Quarles' Emblems (1800) (14746820502)

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Title: Quarles' Emblems
Year: 1800 (1800s)
Authors: Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644
Subjects: Emblems Christian poetry, English English poetry
Publisher: New York : N. Tibbals and Co
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Princeton Theological Seminary Library



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afe forest where I seek for rest :Then let the hell-hounds roar, I fear no ill;Rouse me they may, but have no power to kill. tries* Emblems. I S. A.MBR>. Lib. iv. in Cap. iv. in LucThe reward o( honours, the height of power, the delicacy of diet, and the beauty of an harlot, arc the snares of thedevil. S. AMBROS. de Bono Mortis.Whilst thou seckest pleasures, thou runnest into snares,for the eye of the harlot is the snare of the adulterer. Savanar.In eating, he sets before us gluttony ; in generation,Luxury; in labour, sluggishness ; in conversing, envy ; ingoverning, covetousness; in correcting, anger ; in honour,pride ; in the heart, he sets evil thoughts ; in the mouth,evil words ; in actions, evil works ; when awake, he movesus to evil actions ; when asleep, to filthy dreams. Epig. 9.Be sad, my heart, deep dangers wait thy mirth :Thy souls waylaid by sea, by hell, by earth :Hell has her hounds; earth, snares ; the sea, a shelf:But, most of all, my heart, beware thyself.
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