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Divine emblems

Embellished with etchings on copper, after the fashion of Master Francis Quarles. Designed and written by, Johann Abricht [i.e. Jonathan Birch

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EPIG.

[What though thy sun gives warmth and light and life!]

What though thy sun gives warmth and light and life!
Does he not hatch the dying maggot-fly?
My Sun revives benighted souls! which rife
Live through a bliss-prepared eternity!