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XXVII. Chap. xxvii.
Many have Sinned, for empty hopes, to find
A triviall profit makes another blind;
Men rivet Sin in bargaine, as a Naile
Wth hammers, beaten fast into a Wall.
Vnless a Man be carefull to Live Iust,
His house will Drop away, & Dye in Dust;
As doth a Seive scatter the purer graine,
And can but only Orts' and Chaffe retaine;
Soe humane follies, openlye are seene,
When the black dregs, Embosom'd are within;
As fire proves the Clay, Soe words declare
The inward Soule, & seale Men what they are.
A well-drest Tree will bring an Early fruite,
And a full Soule cannot be Ever Mute.
A triviall profit makes another blind;
Men rivet Sin in bargaine, as a Naile
Wth hammers, beaten fast into a Wall.
Vnless a Man be carefull to Live Iust,
His house will Drop away, & Dye in Dust;
As doth a Seive scatter the purer graine,
And can but only Orts' and Chaffe retaine;
Soe humane follies, openlye are seene,
When the black dregs, Embosom'd are within;
As fire proves the Clay, Soe words declare
The inward Soule, & seale Men what they are.
A well-drest Tree will bring an Early fruite,
And a full Soule cannot be Ever Mute.
Let not thy Tongue run in a forward praise
Of any Man, ignorant of his waies
And stranger to his words; if he impart
Wisedome in words, it may informe desert,
To thy opinion; for in this doth rest,
The only valid and Convinceing Test.
Of any Man, ignorant of his waies
And stranger to his words; if he impart
Wisedome in words, it may informe desert,
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The only valid and Convinceing Test.
Thou shalt acquire Iustice, in the pursuit,
And put her on, as a vest, fairely wrought;
Thou shalt inhabite, in her glorious Tent;
She will be a Defence and Ornament,
To thee for ever; thou shalt stand Immute,
Beleagver'd round, with horrors, feare, & Doubt.
And put her on, as a vest, fairely wrought;
Thou shalt inhabite, in her glorious Tent;
She will be a Defence and Ornament,
To thee for ever; thou shalt stand Immute,
Beleagver'd round, with horrors, feare, & Doubt.
Birds keep in kind, & soe doth Truth resound
With glory to his Name, where she is found;
As waits the Næmean Lyon for his Pray,
Soe Sin attends the Sinner to betray.
With glory to his Name, where she is found;
As waits the Næmean Lyon for his Pray,
Soe Sin attends the Sinner to betray.
Wisedome the words of holy Men doth Crowne,
But ffooles are variable as the Moone;
Ramble not thou with Idle Company,
But shunne their Meetings; vse wth frequencye
The learnéd Synods; what ffooles haue exprest
Provokes the Soule, they make their Sin, their Iest.
But ffooles are variable as the Moone;
Ramble not thou with Idle Company,
But shunne their Meetings; vse wth frequencye
The learnéd Synods; what ffooles haue exprest
Provokes the Soule, they make their Sin, their Iest.
He, who to strengthen his discourse, can Mint
Flagitious Oathes, & vtter Confident,
In the bright Face of heaven, his Blasphemies,
With horror makes affrighted haire to rise;
Confounding Sence in his Contentions,
With Itterated Imprecations;
Murder attends the variance of the Proud;
Their words are quarrells, and their language loud.
Flagitious Oathes, & vtter Confident,
In the bright Face of heaven, his Blasphemies,
With horror makes affrighted haire to rise;
Confounding Sence in his Contentions,
With Itterated Imprecations;
Murder attends the variance of the Proud;
Their words are quarrells, and their language loud.
He who reveales a trust, forfeits his Name,
Dyes vnbefreinded, & survives with Shame.
Be reall to thy freind, & let thy love
Fix thee not in the power of sate to move;
For know, if thou a part of Trust disclose
'Bove recantation, then he iustly goes;
For not a Man can greater harme inttend
An Enemie, than thou hast done thy freind.
As the vnwary hand, wch did containe
The late-tooke Bird, & let her goe againe,
Soe if thy rashnes violate his Trust,
He goes away, & is for ever lost;
Bootless to follow him, escapéd farre,
Tim'rous as the Roe broke from the Snare;
For he is thrill'd wth a Mortiferous Dart,
A Twi-forkt Iavelin doth divide his heart.
Dyes vnbefreinded, & survives with Shame.
Be reall to thy freind, & let thy love
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For know, if thou a part of Trust disclose
'Bove recantation, then he iustly goes;
For not a Man can greater harme inttend
An Enemie, than thou hast done thy freind.
As the vnwary hand, wch did containe
The late-tooke Bird, & let her goe againe,
Soe if thy rashnes violate his Trust,
He goes away, & is for ever lost;
Bootless to follow him, escapéd farre,
Tim'rous as the Roe broke from the Snare;
For he is thrill'd wth a Mortiferous Dart,
A Twi-forkt Iavelin doth divide his heart.
Wounds, by an Artfull hand may be made sound,
And Anger vnadvis'd may be atton'd;
But he who blabs the secrett of a freind,
Shame be his Portion, & despaire his end.
He that hath busie Eyes, his heart doth plott
Strange mischeifes; he yt knowes him will haue nought
With him at all to doe; for what he saies
Is but a glosse t' exuberate thy praise,
To thy owne Eares; but when he sees the Time,
He will vnsay, & make thy vertue Crime.
Many things have I hated, but none more
Then such a Man, for God doth him abhorre,
And Anger vnadvis'd may be atton'd;
But he who blabs the secrett of a freind,
Shame be his Portion, & despaire his end.
He that hath busie Eyes, his heart doth plott
Strange mischeifes; he yt knowes him will haue nought
With him at all to doe; for what he saies
Is but a glosse t' exuberate thy praise,
To thy owne Eares; but when he sees the Time,
He will vnsay, & make thy vertue Crime.
Many things have I hated, but none more
Then such a Man, for God doth him abhorre,
A stone sent vpright from a Synewie Arme,
Falls, as it went, vnto the Slinger's harme;
And he that striketh with the Cutting brond
Of fraud, doth not him selfe escape the wound,
In the deep pit wch he did whilome delve
For other's Ruine, shall he fall himselfe;
The stone wch he with a malitious heart
Laied for his Neighbour, shall himselfe subvert;
And the strong gen he for another sett,
Shall be a Snare t' entangle his owne ffeet.
Who worketh evill, it shall be his lot,
And he from whence & how it comes ignote.
Vncivill Speeches hang vpon the Tongue
Of a Proud Man, but vengeance staies not long;
They who their Soules madly Exhilirate,
To see the Iust Suffer in wayward ffate,
Shall not escape; Envy & wrath can neither
Be innocent; Sinners have both together.
Falls, as it went, vnto the Slinger's harme;
And he that striketh with the Cutting brond
Of fraud, doth not him selfe escape the wound,
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For other's Ruine, shall he fall himselfe;
The stone wch he with a malitious heart
Laied for his Neighbour, shall himselfe subvert;
And the strong gen he for another sett,
Shall be a Snare t' entangle his owne ffeet.
Who worketh evill, it shall be his lot,
And he from whence & how it comes ignote.
Vncivill Speeches hang vpon the Tongue
Of a Proud Man, but vengeance staies not long;
They who their Soules madly Exhilirate,
To see the Iust Suffer in wayward ffate,
Shall not escape; Envy & wrath can neither
Be innocent; Sinners have both together.
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