Emblema. 20.
Evangelium potentia Dei est ad salutem.
Ornatissimo viro sibique charissimo D. Goad Collegij Regij Cantabrigiæ prefecto Theologiæ sacræ Doctori.
The same in English.
A riuer from the altar floweth fast,
It th' ankles first, then toucheth knees and waste,
And afterward it doeth arise so hye
That none afoote can passe or come thereby,
The bitter streames it makes to savour well,
Much fish doeth breede, good trees in fruite excell,
But standing puddels smell.
This riuer shewth, how Gods worde first did spring.
At length prevailes, though small in the beginning,
VVhat euill we haue by nature it doeth heale,
And many maketh to Christs Church to appeale.
The fishermen the faithfull Preachers be,
The righteous man is as a fruitfull tree,
The wicked are more filthie.
