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Emblemes (1635) and Hieroglyphikes (1638)

[in the critical edition by John Horden]
Quarles, Francis (1592-1644)

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[Emblemes]
  
[dedication]
  
[By Fathers, backt; by Holy Writ, led on]
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THE FIRST BOOKE
  
The Invocation
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I. JAMES I. XIV.
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Every man is tempted, when he is drawne away by his own lust, and enticed.
  
S. CHRYS. sup. Matth.
  
S. BERN. in Ser.
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EPIGRAM 1.
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II. JAMES I. XV.
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Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
  
S. AUGUST. lib. 1 de lib. arbit.
  
HUGO de anima.
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EPIGRAM 2.
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III. PROVERBS XIV. XIII.
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Even in laughter the heart is sorrowfull, and the end of that mirth is heavinesse.
  
S. AUGUST.
  
HUGO.
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EPIGRAM 3.
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IV. PSALMS LXII. IX.
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To be laid in the ballance, it is altogether lighter than vanitie.
  
S. AUGUST. lib. Confess.
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EPIGRAM 4.
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V. I CORINTHIANS VII. XXXI.
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The fashion of this world passeth away.
  
S. AMBEROS.
  
HUGO.
  
S. AUGUST.
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EPIGRAM 5.
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VI. ECCLESIASTES II. XVII.
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All is vanitie and vexation of spirit.
  
CASS. in Ps.
  
DAMASCEN.
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EPIGRAM 6.
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VII. I PETER V. VIII.
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Be sober; Be vigilant, because your adversary the Divell, as a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour.
  
S. BERN.
  
HUGO.
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EPIGRAM 7.
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VIII. LUKE VI. XXV.
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Woe be to you the laugh now, for ye shall mourne and weepe.
  
HUGO de anima.
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EPIGRAM 8.
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IX. I JOHN II. XVII.
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The world passeth away, and all the lusts thereof.
  
S. GREG. in ho.
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EPIGRAM 9.
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X. JOHN VIII. XLIV.
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Yee are of your father the Devill, and the lusts of your father yee will doe.
  
S. BERNARD. lib. de Consid.
  
S. HIEROME in Ep.
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EPIGRAM 10.
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XI. EPHESIANS II. II.
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Yee walked according to the course of this world, according to the Prince of the Aire.
  
ISIODOR. lib.1. De summo bono.
  
CYPRIAN. in ep.
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EPIGRAM 11.
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XII. ISAIAH LXVI. XI.
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Yee may suck, but not be satisfied with the brest of her Consolation.
  
S. GREG. Hom: 3. secund. parte Ezech.
  
HUGO. de Anima.
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EPIGRAM 12.
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XIII. JOHN III. XIX.
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Men love darkness rather then light, because their deeds are evil.
  
S. AUGUST. sup: Psal. 64.
  
S. AUGUST. lib. 3. Confess.
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EPIGRAM 13.
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XIV. PSALMS XIII. III.
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Lighten mine eyes, O Lord, lest I sleepe the sleepe of death.
  
S. AUGUST. in Joh. ser. 19.
  
ALANUS de conq. nat.
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EPIGRAM 14.
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XV. REVELATION XII. XII.
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The Devill is come unto you, having great wrath, because hee knoweth that hee hath but a short time.
  
PETR. RAV. in Math.
  
MACAR.
  
SAVANAR.
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EPIGRAM 15.
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THE SECOND BOOKE.
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I. ISAIAH L. XI
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You that walke in the light of your owne fire, and in the sparkes that yee have kindled, yee shall lie downe in sorrow.
  
S. AUGUST.
  
S. GREG. Mor. 25.
  
S. GREG. Mor.
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EPIGRAM 1.
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II. ECCLESIASTES IV. VIII.
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There is no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches.
  
HUGO de anima.
  
EPIGRAM 2.
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III. JOB XVIII. VIII.
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He is cast into a net by his owne feet, and walketh upon a snare.
  
S. BERN. in Ser.
  
EPIGRAM 3.
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IV. HOSEA CXIII. III.
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They shalbe as the chaffe that is driven with a whirlewind out of the floore, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
  
S. HIEROM.
  
PETR. RAV.
  
EPIGRAM 4.
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V. PROVERBS XXIII. V.
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Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches make themselves wings, they flie away as an Eagle.
  
PET. BLES.
  
S. AUGUST. lib. Confess.
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EPIGRAM 5.
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VI. JOB XV. XXXI.
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Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity, for vanity shalbe his recompence.
  
HUGO lib.3 de anima.
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EPIGRAM 6.
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VII. DEUTERONOMY XXXX. XIX.
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I have set before thee life and death, blessing and cursing, therefore choose life, that thou and thy seed may live.
  
