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Vade liber, veram Domino dicture salutem,  
Dic age quae tantae sit tibi causa morae:  
Haesimus ancipites praestet dare carbasa ventis,  
An dare flammiferis haecperitura focis:  
Dum tristis recolo haec, dum mecum haec ment revolvo,  
Desuper auspiciis vox mihi, Macte, sonat;  
Alt a licet sit materies, & digna cothurno,  
Prodeat; in summis vel voluisse placet.  
Sustentare suis se scit Scriptura columnis;  
Tu vitâ, quod fert pagina sacra, refer.  
R. W.   


HISTORIAE SACRAE Veteris et Novi TESTAMENTI.  
BIBLISCHE FIGUREN Darinnen die fürnembste Historien, in heiliger Schrifft begriffen, geschichtmässig entworffen.  
FIGURES de la BIBLE Demonstrans les Principales Histoires de la Saint Escriture.  
BYBELSCHE FIGUREN Vertonende de voornaemste Historien der Heylige Schrifture.  
FIGURES of the BIBLE in which almost every History of the holy Scriptures is 〈◊〉.  
AMSTELAEDAMI ex Officina Nicolai Visscher.    

ΕΞΑΣΤΙΧΟΝ ΙΕΡΟΝ, SIVE JCONUM Quarundam extranearum (numero 258) Explicatio Breviuscula & Clara.  
Apprimè Epheborum aliquot PRAENOBILIUM in Usum exculta, quâ ad SS Scripturas alliciantur.  
Quibus singulis suum accessit Symbolum, cum Sententiolâ concinnâ EX AUTHORIBUS GRAECIS & LATINIS Depromptâ.  
Being an Epigrammatical Explanation of the most Remarkable Stories throughout the OLD & NEW TESTAMENT After each SCULPTURE, or CUT.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 
— Non hic Te Carmine ficto  
Atque per ambages & longa exorsa tenebo, Virg.  
Dat. Cal. Jan. Anno Salutis M. D. C. LXXVII. OXFORD, Printed by LEONARD LICHFIELD, Printer to the University,   

THE EPISTLE TO THE READER.  
THE Wisest of Men, and Princes too, after he had summed up all the Delights, the Glories, the Treasures which the Great Ones possess, the Wise pretend to, and all the World pursue; upon a due Estimate pronounces them all, to be neither of the right Stamp, nor Weight; and subjoins as the only Solid Good, the sound practice of True Religion. An endless multiplying of Books he does expressly censure as Grievous to the Writer, and perhaps not overbeneficial to Reader, in order to that end which the Preacher propounds. How the Press has since that time been taken up, and still is, with Books of all sorts, is not unknown to any man, that can claim the least share in the Muses; with Books of Modern Experimental Philosophy, Books of Arts, Books Historical, Polemical, Theological, yes and Theologico-political too; for all whose sakes, and many more, it is still sweeting, and yet Labour and Oil is often lost. For my own part, had I not a greater than Solomon to stay upon, had I not the Rock of Ages for my Foundation Stone, I had utterly been discouraged in this Essay, since the Purity of the Subject may engage Adversaries, with whom it may be accounted Criminal, even to Enveagle to Virtue; in which, if the Lemmata, or Symbols above, are not all punctually adequate and suitable to the Hexastiches beneath, (in all which let the long rigour of the Season speak in the Printers defence, if any Errata appear) yet however it may mind us what wholesome Precepts and excellent Rules are left behind, even by Heathens themselves, which some amongst them lived up to. I had not quoted Juvenal so often, but that 'tis to be doubted there are those upon whom a tolerated Satirist would work so, as to shame them into Morality, when an Higher Authority would fail of it; and this through a daring disrespect and undervaluing of the Book of Life, by which they must one day be tried. And indeed, if we seriously, and in cool Blood, consider, what Subject is, or can be more Amiable? In the Pentateuch the World and the Church have their beginning; in Joshua and Judges, as in the Maccabees, are Worthys whose Memorable Acts have been a Pattern to after ages for Rulers and Commanders in Chief; Who more Rhetorical than Job in his true Grief? Who more Pathetical than the Psalmist? What more Ravishing than the Canticles? Who more Powerful in their Reproofs, or Comforts, than the Prophets both Great and Small? (the predictions of the Sibylls we leave at large) and so for the rest, as to each Books respective Transcendency. And if it be thus with the Old Testament, what Tongue of Man or Angel can set out the New to its worth? Now Reader, when our main aim and drift is to be concise and plain, in Scripture Phrase, in order to the Training up of Ingenuous Youth, according to the Wise Man's Rule, of Fearing God, and keeping his Commandments, as their whole Duty, which without good insight into both Testaments is unattainable, and we having some reason from the customs abroad, to believe that the more Generous Striplings of this our Age, will be brought to the more frequent perusal of the Word of God, have it better Imprinted in their Memories this way then any other, (since the objects of the Eye do more sensibly affect the Heart, than the strokes of Air impressing the Organs of Hearing,) I say this way, by comparing and examining each Story, 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, in those few Noble Families where the Cuts are, or may be extant, (as yet not made public amongst us) I modestly hope our Endeavours may gain acceptance with some of the Better Sort, especially such as have ' the blessing of Children, like Olive Branches, about their Tables, to the abundant Satisfaction and Contentment of  
The meanest of your Servants in well-doing ROBERT WHITEHALL.   

