy G p d could make than pleafe :' 'hat wpuldft thou have ? Nor pleas\l with Sun, nor made ? eav'n knowes not what to make of what He made. 3^4 fcM-DJLUMJb:*, EooK zonae ao azizs look J? EMBLEMED 30J THE FAREWELL. REVEL. II. X. te thou fait bfttU unto death, and IfpiBgiyg tbeetbe croypneoflifc->* B, 1 E faithful! ? L o sd, What's that ? telieve ; 'Tis eafie to Believe, 5 But what ? That He whom thy hard heart has wounded, And whom thy fcorne has fpit upon, Has paicf thy Fine, and has compounded For thofe foule deeds thy hands have done* Believe, that He whofe gentle palmes Thy needle-pointed Sinnes havena'l*d > Hath borne thy flavilh Ioad(of Almes) And made fupply where thou haft.fail'd ' }i& ever mis'ry 6nd fo ftrange Reliefe ? t is a Love too ftrong for mans Beliefc. a Believe that He whofe fide rhy crimes have pierc'd with their rebellions, di'd, To favethy guilty foule from dying Ten thoufand horrid deaths, from whence There was no fcape, there was no flying, But through his deareft bloods expence % Believe, this dying Friend requires No other shanks for all his paine % "~ r— *— ; Ut 'f6 EMBLEMBS. Bobk But ev'n the truth of weake dcfires, And for his love, but love againe j Did ever mis'ry find fo true a Friend ? It is a love too vaft to comprehend. With Floods or teares oaptize $,nd drench thefe dry, thcfc unregen'rate eyes ; Lord, whet my 4ull,my blunt beliefey And break this flemly rock in funder, That from this heart, this hell of griefe May fpring a Heav'n of love and wonder : O, if thy mercies will remove And melt this lead from my beliefe, My griefe will then refine my love, My love Will then refrefli my griefe '. Then weepe mine eyes as He has bled y vouchfafe To drop for ev'ry drop an Epitaph. 4. *j But is the Crowne of Glory The wages of a lamentable Story ? Or can fo great a purchafe rife From a fait Humour ? Can' mine e'/e E.un fall: enough t'obtaine this Prize ? „ If fo j Lok d, who's fo mad to die ? Thy Teares are Trifles 5 Thou muft doe : Alas, I cannot ; Then endeavour : I will : But will a tugg or two ... Suffice the turne }' Thou muft perfever I lie fin ve. till death 5 And {hall my feeble ftrife Be crown d ? jte'erowne it with a Crowne of life. But is there fuch a dearth, That thou ropft buy what is thy due by birth I sokj. EMBLhMh.s. 307 He whom Thy hands did forme of d&ft, And gave him breath upon Condition, To love his great Creator, mult He now be thine, by Compofuion ?■ Art thou a gracious G 6 D,and mild, Or head-itrong man rebellious rather ? Oj man's a bafe rebellious Child, And thou a very gracious Father : he Gift is Thine 5 we drive • Thou crown'ft our ftdfe § hou giv'ft us Faith % and Faith 3 a Growne of Life. TfHE END* jf *i - >m |p«^ffig?#i m?%* \j\ , v v j^jW inP«i , mm [4/6 mm,r. mS&d fe*^