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 77
that Idol now fj much adordWhat Comfort can they at thy Death afford ?Honours, at which Ambition bends her Flight,Muft fet at length in ever 1 ailing Night.Yet thefe how eagery the Fool purfues.As if defignd for his eternal Ufe !For thefe, neglects the glorious Things above.His Peace of Confcienv^,… … Tlie Soul with Sin thats faint and lick,And Confcience fmarting to the Quick,No Hand can heal, till Christ appears,Who gives her Eafe, and dries her Tears, [ 75 JE M B L E M III. The Sin-ftck Soul. THE Soul is fick of Sin,Nor Reft, npr Eale can find >Horrors and gloomy Fears within,Diftrafl the…
Emblems -- Early works to 1800 · Emblem books, English -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century · Emblem books -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century
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