THE CONTENTS.  
THe Chaos. Icon 1.  
The Creation. 2.  
The Protoplast. 3.  
The Second Self. 4.  
The Serpent's Craft. 5.  
The Curse 6.  
The Ejectment. 7.  
The Fratricide. 8.  
Abel revived in Seth. 9  
The Translation 10.  
Noab Entering the Ark. 11.  
The Deluge. 12.  
The Covenant. 13.  
Noab Overtaken. 14.  
Babel. 15.  
God blessing Abram. 16.  
The disappointment. 17.  
Melchizedech's Blessing. 18.  
Abrabam entertaining three Angels. 19  
Lot entertaining two Angels. 20.  
Lot and his two Daughters. 21.  
The Caveat. 22.  
Hagar in Distress. 23.  
The Tutelar Angel. 24.  
Abraham's Trial. 25.  
The Prosperous Journey. 26.  
Abraham's Death and Burial. 27.  
The Birthright sold. 28.  
The Disapointment. 29.  
Jacob's Ladder. 30.  
The Hard Bargain. 31.  
The Conflict. 32.  
The Mutual Embrace. 33.  
Dinah Deflowered. 34.  
The Combination. 35.  
Lovesick Tamar. 36.  
The Modest Youth. 37.  
The Interpreter. 38.  
The Famine. 39  
Conscience awake. 40.  
The Unwilling Grant. 41.  
The Kind Midwives. 42.  
The Tender Nurse. 43.  
The Umpire. 44.  
Moses Incognito. 45.  
The Burning Bush. 46.  
The Cruel Taskmaster. 47.  
The Tyrant Plagued. 48.  
The Deliverance. 49.  
Pharaoh Drowned. 50.  
The Repining Israelites 51.  
The Mutineers. 52.  
Amalek Overthrown. 53.  
Moses upon the Mount. 54.  
The Tabernacle. 55.  
The Tables broke. 56.  
The Altar. 57  
The Spies. 58.  
The Remedy. 59  
Balaams' Ass. 60.  
The Prospect. 61.  
The Controversy. 62.  
The Champion. 63.  
The Memorial. 64.  
The Siege. 65.  
The Sacrilege. 66.  
The Solstice. 67.  
The Anakims cut off. 68  
The Requital. 69.  
The Heroine. 70.  
gideon's Present. 71.  
gideon's Signs. 72.  
The Super-numeraties. 73.  
The Stratagem. 74.  
The Discharge. 75.  
Jephthahs' Vow. 76.  
Samsons Valour. 77.  
The Resentment. 78.  
The First Resurrection Type. 79.  
Delilah's Fraud. 80.  
The Levite's Case. 81.  
The Anniversary, or the Surprised Virgins. 82.  
The Dutiful Daughter-in-law. 83.  
The Midnight Blush. 84.  
The Ark taken. 85.  
Dagons' Downfall. 86.  
The Rash Adventure. 87.  
The Humiliation. 88  
Saul Anointed. 89.  
The Panic Fear. 90.  
The After Reckoning. 91.  
The Giant. 92.  
The Triumphant March. 93.  
The Lawful Charm. 94.  
The Matchless Friend. 95.  
The Noble Enemy. 96.  
The Pusillanimous Churl. 97.  
The Safe Counsellor. 98.  
The Forelorn Hope. 99  
The Removal of the Ark. 100  
The Ambassadors Affronted. 101.  
The Amorous Glance. 102.  
The Recantation. 103.  
The Counterfeit. 104.  
The Revenge. 105.  
The Unnatural Son. 106.  
The Sycophant. 107.  
The Impartial Magistrate. 108.  
Solomon's Temple. 109.  
The Dedication. 110.  
The Acknowledgement. 111.  
The Zidonian Goddess. 112.  
The Fatal Countermand. 113.  
The Usurper. 114.  
The Recruit. 115.  
The Fair Trial. 116.  
The Desponding Prophet. 117.  
The Archer. 118.  
The Conditional Legacy. 119.  
The Sad Event. 120.  
The Strict Creditor. 121.  
Gehazi's Cheat. 122.  
The Extremity. 123.  
The Incredulous Lord. 124.  
Pride with a Fall. 125.  
The Ghost. 126.  
The Reformation. 127.  
The Parricides. 128.  
The Faithful Witness. 129.  
The Unanimous Resolve. 130.  
The Captivity. 131.  
The Felo-de-se. 132.  
The Diffident Prince. 133.  
The Safest Course. 134.  
Dagon Aloft. 135.  
The Register. 136.  
The Impolitic Statesman. 137.  
The Black Book open. 138.  
The Contented Wretch. 139.  
The Sweet Singer. 140.  
The Siraphick Dialogue. 141.  
The Commissioner. 142.  
The Warranted Reprover. 143.  
The Prisoner set free. 144.  
The Threat. 145.  
The Mystery, or the Second Resurrection Type. 146.  
The Vain ginger. 147.  
The Fiery Furnace. 148.  
The Stenographer. 149.  
The Confederate Precedents. 150.  
The Transitory Monarches. 151.  
The Adulteress. 152.  
The Calm. 153.  
The Whale, or the Third Resurrection Type. 154.  
The Malcontent. 155.  
The Prediction. 156.  
The Petitioner. 157.  
The Joint Solicitors. 158.  
The Mischance. 159.  
Raphael and Tobias. 160.  
Tobit Comforted. 161.  
The Brave Exploit. 162.  
Susanna and the Elders. 163.  
Bel and the Dragon. 164.  
The Zealous General. 165.  
The Concern at Stake. 166.  
The Oppressor. 167.  
The Competitors. 168.  
Vindicative Justice. 169.  
The Eclipse. 170.  
The Undaunted Matron. 171.  
The Runagate in scarceness. 172.  
The Discomfiture. 173.   


GENESIS.  

CAP. I. Icon I. The CHAOS.  Nullus adhuc mundo praebebat lumina Titan. 

Geneses 1. 3. 6. 9 14.   

OUT of a rude and undigested mass  
The glorious Lamp of Heaven created was:  
No difference at the first 'twixt day and night,  
Until the Almighry said Let there be light:  
So after an Eclipse his beams he darts,  
And rays to the benighted world imparts.    

The CREATION. Icon. 2. Cap. 1.  Nec nova crescendo reparabat cornua Phoebe. 

Genesis. 1.   

Herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree her increase,  
Was that with which God newmade Earth did bless.  
Sun, Moon, and Stars; with Fish, with Fowl and Beasts  
Our Infant world was stocked; but yet no guests;  
Stars unobserved, their constant laws fulfilled,  
The Beasts untamed, and Paradise untilled.    

The PROTOPLAST.  
Sanctius his animal, mentisque capacius altae  
Deerat adhuc, & quod dominari in caetera posset.  
Natus homo est  

  

In Form, and Image, like His Own, the Lord  
Created man, by speaking but the word:  
With face erect, not to mind things below,  
Or whence he came, but whether he must go;  
The Prince, the Empire, and the Title good▪  
Had but the man in Honour understood.    

The SECOND SELF. Icon 4. Cap. 2.  Una eademque manus vulnus opemque tulit. 

G●…. 2. 21.   

Adam has in exchange of's Rib, a Wife,  
The comfort of a solitary life;  
The breach closed up, how should that do amiss,  
Where God the Maker and Repairer is?  
Flesh of his Flesh is Eve, Bone of his Bone,  
So that the couple are not two, but one.    

The SERPENT'S CRAFT. Icon 5. Cap. 3.  
Ipsa quoque immunis, rastroque intacta, nec ullis  
Sancia unlneribus, per se dabat omina tellus.  

Genesis. 3.   

The Serpent, to make our he was a Devil,  
Prompt's Eve to what seemed Good, intending Evil▪  
His charms so strong while he does her entice  
That for an Apple Man lost Paradise:  
'T was well before, since Adam, you dare ear  
The terms are hard, for you and yours must sweat.    

The CURSE. Icon 6. Cap. 3.  
— pudet haec opprobria nobis  
Et dici potuisse, & non potuisse refelli.  

Gen. 3. 17.   

Under a shady bough, with pensive thought,  
Ashamed to show his head, lost adam's brought,  
His guilty hand now hide's his blushing face,  
But cannot hide his crime, or his disgrace:  
'T is sad for one to have been high before;  
And know that he can never be so more.    

The EJECTMENT. Icon 7. Cap. 3.  — itum est in viscera terrae. 

Ge●…sis. 3. 24.   

Turned out of pleasant and delightful Eden,  
For tasting of the fruit that was forbidden,  
He digs into the bowels of the earth,  
And finds his grave whence he received his birth;  
Exile's a just reward for such as they,  
Who when they are exalted, disobey.    

The FRATRICIDE. Icon 8. Cap. 4.  — rara est concordia fratrum. 

G●… 4. 〈◊〉   

When only Cain and Abel brothers were,  
And the whole world had not another pair,  
The firstlings of the flock acceptance gain,  
For which is inoffensive Abel slain;  
Worship by heaven approved made an offence;  
Such early Wars the Church and World commence.    

ABEL Revived in SETH. Icon 9 Cap. 5.  — Uno avulso non deficit alter aureus.— 

Gen. 〈◊〉. 3.   

After an hundred years, and thirty gone,  
On Adam is bestowed another son:  
Our chaste Progenitors were youthful then,  
But now man's age is threescore years and ten:  
Bounty at first the thread of life did spin  
At length, but soon 't was sh●… 〈◊〉 by 〈◊〉    

The TRANSLATION. Icon 10. Cap. 5.  — superas evadere ad auras hic labour, hoc opus est. 

Genesis. 5. 21   

Enoch upright, and righteous in his ways,  
And one that wrought repentance all his days,  
God will not have the common way to die,  
But be translated to Eternity:  
Those who their contemplations fix above,  
May seem to die, but rather do remove.    

NOAH ent'ring the ARK. Icon 11. Cap. 7.  
Illi robur, & aes triplex  
Circa pectus erat, qui fragilem truci  
Commisit pelago ratem.  
 

While crying sins aloud to heaven did call,  
A floaring Inundation sweep's off all;  
But Noah and his Family embark,  
And save themselves from danger in an Ark;  
Eight righteous Souls of all the rest survive,  
When others sink, these keep mankind alive.    

The DELUGE. Icon 12. Cap. 〈◊〉.  
Omnia pontus erant, deerant quoque littora ponto,  
Mirantur sub aqua lucos, urbesque domosque.  

