Quarles' emblems, divine and moral- together with hieroglyphics of the life of man (1800) (14744884131)

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Title: Quarles' emblems, divine and moral: together with hieroglyphics of the life of man
Year: 1800 (1800s)
Authors: Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644
Subjects: Emblems
Publisher: London : Printed for Alex. Hogg
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign



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ENT LADY, TPnfent thefe tapers to hnrn under the fafe pre-terit on of yonr honourable name; where y I pre-fume^ they ft and fecure from the damps of ignoranccyand hlafts of cenfure. It is a fmall part of thatabundant fervice which my thankful heart owethyour incomparable goodnefs. Be pie a fed to honourit with your acceptance^ which fhall be nothing butwhat your own efteemjhall make it. MADAM,Tour hadyfhip^s moft humble fervantJ X 2 Fra. Quarles, ( 244 )TO THE READER. IF you are fatisfied with my Emblems,I here fet before you a fecond fervice.It is an ^^gyptian difh, drefled on theEnglifh fafhion. They, at their feafts,ufed to prefent a deaths-head at theirfecond courfe : this will ferve for both.You need not fear a furfeit: here is butlittle, and that light of digeflion : if itbut pleafe your palate, I queftion notyour ftomach. Fall to, and much goodmay it do you. Convivio addit Minerval. E. B, Rem^ Regem, Regmen, R^gionem^ Religionem^Exornat-i cekbraiy laudato honor at ^ amat. Psalm
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Sane Xumiiie inane.Men cnnst t/iout/iiis /r iise/iil tr tJie-Si/^At ? HIEROGLYPHIC I. 245 Psalm li. 5.Behold^ I was Jhapen in iniquity^ and in fin did my mother conceive me» MAN is mans A. B. C. Theres none that canRead God aright, unlefs he firft fpell man :Man is the flairs, whereby his knowledge climbs■ To his Creator, though it oftentimesStumbles for want of light, and fometimes tripsFor want of careful heed ; and fometimes flipsThrough unadvifed hafte ; and when at lengthHis weary fteps have reachd the top, his ftrengthOft fails tQ Hand ; his giddy brains turn round.And, Phaeton-iike, falls headlong to the ground :Thefe flairs are often dark, and full of dangerTo him, whom want of practice makes a ftrangerTo this blind way : the lamp o^ nature lendsBut a falfe light, and lights to her own ends.Thefe be the ways to hea/n, thefe paths requireA light that fprings from that diviner fire,Whole human-foul-enlightning fun-beams dartThro the bright cranies * of th im.mortal part^And h