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Emblems divine and moral (1851)

Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · Halifax : Printed & published by Milner & Sowerby, Cheapside · leaf 100

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t first rightly advised tobehold himself: First, thou must see the visiblethings of thyself, before thou canst be preparedto know the invisible things of God ; for if thoucanst not comprehend the things above thee : thebest looking-glass, wherein to see thy God, is per-fectly to see thyself. Epig.… … Xlu: pasiima, hie oplima servat.DEUTERONOMr XXX. 19. I have set before thee life and death, blessing andcursing; therefore choose lile, that thou and thyseed may hve. The worlds a floor, whose swelling heaps retainThe mingled wages of the ploughmans toil: The worlds a heap, whose yet unwinnowd…

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