Gen. 7 17   

O how promiscuously the peccant World,  
Townes, Cities, Men, Beasts are together hurled!  
The lofty Oak, that out lives ten men's years,  
Will not serve turn when angry Heaven appears:  
Yet mercy in judgement moves the God of Love  
For tidings by a Raven and a Dove.    

The COVENANT. Icon 13. Cap 9  Quid meruistis Oves? 

Gen●…is 1●…   

The Deluge past the gracious Lord reputes  
That justice should expect such punishments;  
Therefore a Bow i'th' clouds assures, by rain  
The world shall never be destroyed again;  
So willing God his own is to content  
His word a Sign confirms i'th' Firmament;    

NOAH Overtaken. Icon 14. Cap. 9  
——— Quis custodiet ipsum  
Custodem?———  

Genesis 9 21.   

Noah, though perfect found, looks to his vine  
More than hi●…self, and is o'ercome with Wine:  
This was too bad; but thrice accursed he.  
Who his own Father's Nakedness would see;  
Noah s was a surprisal; Ham's offence  
Has put a blot on Nature's Cheek ere since.    

BABEL. Icon 15. Cap. 11.  
Affectasse ferunt regnum coeleste Gygantes,  
Altaque congestos struxisse ad sydera montes.  

Gen. 11. 4.   

The Sons of Men grown insolent again,  
Design to build a Babel, but in vain;  
For while to th' skies they boast the top shall reach  
They a confounding down-fall from it fetch;  
Diversity of Language undermind's,  
Working by wonders, yet they wrought by signs.    

GOD Blessing ABRAM. Icon: 6. Cap. 12:  Dum Spiro, Spero. 

Gene. 12. 4.   

Abram in Exile, ' has a Promise made,  
Of a more glorious Land then that he had;  
The terms obscure indeed, but vouched by heaven  
And Canaan but a type, yet Christ is given:  
He that can steadfast in assurance rest,  
‛ Has what he would enjoy locked in his breast.    

The DISAGREEMENT. Icon 17. Cap. 13.  — Nummi, Vos estis Fratres.— 

Genesis. 13.   

Abram and Lot fall out; (the rich forsake  
Their dearest Friends when Mammon lies at stake;)  
'T was for a spot of Turf they disagreed,  
(Men often covet most, when least they need)  
The promise is renewed, an Altar built,  
Where faithful Abram more assurance felt.    

MELCHIZEDECH'S Blessing. Icon 18. Cap. 14.  — arma tenenti omnia dat qui justa negat. 

Genesis 14. 18.   

In Sidims' Vale four Kings encounter five,  
And the design on with much fury drive:  
Let taken Prisoner, Abram with his Binds  
Of Soldiers, rescues him from cruel Hands:  
Feasted with blessing both from King and Priest  
Melchizedech, after whose orders Christ.    

ABRAHAM entertaining three Angels. Icon 19 Cap. 18.  Arbuteos faetus, montanaque fraga legebant. 

Gene. 18. 8   

Three Angels courteous Abraham entertains  
With old frugality, not sparing pains;  
Calf, Milk, and Butter, then expostulates  
The case on Sodoms side, with strong debates.  
He makes his own terms, ere he makes an end,  
'T was boldly done; but Abraham was God's friend.    

LOT entertaining two Angels. Icon 20. Cap. 19  Triste jaces Lucis, evitandumque bidental. 

Genes: 19 〈◊〉.   

Lot entertains two Angels, and next morn  
Unnatural Sodom and Gomorrah burn,  
As soon as he (in haste) was got to Zoar  
They are calcined that burnt in lust before:  
The Law denouncing sentence let him die  
Hell falls from Heaven to punish Sodomy.    

LOT and his two Daughters. Icon 21. Cap. 19  — quidenim Venus ebria curate? 

Gene. 19 2●…   

Corn, Wine, and Oil, choice gifts; yet Lot's beguiled,  
By whom both of his Daughters prove with Child;  
Out of incestuous loins the Moabites  
Have their extraction, and the Ammonites:  
They tempted at a time when he was not  
As yesterday, the good, old, sober Lot.    

The CAVEAT. Icon 22. Cap. 20.  
Mens aliud suadet, video meliora proboque,  
Deteriora Sequor.  

Genes. 20. 14.   

The Patriarch, in fear, his Wife denies,  
(Though dearer to him, than his very Eyes)  
Abimelech, admonished in a dream,  
With royal gifts returns her back to him,  
But not without a check; nor would he buy  
Pleasures too dear from opportunity.    

HAGAR in Distress. Icon 23. Cap. 21.  
Occubuit mater, mediisque in montibus unum  
Emori●…nte sinu puerum complexa reliquit.  

Genes. 21, 14.   

Hagar in anguish and perplexed condition:  
An Angel comfort's by Divine Commission:  
With Bread and Water Abraham (Oh distress!)  
Give's her the Child, to dwell i' ' the Wilderness,  
Unhappy Pilgrims! to inhabit where  
No Food, or Raiment, but from Wolf or Bear.    

The TUTELAR Angel. Icon 24. Cap. 21  Qui jacet in terra non habet unde cadat 

Gene. 21. 15.   

The Water spent, and no assistance nigh,  
Under a Shrub the helpless Babe doth lie:  
Her tears are all is left, through anguish few,  
With which her pining Cheeks she does bedew:  
Her, at a distance, (loath to see him die)  
An Angel shows a Well for a supplie.    

ABRAHAM'S Trial. Icon 25. Cap. 22.  — sequitur non passibus aequis. 
 

For proof of faith, Isaac, a promised seed,  
By his own Father Abraham's hand must bleed:  
The Wood laid on the Altar, and the Knife  
Stretched out, a Ram saves trembling Isaac's Life,  
Dispute must take no place, if God advise,  
Obedience here does pass for Sacrifice.    

The PROSPEROUS JOURNEY. Icon 26. Cap. 24.  Conjugium, pactaeque expectant tempora taedae. 

Gene. 24. 15.   

Abraham, first having prayed, does soon dispatch  
His Man to bring his Son a proper match;  
All things succeed: Rebecca makes no stay,  
Returned they meet their Lord upon the way:  
Her watering till the Camels all gave o'er  
Was token of the blessing laid in store.    

ABRAHAM'S Death and Burial. Icon 27. Cap. 25.  
Linquenda tellus, & domus, & placens  
Uxor, neque harum quas colis arborum  
Te praeter invisas cupressus,  
Ulla brevem dominum sequetur.  
 

The Father of the faithful aged grown,  
His Race now run, is gathered to his own:  
His Monument prepared, Todged in a Cave  
I'th'Field of Ephron, where is Sarah's Grave:  
Corruption is our Mother, in our urn  
To dust from whence we came, we shall return.    

The BIRTHRIGHT Sold. Icon 28. Cap. 25.  
— Quis te, de ficiente crumena,  
Et orescente gula, manet exitus?  

Gene. 25. 28.   

Esau for that he quick dispatch could make  
Finds Isaac's favour for his Vensons sake:  
But bringing a good Stomach from the Fields  
For a few Pottage he his Birthright yields:  
How wretched he whose thoughts on eating rest,  
And Soul to th' lowest Region is depressed?    

The DISAPPOINTMENT. Icon 29. Cap. 27.  Front capillata est, post est Occasio calva. 
 

Jacob, in subtlety, his Mother dressing  
A Dish of Savory Meat, obtain's the blessing:  
Esau deluded, (or supplanted rather)  
With tears cries out (too late,) bless me too, Father.  
Advice in a disguise in season came;  
He should have sooner looked into his Name.    

JACOB'S Ladder. Icon 30. Cap. 28.  Durum telum necessit as. 

Gene. 28. 12.   

Lo! Jacob in a vision Angels sees,  
Ascending and descending by degrees;  
His Pillow is a Stone, which after stood  
A lasting Monument, his Vow made good.  
He that his speculations ' has aloft,  
Makes all things easy to himself and soft.    

The HARD BARGAIN. Icon 31. Cap. 29.  Dulcius ex ipso fonte bibuntur aquae. 

