Francis Quarles' Emblems and : Hieroglyphics of the life of man, modernized : in four books (1773)
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · London : Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespear’s Head, in Pater-Noster-Row · leaf 107
And fain of neither would ourfelves bereave. Svviftly we run, when Pleafure is the Chace—• What Sluggards in the Courfe of Truth and Grace I Alluring Profits puts us on the Speed,— Ho^v flow and liftlefs to a pious Deed ! If tlonour tempts ks to a bolder Flight, How eagerly we climb the dangerous… … Fear to offend thy gracious God,And then thou needft not fear his Rod;But if thou fearft not to offend,Well iTiayll thou fear a dreadful End* [ 105 ]E M B L E M IV. No Sa/ity but in GccTs Mercy. HOW dreadful is die W/ath of God !,How terrible his angry Rod !The Wafting Thunders of his Hand,Who has…
Emblems -- Early works to 1800 · Emblem books, English -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century · Emblem books -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century
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