S. AUGUST. lib. 1 de doct. Christi
  
Ibid.
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EPIGRAM 7.
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VIII. PHILIPPIANS III. XIX.
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They minde earthly things, but our conversation is in heaven.
  
S. BERN.
  
S. BERN.
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EPIGRAM 8.
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IX. ISAIAH X. III.
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What will ye do in the day of your visitation? to whom will ye flie for help, and where will ye leave your glory?
  
HUGO.
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EPIGRAM 9.
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X. NAHUM II. X.
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Shee is emptie, and void, and waste.
  
S. CHRYS. in Ep. ad Heb.
  
HUGO lib. de Vanit. mundi.
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EPIGRAM 10.
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XI. MATTHEW VII. XIV.
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Narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
  
S. HIEROM. in Ep.
  
S. GREG. lib.8. Mor.
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EPIGRAM 11.
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XII. GALATIANS VI. XIV.
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God forbid that I should glory, save in the Crosse.
  
S. AUGUST.
  
S. BERN. in Ser. de resur.
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EPIGRAM 12.
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XIII. PROVERBS XXVI. XI.
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As a Dog returneth to his vomit, so a foole returneth to his follie.
  
S. AUGUST. lib. de util. agen. paen.
  
S. AUGUST. in Soliloq.
  
ANSELM.
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EPIGRAM 13.
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XIV. PROVERBS XXIV. XVI.
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A just man falleth seven times and riseth up againe; but the wicked shall fall into mischiefe.
  
S. AMBROS. in Serm. ad vincula.
  
S. CHRYS. in Ep. ad Heliod. monach.
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EPIGRAM 14
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XV. JEREMIAH XXXII. XL.
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I will put my feare in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
  
S. AUGUST. de spir. & anima.
  
S. GREG.
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EPIGRAM 15.
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THE THIRD BOOKE.
  
The Entertainment.
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I. ISIAH XXIX. VI.
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My soule hath desired thee in the night.
  
S. AUGUST. Soliloq. cap. 33.
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EPIGRAM 1.
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II. PSALMS LXIX. III.
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O Lord, thou knowest my foolishnesse, and my sinnes are not hid from thee.
  
S. CHRYS. Hom. 4. Ioan.
  
S. GREG. in mo.
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EPIGRAM 2.
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III. PSALMS VI. II.
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Have mercy, Lord, upon me, for I am weak; O Lord heale me, for my bones are vexed.
  
S. AUGUST. lib. 10. Confess.
  
S. GREG. in Pastoral.
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EPIGRAM 3.
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IV. PSALMS XXV. XVIII.
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Looke upon my affliction and my paine, and forgive all my sinnes.
  
S. BERN. Hom. 81 in Cant.
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EPIGRAM 4.
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V. JOB X. IX.
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Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and wilt thou bring me to dust againe?
  
S. AUGUST. Soliloq. 32.
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EPIGRAM 5.
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VI. JOB VII. XX.
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Lord I have sinned: What shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men; why hast thou set me as a marke against thee?
  
S. BERN. Ser. 21 in Cant.
  
EPIGRAM 6.
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VII. JOB XIII. XXIV.
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Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thy enemie?
  
S. AUGUST. Soliloq. Cap.1.
  
ANSELM. Med. Cap. 5.
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EPIGRAM 7.
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VIII. JEREMIAH IX. I.
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O that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountaine of teares, that I might weepe day and night.
  
S. AMBROS. in Psal. 118.
  
NAZIANZ. Orat. 3.
  
S. HIEROM. in Esaiam.
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EPIGRAM 8.
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IX. PSALMS XVIII. V.
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The sorrowes of hell compassed me about, and the snares of death prevented me.
  
S. AMBROS. Lib. 4 in Cap. 4 Lucae.
  
S. AMBROS. de bono mortis.
  
SAVANAR.
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EPIGRAM 9.
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X. PSALMS CXLIII. II.
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Enter not into judgement with thy servant, for in thy sight shall no man living bee justified.
  
S. AUGUST.
  
ANSELM.
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EPIGRAM 10.
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XI. PSALMS LXIX. XV.
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Let not the water-flood over-flow me, neither let the deepes swallow me up.
  
S. AMBROS. Apol. post. pro David. Cap. 3.
  
S. AUGUST. Soliloq. Cap. 35.
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EPIGRAM 11.
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XII. JOB XIV. XIII.
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O that thou wouldst hide me in the grave, and thou wouldst keepe me secret untill thy wrath be past.
  
S. AUGUST. in Psal. 30.
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EPIGRAM 12.
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XIII. JOB X. XX.
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Are not my dayes few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may bewaile my selfe a little.
  
S. AUGUST. lib. 7 de Civit. Dei cap. 10.
  
S. GREG. lib. 9 mor cap. 44 in Cap. 10 Job.
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EPIGRAM 13.
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XIV. DEUTERONOMY XXXII. XXIX.
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O that men were wise, and that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end.
  