Gene. 29. 6.   

Jacob, approaching, to a Fountain, meet's  
With Rachel, tak●…s acquaintance, and then greets;  
Asks her to wife, seven years being served before,  
‛ Has Leah given: for Rachel serves seven more;  
Love puts up foul Indignity and wrong,  
To gain its dearest wish seems never long.    

The CONFLICT. Icon 32. Cap. 32.  Cum duo certarent, victor uterque fuit. 

Genesis 〈◊〉. 24.   

Jacob at Peniel Wrestles until day,  
Nor will he let the Angel go away,  
Without a blessing, when he made a vow  
His name was Jacob, but 'tis Israel now:  
That Prayer effectual is, which often tried,  
Delayed, repulsed, yet will not be denied.    

The MUTUAL EMBRACE. Icon 33. Cap. 33  Inimicitiae ne sunto immortales. 

33   

Esau and Jacob, though i'th' womb they strove,  
And fell out afterward, here they love,  
They Meet, Embrace, and Kiss, they kindly Speak,  
And Weep, each hanging on the others neck;  
Revenge is Poor; one end for which we live,  
Is to forget offences, and forgive.    

DINAH Deflowered. Icon 34. Cap. 34.  
— Nulla reparabilis arte  
Laes●… pudicitia est.—  

Gene. 34. 25.   

Dinah defiled by Shechem, Hamors Son,  
Simeon and Levi hearing what was done,  
All Males are put to th' Sword, the City spoiled,  
While in a boundless rage their choler boiled:  
Upon a weak Maid to commit a Rape  
'Tis easy, not so easy to escape.    

The COMBINATION. Icon 35. Cap. 37.  
Nullae illos movere preces, lachrymaeque decor●…;  
Immites acuere animos.  
 

Joseph repeat's his Dream, (from Visions) twice,  
For which his Brethren turn his enemies;  
By all of them he hated was before,  
But that Rehearsal makes them hate him more;  
They spare his life, cast him into a pit,  
And selling him, God's Hand was seen in it.    

Lovesick TAMAR. Icon 36. Cap. 38.  Hei mihi quod nullis amor est medicabilis Herbis. 

Genesis. 3●…. 14.   

Tamar, for Shelah not bestowed upon her,  
Judah, her Husband's Father, brings dishonour:  
Reward consent procures, and to oblige  
A Signet, Staff, and Bracelets are the Pledge.  
Her Doom from him is Let the Harlot Burn,  
But altered, when he knew she had served his turn.    

The MODEST YOUTH. Icon 37. Cap. 39  
— Hic murus aheneus esto  
Nil conscire sibi, nulla pallescere culpa.  

Genesis. 39 12.   

Joseph, his Ladies fond Amours opposed,  
By her falls charge in a deep Dungeon closed,  
As once her Love, so now her hate can brave,  
He free in Chains, she her own Passions Slave:  
Delights are Momentary, Pleasures cloy;  
'Tis braver to abstain than to enjoy.    

The INTERPRETER. Icon 38. Cap. 41.  
Non sunt two aut scientia aut arte Divini,  
Sed superstitiosi vates, impudentesque arioli.  

G●…ne. 41. 14.   

Pharaoh once and again disturbed in Visions,  
Tells Joseph what had puzzled his Magicians;  
The Dreams explained, a Famine's understood,  
To his Advancement, and the public good:  
He that could the Decrees of Heaven make known,  
Deserved his being next an Earthly Throne.    

The FAMINE. Icon 39 Cap. 42.  Fraus honesta, 
 

'T is come, and Jacob sends his Sons to buy  
In Egypt Corn, each one is called a spy,  
And into Prison cast, but Simeons' doom  
Being to stay, the rest go laden home:  
When provocations a Rich mind infest  
Love knows not to dissemble, but in jest.    

CONSCIENCE Awake. Icon 40. Cap. 42.  
— quos diri conscia facti  
Mens habet attonitos, & surdo verbere coedit  
Occultum quatiente animo tortore flagellum.  

Genesis. 42. 6.   

Joseph, Lord Governor all round about,  
His Brethren crouch unto; (his Dreams are out)  
Conscience let loose on ancient guilt reflects,  
And vengeance, by delay improved, expects;  
Vicissitude on humane things attends  
But honour scorns advantage upon Friends.    

The UNWILLING GRANT. Icon 41. Cap. 34.  
Nunc gremio Ascanium genitoris imagine captus  
Detinet—  
 

With much reluctancy, and grief of Heart  
Jacob consents with's youngest Child to part:  
Joseph the feasted strangers welcome makes,  
Where Benjamin a five fold Mess partakes.  
When Providence is at the Helm to steer  
Nor Passenger nor Mariner should fear.     

EXODUS.  

The KIND MIDWIVES. Icon 42. Cap. 1.  Mersus profundo pulchrior evenit. 

  

TThe Isralites the more they are oppressed,  
Even to a wonder, are the more enoreast:  
So fragrant Herbs when trodden under foot  
The higher grow, and take the deeper root:  
Those Infants which the rapid brook should have  
The Midwives, fearing God, from mischief save.    

The TENDER NURSE. Icon 43. Cap. 2.  
— digit is a morte remotus  
Quatuor—  
 

Moses is born; the Tyrant Pharaoh's curse  
Intended fails; his Daughter proves the Nurse:  
A few slight flags preserve him safe and sound,  
A man of God had otherways been drowned:  
All Children prove not like their Parents, bad,  
Though he no bowels, yet his Daughter had.    

The UMPIRE. Icon 44. Cap. 2.  Non nobis solum nati, sed partim patriae. 

Exodus 2. 11.   

Grown up, he sees a Lord assault his slave,  
Smites the Egyptian, does the Hebrew save;  
Yet his dull Country could not from this sign,  
The fate of Egypt, nor their own Divine:  
The secrets of Gods will are seldom seen  
To any but who have Gods servants been.    

MOSES Incognito. Icon 45. Cap. 2.  Bene qui latuit, bene vixit, 

Exodus. 2. 17.   

Moses escaped from Pharaohs high disdain,  
Unto a Priest and Prince of Midian,  
By faith and gentle Arts his Daughter won,  
And in his Pilgrimage obtained a Son;  
'T is wisdom to retire when dangers nigh,  
And good success attends sincerity.    

The BURNING BUSH. Icon 46. Cap. 3.  
Ite meae quondam faelix pecus, ite capellae,  
Non ego vos post-hac viridi projectus in antro  
Dumosa pendere procul de rupe videbo.  
 

To Moses, keeping Jethroes flock appeared  
A burning Bush, and thence a voice was heard;  
To Egypt's Tyrant in Jehovah's Name  
Hast, and his Hebrew Slaves my Freemen Claim:  
When Heaven insists upon't and Earth denies,  
The Down-fall must be great, if God arise.    

The CRUEL TASKMASTER. Icon 47. Cap. 5.  Hoc volo, sic jubeo, stat pro ratione voluntas. 

Exodus 5 〈◊〉 7   

Pharaoh grows angry at the message Moses  
And Aaron bring; he harder tasks imposes;  
Brick must be made, (to keep them more in awe,)  
And yet the Insidel denies them Straw;  
Will above reason when it most intends  
An others, in its own Destruction ends.    

The TYRANT Plagued, Icon 48. 〈◊〉 8.  Naturam expellas furcalicet, usque recurret. 

Exodus. 8.   

The Nile flow's Blood, Vermin, and Infects swarm;  
Beasts and Men rot; Heaven does the Meteors Arm;  
The ninth Plague boundless Night brought, & removed,  
Yet Pharaoh more in Stubborness improved:  
When Hearts are once grown Adamantine hard,  
They neither do themselves, nor God regard.    

The DELIVERANCE. Icon 49. Cap. 12.  — Peragit violenta potestas quod tranquilla nequit. 

Exodus. 12.   

