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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.

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II.

II. JAMES I. XV.

Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

2.

EPIGRAM 2.

III.

III. PROVERBS XIV. XIII.

IV.

IV. PSALMS LXII. IX.

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.

2.

THE SECOND BOOKE.

3.

THE THIRD BOOKE.

4.

THE FOURTH BOOKE.

5.

[Hieroglyphikes]

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EPIGRAM 2.

[See how these fruitfull kernels, being cast]

See how these fruitfull kernels, being cast
Upon the earth, how thick they spring! how fast!
A full-Crop, and thriving; rank and proud;
Prepost'rous man first sow'd, and then he plough'd.