BONAVENT. de contemptu seculi.
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EPIGRAM 14.
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XV. PSALMS XXX. X.
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My life is spent with griefe, and my yeares with sighing.
  
INOCENT. de vilitate condit. humanae.
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EPIGRAM 15.
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THE FOURTH BOOKE.
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I. ROMANS VII. XXIII.
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I see another Law in my members warring against the Law of my mind, and bringing me into captivitie to the Law of sin.
  
S. BERN. Med. 9.
  
S. AUGUST. de Ver. Apost.
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EPIGRAM 1.
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II. PSALMS CXIX. V.
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O that my wayes were directed to keepe thy statutes.
  
S. AUGUST. Soliloq. Cap. 4.
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EPIGRAM 2.
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III. PSALMS XVII. V.
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Stay my steps in thy paths, that my feet do not slide.
  
S. AUGUST. Ser. 15 de Verb. Apost.
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EPIGRAM 3.
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IV. PSALMS CXIX. CXX.
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My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgements.
  
S. BERN. Ser. 54 in Cant.
  
S. AUGUST. super Psalm.
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EPIGRAM 4.
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V. PSALMS CXIX. XXXVII.
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Turne away mine eyes from regarding vanitie.
  
S. AUGUST. Soliloq. Cap. 4.
  
S. CHRYS. sup. Matth. 19
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EPIGRAM 5.
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VI. ESTHER VII. III.
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If I have found favour in thy sight, and if it please the King, let my life be given me at my petition.
  
S. AUGUST. in Ep.
  
S. AUGUST. sup. Ioan.
  
Ibid.
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EPIGRAM 6.
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VII. CANTICLES VII. XI.
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Come my beloved, let us goe forth into the fields, and let us remaine in the villages.
  
S. BERN.
  
S. BERN. in Ep.
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EPIGRAM 7.
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VIII. CANTICLES I. III.
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Draw me; we will follow after thee by the savour of thy Oyntment.
  
S. BERN. Serm. 21 in Cant.
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EPIGRAM 8.
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IX. CANTICLES VIII. I.
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O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the brest of my mother, I would find thee without, and I would kisse thee.
  
BONAVENT. Soliloq. Cap. 1.
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EPIGRAM 9.
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X. CANTICLES XXX. I.
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In my bed, by night, I sought him, that my soule loved: I sought him, but I found him not.
  
ANSELM. in Protolog. Cap. 1.
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EPIGRAM 10.
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XI. CANTICLES III. II.
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I will rise, and go about the City, and will seeke him that my soule loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
  
S. AMBROS. Lib. 3 de Virg.
  
S. HIEROM. Ep. 22 Eustoch.
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EPIGRAM 11.
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XII. CANTICLES III. III.
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Have you seene him whom my soule loveth? When I had past a little from them, then I found him, I took hold on him, and left him not.
  
ORIG. Hom. 10 in divers.
  
BEDE in Cap. 3. Cant.
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EPIGRAM 12.
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XIII. PSALMS LXXII. XXVIII.
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It is good for me to draw neare to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God.
  
S. AUGUST. Soliloq. Cap. 13.
  
S. BERN. Ser. 9 sup. beati qui habent, &c.
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EPIGRAM 13.
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XIV. CANTICLES II. III.
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I sate under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
  
GUILL. in Cap. 2 Cant.
  
S. AUGUST. Med. Cap. 37.
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EPIGRAM 14.
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XV. PSALMS CXXXXVII. IV.
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How shall we sing a song of the Lord in a strange land?
  
S. AUGUST. Med. Cap. 33.
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EPIGRAM 15.
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THE FIFT BOOK.
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I. CANTICLES V. VIII.
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I charge you, O daughter of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am sick of love.
  
S. AUGUST. Med. cap. 40.
  
GULIEL. in Cap. 5. Cant.
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EPIGRAM 1.
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II. CANTICLES II. V.
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Stay me with Flowers, and comfort me with Apples, for I am sicke with love.
  
GISTEN. in Cap. 2 Cant. Expos. 3.
  
S. BERN. Serm. 51 in Cant.
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EPIGRAM 2.
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III. CANTICLES II. XVI.
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My beloved is mine, and I am his; He feedeth among the Lillies.
  
S. AUGUST. Manu. Cap. 24.
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EPIGRAM 3.
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IV. CANTICLES VII. X.
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I am my Beloveds, and his desire is towards me.
  
S. AUGUST. Med. Cap, 25.
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EPIGRAM 4.
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V. CANTICLES V. VI.
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My Soule melted whilst my Beloved spake.
  
S. AUGUST. Soliloq. Cap. 34.
  
BONAVENT. Stim. amoris Cap. 8.
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EPIGRAM 5.
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VI. PSALMS LXXIII. XXV.
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Whom have I in heav'n but Thee? and what desire I on earth in respect of Thee?
  