The Passover, the First born slain, at last  
The Bondmen are dispatched away in haste:  
After Four Hundred Years and Thirty, they  
Are all brought out, on a most noted day;  
Deliverance from oppression with control  
Makes a new Man, and giveth another Soul.    

PHARAOH Drowned. Icon 50. Cap. 14.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 
 

See how the Raging and Tempestuous Waves  
Obedience pay, while God his chosen saves!  
At holding up a Rod the Waves divide,  
Strong as a Wall of Brass on either side:  
But Pharaohs Chariots and his Horsemen find  
It had been safer to have stayed behind.    

The REPINING ISRAELITES. Icon 51. Cap. 16.  — Ingratos ante omnia pone sodales. 

Exod. 16, 4.   

The great Salvation wrought, anon instead  
Of Thanks, Complaints are made for Flesh and Bread;  
Manna and Quails are plentifully sent,  
The most ungrateful Rebels to content:  
Such insolence for vengeance calls with wings,  
Quick judgement, and a swift Destruction brings.    

The MUTINEERS. Icon 52. Cap. 17.  Dicubis non aqua fit, si petra sicca dabit. 

Exod. 17. 〈◊〉.   

Into a Wilderness the People brought,  
Their next complaint is they shall die for drought.  
They threaten their Meek Ruler, till he smites  
A Rock, whence Water flows to th' Israelites:  
Strange Miracle! strange if the Multitude  
Requite not favours by appearing Rude.    

AMALEK Overthrown. Icon 53. Cap. 17.  — Quis sua praelia victus commemorare velit? 
 

After Refreshment an Alarm comes,  
The shriller Trumpets noise exceeds the Drums;  
While Holy Hands are up, God's cause prevails,  
But Amalek's when down, (Prayer never fails)  
He that in earnest Supplication pleads  
Less seen, does more than who an Army leads.    

MOSES upon the Mount. Icon 54. Cap. 19  Nitimur in vetitum. 

●…9. 3.   

Mount Sinai in a flame, while all admire,  
The People are forbid to venture higher:  
They promise due obedience, none go up  
But consecrated Moses to the top:  
God's presence may all reverence well require,  
Who in his wrath, is a Consuming Fire.    

The TABERNACLE. Icon 55. Cap. 25.  Decenter & in ordine fiant omnia. 

Exodus 25.   

The Heavenly Tent, by Gods own purpose pitched  
With Types and Sacraments must be enriched:  
Ark, Mercy Seat, High Priest, and sp●…inkling Blood,  
(By penitent believers understood)  
If a Decorum due was to the Law,  
Who dares from Gospel Decency withdraw;    

The table'S Broken. Icon 56. Cap. 32.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 
 

The head strong Rabble giving ill advice  
To Aaron, get a Calf to Idolise;  
A golden Calf; Moses in great disdain  
The Tables breaks; the Idolaters are slain:  
So to be angry, so to show a zeal,  
Was not to do a miss, but to do well.     

LEVITICUS.  

The ALTAR. Icon 57 Cap. 1.  Ut cognoscerent per quae peccant per eadem puniri ipsos. 

  

ABihu, joined with Nadah, both conspire  
To offer unto God unlawful Fire:  
The high Priests Sons found guilty make it worse,  
Their bold attempt called for a speedy curse:  
How suitable the punishment and Sin!  
They die by Fire, which their Offence had been.     

NUMBERS.  

The SPIES. Icon 58. Cap. 13.  
Non si male nunc & olim  
Sic erit.—  
 

MOses sends Messengers to understand  
The excellency of the promised Land:  
Clusters of Grapes denote a Land desired  
By faith, with utmost Wars to be acquired.  
Patience with perseverance wins the day,  
'T is good to gain at last, though with delay.    

The REMEDY. Icon 59 Cap. 24.  — Latet anguis in herba 

Num. 21. 6.   

The Rout still mutinous, for their hissing Tongue  
By winged Serpents Fiery Lances stung  
Chastised by Scorpions, look in ardent grief  
Up to the Brazen Serpent for relief;  
To murmur and repine is to increase  
Perturbance of the mind, not purchase Peace.    

BALAAM'S ASS. Icon 60. Cap. 22.  
Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se  
Crimen habet, quanto major quipeccat habetur.  
 

King Balak plots Destruction to the Host  
Of Israel, but his designs are crossed:  
The dumb Ass speaking with Man's voice forbade  
The purposes that he with Balaam had:  
To Sacrifice and make the Altar smoke  
For ill, was not to offer, but provoke.     

DEUTERONOMIE.  

The PROSPECT. Icon 61. Cap. 34.  — Non est mortale quod opto. 
 

MOses, from Pisgah, views the Land below  
Of promise, into which he must not go:  
He dies; the Mourning lasts out thirty days,  
Succeeding ages celebrate his praise;  
The Memory of the Righteous cannot die,  
Till time itself end in Eternity.    

The CONTROVERSY. Icon 62. Cap. 17.  — Coelo tegitur qui non habet Urnam. 
 

The Israelites for Moses make great moan,  
But where his Sepulchre is, as yet unknown;  
The Devil and Michael are at hard contest  
About his Body, while his Soul's at rest.  
Upright and virtuous need no Tombs erect,  
Their Monuments are the Hearts of the Elect.     

JOSHUA.  

The CHAMPION, Icon 63. Cap. 3.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 

jas. 3. 2.   

FRom Circumcision fresh, with Sword in hand,  
Joshua dares bid an Armed Angel stand:  
Jehovah is a Buckler and a Shield,  
To animate his Volunteers i'th' Field.  
He that God's battles fights receives his pay  
Before hand, and is sure to gain the day.    

The MEMORIAL. Icon 64. Cap. 4.  Secuit aquas, & traduxit eos. 

josua 4. 1.   

The Brook divided, out of each Tribe one  
For a Remembrance is to fix a stone  
Where the Priests feet stood, to remain a mark,  
While Forty Thousand wait upon the Ark;  
Wonders exceeding reason, puzzling sense,  
Memorials well deserve in their defence.    

The SIEGE. Icon 65. Cap. 6.  Maxima pendent a minimis.— 

Iosu. 6. 6   

Jericho shuts up her Gates, till at the sound  
Of Rams-horm all the Walls fall to the ground:  
Such means the High and Mighty one will use  
His naughty adversaries to amuse;  
Where City and Builders most accursed were,  
Rahah the Harlot God is pleased to spare.    

The SACRILEGE. Icon 66. Cap. 7.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 

jasua ●…t 8.   

A pitched Field, Israel meets with a disgrace,  
Cast lot's the cause on wretched Achan place:  
'T was not so much the Talents, or the Wedge,  
Or Garments stoned him, as the Sacrilege:  
The public Curse of private avarice  
A Nation shakes, and ruins Families.    

The SOLSTICE. Icon 67. Cap. 10.  Sol tibi signa dabit 
 

A mighty work in hand, the Moon and Sun  
Stand still at Joshua's word, till it is done:  
Great Hailstones witness where Five Kings are caught  
And Hanged, with Twelve more to Perdition brought:  
Let Potentates to fear and tremble learn,  
When God and Nature join in One concern.    

The ANAKIMS Cut off. Icon 68, Cap. 11.  Defendit numerus, junctaeque umbone phalanges. 

josua 11. 〈◊〉.   

More Kings discomfited, the Ammonites  
Assist the Hittites and the Jebusites:  
Those from the Mountains and the Valleys fight  
And with the Anakims are put flight.  
Such as draw back when God's cause lies at stake.  
Do their own mercy, with the truth forsake.     

JUDGES.  

The REQVITAL. Icon 69. Cap. 1.  Quod tibi fieri non vis, alteri ne feceris. 

Iud●…. 4.   

Under whose Table Seventy Kings, their Thumbs  
And great Toes Chizzeled off, did gather Crumms;  
Adonibezek taken may subjoin,  
How justly am I paid in mine own Coin?  
Astrea's equal balance even stands,  
Justice ' has Leaden feet, but Iron hands.    

