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Emblemes (1635) and Hieroglyphikes (1638)

[in the critical edition by John Horden]

Quarles, Francis (1592-1644)

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[By Fathers, backt; by Holy Writ, led on]

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1.

THE FIRST BOOKE

I.

I. JAMES I. XIV.

II.

II. JAMES I. XV.

III.

III. PROVERBS XIV. XIII.

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IV.

IV. PSALMS LXII. IX.

To be laid in the ballance, it is altogether lighter than vanitie.

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V.

V. I CORINTHIANS VII. XXXI.

VI.

VI. ECCLESIASTES II. XVII.

VII.

VII. I PETER V. VIII.

VIII.

VIII. LUKE VI. XXV.

IX.

IX. I JOHN II. XVII.

X.

X. JOHN VIII. XLIV.

XI.

XI. EPHESIANS II. II.

XII.

XII. ISAIAH LXVI. XI.

XIII.

XIII. JOHN III. XIX.

XIV.

XIV. PSALMS XIII. III.

XV.

XV. REVELATION XII. XII.

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THE SECOND BOOKE.

3.

THE THIRD BOOKE.

4.

THE FOURTH BOOKE.

5.

[Hieroglyphikes]

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S. BERN.

That is the true and chiefe joy, which is not conceived from the creature, but received from its Creator; which (being once possest therof) none can take from thee, whereto all pleasure being compared, is torment; all joy is griefe: sweet things are bitter, all glory is basenesse, and all delectable things are despicable.