BONAVENT. Cap. 1. Soliloq.
  
S. CHRYS. Hom. 5 in Ep. ad Rom.
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EPIGRAM 6.
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VII. PSALMS CXX. V.
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Woe is to me! that I remaine in Meshech and dwell in Tents of Kedar.
  
S. AUGUST. Soliloq. Cap. 2.
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EPIGRAM 7.
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VIII. ROMANS VII. XXIV.
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O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
  
NAZIANZ. Orat. 16.
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EPIGRAM 8.
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IX. PHILIPPIANS I. XXIII.
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I am in a streight betweene two, having a desire to be dissolv'd, and to be with Christ.
  
BONAVENT. Cap. 1. Soliloq.
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EPIGRAM 9.
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X. PSALMS CXLII. VII.
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Bring my soule out of prison, that I may praise thy Name.
  
ANSELM. in Protolog. Cap. 1.
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EPIGRAM 10.
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XI. PSALMS XLII. I.
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As the Hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soule after thee O God.
  
CYRIL. lib. 5 in Joh. Cap. 10.
  
S. AUGUST. Soliloq. 35.
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EPIGRAM 11.
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XII. PSALMS XLII. II.
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When shall I come and appeare before God?
  
S. AUGUST. in Psal. 39
  
S. AUGUST. Med. Cap 37.
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EPIGRAM 12.
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XIII. PSALMS LV. VI.
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O that I had the wings of a Dove, for then I would flee away and be at rest.
  
S. AUGUST. in Psal. 138.
  
S. AUGUST. in Psal. 76.
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EPIGRAM 13.
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XIV. PSALMS LXXXIV. I.
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How amiable are thy Tabernacles O god of Hosts.
  
S. GREG. in Psal. 7 poenitent.
  
Ibid.
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EPIGRAM 14.
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XV. CANTICLES VIII. XIV.
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Make haste my Beloved, and be like the Roe or the young Hart upon the Mountaines of Spices.
  
Author scalae Paradisi. Tom. 9. Aug. Cap. 8.
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EPIGRAM 15.
  
THE FAREWELL.
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[Hieroglyphikes]
  
[dedication]
  
The minde of the Frontispeece.
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HIEROGLIPH I.
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Behold I was shaped in Iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. PSALMS 51. 5.
  
St. AUGUST.
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EPIGRAM 1.
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HIEROGLIPH II.
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And God said, Let there bee light; and there was light. GENESIS 1. 3.
  
ISODOR.
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EPIGRAM 2.
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HIEROGLIPH III.
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The wind passeth over it and it is gone. PSALMS 103. 16.
  
St. AUGUST.
  
Ibid.
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EPIGRAM 3.
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HIEROGLIPH IV.
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The whole need not the Physitian. MATTHEW 9, 12.
  
NICOCLES
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EPIGRAM 4.
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HIEROGLIPH V.
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And hee will give his Angels charge over thee. PSALMS 91.
  
St. BERN.
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EPIGRAM 5.
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HIEROGLIPH VI.
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To every thing there is an appointed time. ECCLESIASTES 3. 1.
  
St. AUGUST.
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EPIGRAM 6.
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HIEROGLIPH VII.
  
His light shall be dark, and his candle shall be put out. JOB 18. 6.
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EPIGRAM 7.
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HIEROGLIPH VIII.
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Let your light so shine, that men seeing your good workes may glorifie your Father which is in Heaven. MATTHEW 5. 16.
  
St. BERN.
  
HUGO.
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EPIGRAM 8.
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HIEROGLIPH IX.
  
He cometh forth like a Flower and is cut downe. JOB 14. 2.
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EPIGRAM 9.
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HIEROGLIPH X.
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His bones are full of the sinnes of his youth. JOB 20. 11.
  
St. AMB.
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EPIGRAM 10.
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HIEROGLIPH XI.
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Rejoyce O young man, and let thy heart cheare thee, but know, &c. ECCLESIASTES 11. 9.
  
SEN.
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EPIGRAM 11.
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HIEROGLIPH XII.
  
As thy daies, so shall thy strength be. DEUTERONOMY 33. 25.
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EPIGRAM 12.
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HIEROGLIPH XIII.
  
Hee must encrease, but I must decrease. JOHN 3. 30.
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EPIGRAM 13.
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HIEROGLIPH XIV.
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Yet a lttle while is the light with you. JOHN 12. 35.
  
St. CHRYS.
  
SEN.
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EPIGRAM 14.
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HIEROGLIPH XV.
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The dayes of oure yeares are threescore yeares and ten. PSALMS 90. 10.
  
CYPR.
  
St. AUGUST.
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EPIGRAM 15. To the Infant.

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