The HEROINE. Icon 70. Cap. 4.  Raro haec faeminea vidimus acta manu. 
 

Faint Sisera betakes himself to sleep,  
The Captain weary, 'tis profound and deep;  
Jael, her sex excelling, strikes him dead,  
His Temples nailed, not laid in Honour's Bed;  
Women are Tender, yet where they mislike  
The avenging blow falls Heavy, when they strike,    

GIDEON'S PRESENT. Icon 71. Cap. 6.  Saepe prement Deo, fert Deus alter opem. 

●…die: 6. 〈◊〉.   

The Israelites oppressed under Midian,  
An Angel to deliver them send's Gideon:  
His gift touched by him, as the Flame did rise,  
Was of a present made a Sacrifice:  
To evidence that from Heaven the orders came,  
The Witness is a Spirit and a Flame.    

GIDEON'S SIGNS. Icon 72. Cap. 6.  Abundans cautela non nocet. 
 

An Angel unto Gideon makes it known  
What Gods intention was to save his own:  
Who, to confirm the matter to the full,  
Asks, and has two signs in one fleece of Wool.  
One Token from above might him amaze,  
Reduplicated, ' 'twas Transcendent grace.    

The SUPERNUMERARIES Icon73. Cap. 7.  Satis est unus, satis est nullus. 

jud. 7. 2.   

From Thirty and Two Thousand he's advised  
To have his mighty Army modelized  
Into Three Hundred; he obeys, who knew  
God saves alike by many, or by few:  
To put in Arm's of Flesh our Confidence  
Is to neglect and slight Omnipotence,    

The STRATAGEM. Icon 74. Cap. 7.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 

  

God having purposed Midian to subdue,  
With Amalek and the confedera●…e crew,  
A stratagem of Pitchers, Trumpets, Lamps  
Takes off their Manhood, and their Valour damp's.  
Hope blasted, fear, despondency, with rage,  
Wait upon such as without God engage.    

The DISCHARGE. Icon 75. Cap. 9  — Poteris tutior esse domi. 

  

Abimelech by a conspiracy  
And Murder seats himself in Majesty:  
A piece of Millstone, by a Woman's hand,  
Discharges him from Courtship and command.  
How weak are earthly Monarches, and how frail,  
Against whom Woman can, and Chance prevail 〈◊〉    

JEPTHAH'S VOW. Icon 76. Cap. 11.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 
 

When as the Ammonites were all subdued  
Jephthah speaks his intended Gratitude:  
That Vow upon him was a sacred Tie,  
His Daughter comes out first, she first must Dic.  
Words cannot be recalled, and vows once made  
Inviolable are, and must be paid.    

SAMSON'S VALOUR. Icon 77. Cap. 11.  
— Tot sunt in amore dolores,  
Que patimur multo spicula felle madent.  

judic: 14. 5.   

Samson in strength and vigour, his designs  
Are for a Wife amongst the Philistines;  
In's journey a Lion by the Throat he shakes,  
Soon as returned, his Wife another takes.  
To match amongst God's enemies and theirs  
Showed Samson's weakness greater far than hers.    

The RESENTMENT. Icon 78. Cap. 15.  Virtus repulsae nescia sordidae. 

judic: 15. 15.   

Affronted thus, he is resolved to Burn,  
By Firebrands tied to Fox's tails, their Corn;  
For Father Burnt, and Wife, it comes to pass  
A Thousand fall by th' Jawbone of an Ass.  
Those that provoke a Giant should bespeak  
Their Graves, or else confess themselves too weak    

The RESURRECTION TYPE. Icon 79. Cap. 16.  Respice quid valeant humeri, quoth far recusent. 
 

Barred gates of Gaza by the break of day  
The Gyantean Ruler bears away:  
Hired Delilah thrice her subtle charms repeats  
To find his strength, thrice he her Arts defeats.  
Importunate Solicitations force,  
And that extort which often proves a Curse.    

DELILAH'S FRAUD. Icon 80. Cap. 16.  Intolerabilius nihil est quam blandula pellex. 
 

At last, laid in her Lap, they slight and scorn  
The Man of might, lulled fast a sleep and Shorn:  
Drawn in by cunning slights and treacheries  
He pulls the House upon his Foes, and dies.  
Unhappy Samson! thou before waste Blind,  
Or hadst not put thy God out of thy Mind.    

The LEVIT'S CASE. Icon 81. Cap. 20.  Hic amor est odio majus scelus.— 
 

A Levite and his Wife for God's House bound,  
Having in Gibeah scarce a Lodging found,  
Straight the Lascivious crew (not without strife  
For both) to Vile Lust sacrifice her life.  
All laws of Nations and of Nature fail  
When Anarchy in Israel does prevail.    

The ANNIVERSARY, Or the Surprised Virgins. Icon 82. Cap. 21.  Vivitur ex rapto.— 

judic: 21. 16.   

The Benjamites; except Six Hundred slain,  
(A grief the rest ill knew how to sustain;)  
To such as did survive, and had no Wives  
Direction a supply from Shiloh gives.  
When men for their transgressions quit their hold,  
They must do as they may, not as they would.     

RUTH.  

The DUTIFUL Daughter-in-law Icon 83. Cap. 2.  
Vivitur parvo bene cui paternum  
Splendet in mensa tenui salinum.  
 

RUth, finding favour, Gleans in Boaz's Fields,  
Beats out of Barley what an Ephah yields;  
Parched Corn and Morsels steeped in Vinegar  
With our Forefathers was esteemed good Cheer.  
'Tis dull to glut when life is but a Span,  
A frugal Table feasts the Inward Man.    

The MIDNIGHT BLUSH. Icon 84. Cap. 3.  — Simplicitas digna favore fuit. 

Ruth. 3. 6.   

With Boaz Ruth claiming Kinswomans' right  
Lays herself humbly at his feet all night;  
Such Modesty and Chastity in both  
They well might after take each others troth.  
Those that are Innocent and Pure in Heart  
Even when they are together dwell apart.     

I. SAMUEL.  

The ARK TAKEN. Icon 85. Cap. 4.  Qui non vetat peccare, cum potest, jubet. 

1. Sam: 4. 12.   

IN one day Eli's impious Sons are Killed,  
(The man of God's words now are all fulfilled,)  
To hear the Ark was taken makes him break  
In a desponding Syncope his Neck.  
Reproof for grand faults in a gentle strain,  
Is to bid Children do the same again.    

DAGON'S DOWN-FALL. Icon 86. Cap. 5.  Adorate eum omnes Dii. 

  

The Philistines the Ark of God have got,  
Into the House of Dagon it is put:  
That dumb, deaf idol, they so much adore  
He Cringes first, than Sprawls upon the Floor.  
He that shall worship that which Hands have made  
Does forfeit reason, and himself degrade.    

The RASH ADVENTURE. Icon 87. Cap. 6.  
— Audax omnia perpeti  
Gens humana ruit per vetitum nefas,  
Audax Japeti genus.  

1. Sam: 6. 1.   

Smitten with emrod's, they resolve to bring  
The Ark back, with a Trespass Offering:  
Those that into it look without respect  
To what it was, sustain the sad effect.  
Things Sacred are not for the Vulgar sort  
Who when they are at best, take all in sport.    

The HUMILIATION. Icon 88 Cap. 7.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 

1. Sam: 7. 9   

Abinadab the Ark (commanded) takes,  
The Congregation their Confession makes,  
By Prayer and Supplication; Samuel wins  
A victory against the Philistines.  
The way to be successful in the Field  
Is upon God and his support to Build.    

SAUL ANOINTED. Icon 89. Cap. 10.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 
 

The Prophet Samuel here Anointeth Saul,  
(A goodly Person for his shape, and tall)  
To prove that God's decrees are constant still  
Sign upon Sign confirm his sacred will.  
When for a lasting Throne God sets apart  
He looks not to the Stature, but the Heart.    

The PANIC FEAR. Icon 90. Cap. 14.  — Motae ad lunam trepidabis Arundinis umbram. 

