Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · London : Printed at the Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham · leaf 223
ise, but to fear:happy art thou, if thy heart be replenished withthree fears; a fear for received grace, a greaterfear for lost grace, a greatest fear to recovergrace. S. AvGvsT. super PsaLPresent fear begetteth eternal security: fearGod, which is above all, and no need to fear manat all. EpiG.… … 217 PSALM CXIX. 37. Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity. How like the threads of flax That touch the flame, are my inflamd desires!How like to yielding wax, My soul dissolves before these wanton fires!The fire but touchd, the flame but felt,Jiike flax, I burn; like wax, I melt. 218 EMBLEMS.…
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