Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · London : Printed at the Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham · leaf 107
d 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 apprehend the things within thee, thoucanst not comprehend the things above thee: thebest looking-glass, wherein to see thy God, is… … Hie pessima, hic optima servat,DEUTERONOMY XXX. 19. / have set before thee life and death, blessing andcursing; therefore choose life, that thou and thyseed may live. 1 HE worlds a floor, whose swelling heaps retainThe mingled wages of the ploughmans toil; The worlds a heap, whose yet unwinnowd…
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