1. Sam: 14. 1.   

Jonathan, unknown to his Royal Father smites  
The Philistines, and resolutely fights;  
A sudden Consternation does them seize,  
And they against themselves turn enemies.  
Infatuation will possess the Brain  
Of Reprobates, and scatter all their Train.    

The AFTER Reckoning. Icon 91. Cap. 15.  Quod differtur non aufertur. 

1. Sam: 15. 33.   

Amalek, long since devoted, now must fall  
For their Old Grude, under the hand of Saul:  
His sparing Agag, kept him but in store  
Till the Decision of that day was o'er.  
Pride and Presumption are unlucky Signs,  
Fortune, like Glass, cracks soon when she Shines.    

The GIANT. Icon 92. Cap. 17.  
Monstrum horrendum, inform, ingens, cui lumen ademptum  
Projicit ampullas, & sesqui pedalia Verba.  

1. Sam: 〈◊〉. 〈◊〉.   

The huge, Portentous, Domineering Gathist  
Out-dareing Heaven and prating like an●… Atheist,  
The stripling David with a Stone and Sling  
Knocks down, and brings his Head to Saul the King.  
The resolute Christian when the cause is Gods  
Sets out with Courage, and falls on with Odds,    

The TRIUMPHANT March. Icon 93. Cap. 18.  Dicite Jo Paean, & Jo ter dicite Paean. 
 

The Champion of the Philistines now dead,  
They bear away his mighty Sword and Head;  
All kinds of Music play, while Virgins fair  
Trip it, and with their voices split the Air.  
Weapons of War though in a Giant's Arm  
May Terrify the Truth, but never Harm.    

The LAWFUL CHARM. Icon 94. Cap. 19  Musica scit lenire Tigers, rabidosque Leones. 

1. Sam: 19 Vers. 9 12   

While Music Savi with Emulation strikes,  
In Anthem's David's praised, which saul mislikes;  
Expecting one day by his hand to fall,  
The Javelin cast at him, it stuck i'th' Wall.  
Suspicion of a Rival gnaws, and frets,  
And Rage's unlimited with Disdain begets.    

The MATCHLESS Friend. Icon 95. Cap. 20.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 

1 Sam. 20. 35.   

David and Jonathan sworn bosom Friends,  
The Son reveals the Father's bloody ends;  
An Arrow sent from Jonathan's true Bow  
David directs, when Anxious, what to do.  
A Friend exceeds a Brother; David must  
Trust him, who his own Father could not trust.    

The PUSILLANIMOUS Churl. Icon 96. Cap. 25.  Nullum numen abest si fit prudentia. 

1 Sam. 25. 14.   

David, put to it hard, begs a recruit;  
Nabal returns a Clownish answer to't:  
Abigael in her Wisdom peace acquires,  
All known, within Ten days the Churl expires.  
Wisdom Reigns over all, and will be seen;  
'T was that alone made Abigael a Queen.    

The NOBLE ENEMY. Icon 97. Cap. 26.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 
 

Saul in pursuit of David, with express  
Commands to Murder him i'th' Wilderness  
He at his Mercy has; but Heaven appointed  
He should not die, with touch not mine Anointed.  
So generous Lions spare the prostrate Wretch,  
If with his Belly to the Ground he stretch.    

The SAFE COUNSELLOR. Icon 98. Cap. 30.  Unde, nisi a te, Domine? 

1 Sam. 30. 17.   

David (as he was wont) consults the Lord,  
If he should put the Amalekites to Sword  
For spoiling Ziklag; God gives him his charge,  
And he the Foes, his borders to enlarge.  
When Military men advice want most  
Who can direct them like the Lord of Host?    

The FORLORN HOPE. Icon 99 Cap. 31.  Unasalus victis nullamsperare salutem. 

1 Sam. 31. 4.   

Saul and his Armour-bearer when they saw  
Themselves past hope upon Mount Gilboa,  
Fall on their Swords, where Jonathan and two  
More Sons of Saul's bid all the World adieu.  
Ah Jonathan the Kind! now thou art gone  
David is half dead too, and left alone.     

II. SAMUEL.  

The REMOVAL of the AR●…. Icon 100 Cap. 6.  Quam facilis rigidi cuivis censura cachinni? 

2 Sam. 6. 〈◊〉   

UZza for touching of the Ark which shook,  
Is smitten in the place where hold he took;  
Temerity where God's presence still attends  
No wonder if in Punishment it ends.  
Michal for Scoffs when David danced his best,  
Her Curse a Barren Womb is, and dry Breast.    

The ●…MBASSADORS Affronted. Icon 101. Cap. 10.  Ius legationis sacrum. 

2 Sam. 10. 7.   

The Messengers of David used with spite  
Occasions War against the Ammonite,  
With whom the Syrians taking part the fight  
Is lost to them, and God maintains his right.  
●…mbassadors affronted leagues disown,  
The public shared disgrace in what was done.    

The AMOROUS Glance. Icon 102. Cap. 11.  Ex aspectu nascitur amor. 

2 Sam. 11. 4.   

David at Ease, upon a quick surprise  
Rendering his heart to his ill-guarded eyes,  
Hides sin with sin, Oh! where can Pride have place  
If so much Frailty dwell with so much Grace?  
Where Chronicles blazen his renown & praise,  
The matter of Uriah nip's the bay's.    

The RECANTATION. Icon 103. Cap. 12.  — Haeret lateri lethalis arundo. 
 

In words obscure and figurative Speech  
Nathan does David of his Sin impeach;  
He hides it not, but on his Knees reputes  
And in true penitential tears relents.  
What aggravated when the Message came,  
Was that he took the poor man's only Lamb.    

The COUNTERFEIT. Icon 104. Cap. 13.  Quandoquidem accepto claudenda est janua damno. 

2 Sam. 13. 1.   

Amnon in love with Tamar, calls for Meat,  
(Pretending Sickness) from her hand to eat;  
He feeds not, but enjoys his Brutish Lust,  
The heat allayed, she out of Doors is thrust.  
Inordinate affections when they Burn  
End in the snuffs of Hatred, Shame, and scorn.    

The REVENGE. Icon 105. Cap. 13  
— Minuti  
Semper & infirmi est animi, exiguique voluptas  
Ultio.—  

2 Sam. 13. ●…3.   

Absalon, understanding Tamar's case,  
Resolves Revenge; appoints the time, and place;  
At a Sheep-sheering, (all the Brothers met,)  
Amnon is slain, to take off the regret.  
Sense of an injured sister inward reaks,  
Till out like Thunder from a cloud it breaks.    

The UNNATURAL SON. Icon 106. Cap. 18.  Simulata sanctitas duplex iniquitas. 

2 Sam. 18. 9   

The Rebel Son against his Prince and Father,  
First pays his vow, then up his Tropps does gather:  
Hanged betwixt Heaven and Earth, the Traitor's Heart  
Is penetrated there by Joab's Dart.  
Rebellion, and against a Parent wrought,  
Is that which leaves an Everlasting blot.    

The SYCOPHANT. Icon 107. Cap. 20.  Tuta frequensque via est per amici fallere nomen. 

2 Sam. 20. 1●….   

Joab intending Amasa to kill  
By flattery and deceit obtains his will;  
Dissimulation may effect foul ends,  
But Barbaous they that use it to their Friends.  
Turbulent Sheba aside by Faction led  
Raises the Siege, but with the loss of's Head.     

I. KINGS.  

The IMPARTIAL MAGISTRATE Icon 108. Cap. 3.  — Sub judice lis est. 

1 R●…g. 3. 16.   

TWo Harlots, being newly brought to Bed,  
Strive for a living Child, and slight the dead:  
By Solomon then the matter is decided  
Against her who would see the quick divided.  
Good Omen 't was that he was hence Renowned,  
And this the Second time the King was Crowned.    

SOLOMON'S TEMPLE. Icon 109. Cap. 67.  Materiam superabat opus. 

