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The Amaranth

Or, religious poems; consisting of fables, visions, emblems, etc. Adorned with copper-plates from the best masters [by Walter Harte]
Harte, Walter (1709-1774)

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CHRIST's PARABLE OF THE SOWER.
  
INTRODUCTION.
  
PARABLE.
  
INTERPRETATION.
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THE ASCETIC,
  
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THE MEDITATION OF THOMAS A KEMPIS.
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CONTENTMENT, INDUSTRY, AND ACQUIESCENCE under the Divine Will:
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THE VISION OF DEATH.
  
INTRODUCTION.
  
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MORAL.
  
THE COURTIER AND PRINCE:
  
THE ENCHANTED REGION:
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EULOGIUS:
  
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MACARIUS:
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BOETIUS:
  
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Religious Melancholy, AN EMBLEMATICAL ELEGY.
  
MEDITATIONS ON CHRIST's Death and Passion.

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Those who revenge a deed that injures them,
Copy the very sin, which they condemn .
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Impiously wand'ring from the Christian road,
They snatch God's own prerogative from God!
Michael in bitterness of strife consign'd
The final verdict to th'unerring mind .—
From turbulence of anger wisely keep;
The hind who soweth winds, shall whirlwinds reap .
 

“To return one injury for another is to revenge like man: Whereas to revenge like God is to love our enemies. It is a great happiness not to be able to hurt one's neighbour, nor to have the power and parts to do mischief. The ingenuity of [what we call] men of the world, consists in knowing how to injure others, and revenge ourselves when injured. Whereas, on the contrary, not to return evil for evil is the true honour and vital principle of the Gospel.” Leon.

Jude V. 9. Zech. C. iii, V. 2.

Hosea C. viii, V. 7. Hind is the head-servant in husbandry-matters. Chaucer, Dryden, and in the west of England at present.

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