Religious emblems : being a series of emblematic engravings, with written explanations, miscellaneous observations and religious reflections, designed to illustrate divine truth, in accordance with the cardinal principles of Christianity ; Religious allegories : being a series of emblematic engravings, with written explanations, miscellaneous observations, and religious reflections, designed to illustrate divine truth, in accordance with the cardinal principles of Christianity (1851)
Holmes, William, Holmes, William, Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885, Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885 · New Haven, Conn. : J.W. Barber · leaf 150
ommanded to be con-ducted to London to take his trial. When he arrived at Leicester Abbey he was taken sick-—men said he poisoned himself. His disorder increased. A shorttime before he expired, he said to the officer who guarded him :♦ O had I but served my God as faithfully as I have servedmy… … For every one that doeth evil hateth the light. John iii. 20. GUILT. In splendor rising, view * the king of day,*And darkness chasing from the earth away ;The beast of prey escapes before the sun,To thickest covert, ere his work is done ;The birds of night now flee away apace,And hide securely in…
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![An illustration from Omnia D. And. Alciati emblemata : ad quae singula, praeter concinnas acutásque inscriptiones, lepidas & expressas imagines, ac caetera omnia, quae prioribus nostris editionibus cúm ad eorum distinctionem, tum ad ornatum & correctionem adhibita continebantur, : nunc primùm perelegantia persubtiliáq[ue] adiecta sunt epimuthia, quibus emblematum amplitudo quaecunq[ue] in iis dubia sunt aut obscura, tanquam perspicuis illustrantur (1566)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-omniadandalciat00alci-83-73.webp)
