Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · London : Printed at the Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham · leaf 171
miserable, because against God: O keeperof mankind, why hast thou set me as a markagainst thee? thou hast set me, because thou hastnot hindered me: It is just that thy enemy shouldbe my enemy, and that he who repugneth thee,should repugn me: I, who am against thee, amagainst myself. EpiG. 6.But… … JOB XIII. 24. JVherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? Why dost thou shade thy lovely face? O whyDoes that eclipsing hand so long denyThe sunshine of thy soul-enlivening eye? 166 EMBLEMS. BOOK 3. Without that light, what light remains in me ?Thou art my life, my way, ray…
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