Emblems, divine and moral. New ed., carefully rev. and corr., with recommendatory prefaces by Augustus Toplady, and John Ryland (1839)
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644, Toplady, Augustus, 1740-1778, Ryland, John Collett, 1723-1792, Wilson, Robert · London J. Bennet · leaf 43
what is the worldbut a brittle tiling full of dangers, wherein we travel from lesser to greater perils ? O let all her vain, light,and momentary glory perish with herself; and let usbe conversant with more eternal things. Alas ! thisworld IS miserable; life is short, and death is sure. Epig. 4. My… … His voftititt Orbis .V/iin uiiiirtiilnii/friir.vf f/n- Jitiif i.v .vrr/i ,/.,i.\7iif i<n iti iiii/ittli SfitH /-y Lii.vt iiiitf Sfif(</i . BOOK I.—EMBLEM V. 1. Cor. vii. 31. The fashion of this world passeth away. Gone are those golden days, whereinPale concsience started not at ugly sin:…
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