1 Reg. 6. ●…7.   

Though God dwell not in Temples that are made  
With hands, but Mansions that can never fade,  
'Tis fit that Structure be of Noble Fashion  
In which with fear we work out our Salvation.  
No Architecture can augment God's worth,  
Yet gratitude suggests to set it forth.    

The DEDICATION. Icon 110. Cap. 8.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 
 

King Solomon at his Temple's Dedication  
Begins with solemn Prayer and Adoration:  
Peace Offerings and Burnt Sacrifices follow,  
To feast the People, and the House to hollow,  
He that himself to seek his Maker sets  
All other things into the bargain gets.    

The ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Icon 111. Cap. 10.  Non equidem invideo, miror magis. 

1. Reg. 10. 1   

The wisest King that ever Sceptre swayed,  
Has from the Queen of Sheba homage paid,  
Owning by Fame that She was to him sent,  
But entertained to Her Astonishment.  
That King whom the Almighty has inspired,  
Is justly far and near to be admired.    

The ZIDONIAN GODDESS. Icon 112. Cap. 11.  
Non bene conveniunt, nec in una sede morantur  
Majestas & amor.—  

1 Reg. 11.1.   

Mounted on high, and Wisdom at Her feet,  
See Astoreth, the Zidonian Goddess set:  
So many Wives and Concubines had got,  
And kept that Heart which longer God had not.  
How slight and vain a thing is Flesh and Blood!  
When left unto itself, expect no good.    

The FATAL COUNTERMAND. Icon 113. Cap. 13.  Perditio tua ex Te. 

  

A Prophet God with strict injunctions sends,  
A Brother Prophet countermands pretends:  
The ill-obedient proves a Lion's prey,  
Let no Authority known truth outweigh.  
No Consultation stands against the Lord,  
The safest Rule is to believe His word.    

The USURPER. Icon 114. Cap. 16.  Servis regna dabunt, captivis fata triumphos. 

  

Elah Carousing to excess, is slain  
By his own servant Zimri; Zimris Reign  
Omri cuts short; King Ahab him succeeds  
As well in Empire as ungodly Deeds.  
Succession placed in an illegal Line  
Withers, and shrinks like fruit without a Rind.    

The RECRUIT. Icon 115. Cap. 17.  Quas dederis solas semper habebis opes 
 

Starved Ravens (Birds of prey) if God think good,  
Shall for Elijah purvey daily Food:  
The Widow who had little Oil before,  
By giving that away, has endless store.  
The just can live by Faith, when Victual fails  
The unlooked for Ship returns with swelling Sails.    

The FAIR TRIAL. Icon 116. Cap. 18.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 

1 R●…. 18. 3●….   

The numerous Priests of Baal implore his aid,  
Whether he be a God the Trial's made;  
They Cut, and Lance, they cry, and call amain,  
God is but One and their Mock-god is vain.  
What pitty'tis a Deity of note  
Should have no mercy on his Priests sore Throat?    

The DESPONDING PROPHET. Icon 117. Cap. 19  Causa jubet melior superos sperare secundos. 

  

Elijah laid under afflictions Rod,  
Gaused by proud Jezebel, has help from God:  
An Angel bids him hold his Resolution,  
And bear up manful under Persecution.  
The Cruel and Malicious take no rest,  
An angry Woman is an Hornets nest.    

The ARCHER. Icon 118. Cap. 22.  Quem saepe transit casus aliquando invenit. 

1 Reg. 22. 29.   

Ahab, as Graceless as his Wife, both foes  
To good Elijah, into Battle goes;  
He that in others Blood took such delight  
Has Dogs lick up his own, in open sight.  
The Shaft successful proved and Justice hit  
The Mark, but one above directed it.     

II. KINGS.  

The CONDITIONAL LEGACY Icon 119. Cap. 2.  
Aureus axis erat, temo aureus, aurea summae  
Curuatura rotae.  
 

ELijah with his Mantle does divide  
Jordan, and in a Fiery Chariot ride;  
At parting he his Spirit doth bequeath  
Unto Elisha while he stays beneath.  
What cursed Simon Magus would have bought  
Is here a Free gift, and Entailed for nought.    

The SAD EVENT. Icon 120. Cap. 2.  
— Dociles imitandis  
Turpibus & pravis omnes sumus.—  

〈◊〉 Reg. 2. 23.   

Elisha indefatigable grown  
In serving of his God, and him alone,  
The Children mock; go Bald-head up, up, go,  
('T was all they said) Two Bears kill Forty Two,  
Do not my Prophet's harm was a command  
Illbred ●…dolaters could ill-understand.    

The STRICT CREDITOR. Icon 121, Cap. 4.  — Compressae copia Olivae. 

2 Reg. 4. 1.   

A pious Prophet's Widow left in Debt,  
When her Two Sons the Creditor did Threat,  
Implores Elisha; Her store of Oil one Cruse  
She into borrowed Vessels must infuse.  
Reliance upon Providence sustains  
And Satisfaction with Advantage gains.    

GEHAZI's CHEAT. Icon 122. Cap. 5.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 

2 Reg. 5. 10.   

Elisha when by Naaman asked to Cure  
His Leprosy (as loath to live impure)  
'Tis granted Gratis; but Gehazi's Lie  
And Filching gives himself that Leprosy.  
How just a Punishennt! the Hand now sore  
Had not been so, but that it Itched before.    

The EXTREMITY. Icon 123. Cap. 6.  Carmina secessum scribentis, & otia quaerunt. 

2 Reg. 6. 18.   

To enlarge the Prophet's Schools a wonder's wrought  
And Iron swims, (which Nature never taught)  
Samaria for her sins in such a straight  
Women are their own Children found to eat.  
Philosophy must herein acquiess,  
And herself to a Nonplus put, confess.    

The INCREDULOUS LORD. Icon 124. Cap. 7.  
— Buccae  
Noscenda est mensura tuae.—  

2 Reg. 7. 17.   

Into their Host Four Lepers at twilight  
Escaping bring news of the Assyrians flight:  
Plenty proclaimed, a Lord cries God can't do't,  
He finds it true, when trodden Underfoot.  
Not to believe when Heaven sends an express  
Is not distrust, but a Fool-hardiness.    

PRIDE with a FALL. Icon 125. Cap. 9  
Nil non permittit mulier sibi, turpe putat nil  
Cum virides gemmas collo cicumdedit.  
 

Gay Jezebel with an Embellished Face,  
Opens the Casement, with intent to gaze:  
Had Zimri peace, quoth she, who slew his Master?  
Headlong to the devouring Dogs they cast her.  
Naboth was Murdered, she made Ahab strike  
Blood answers Blood, and both are served alike.    

The GHOST. Icon 126. Cap. 13.  Mors ubinam si non invenienda rogo? 
 

The Moabites invading of the Land,  
A dead man is observed upright to stand;  
This was a Marvel, but yet not so much  
If we consider what the Corpse did touch.  
The Righteous end not when they die, but have  
An Efficatious power even in the Grave.    

The REFORMATION. Icon 127. Cap. 18.  Omnium rerum vicissitudo. 

〈◊〉 18. 4.   

Good Hezekiah, second unto none  
Came after, or before him that had gone,  
Roots out Idolatry, removes high places,  
Cuts down the Groves, and Images defaces.  
Idolaters their worship first begun  
In Groves, because ashamed to see the Sun.    

The PARRICIDES. Icon 128. Cap. 19  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 

  

Thousands and Thousands of Assyrian might  
Are by an Angel Cut off in one night;  
S●…nacherib at false worship gets his death  
From his own Sons, to whom he gave their breath.  
Unthought of Execution follows those  
That trust in Graven Images repose.    

The FAITHFUL WITNESs. Icon 129. Cap. 20.  
— solemn quis dicere falsum,  
Audeat?—  
 

Kings are but mortal; Hezekiah lies  
Upon his Deathbed, and to Heaven he cries  
For longer life; the Sun is to attest  
God cannot be unfaithful in the least.  
When grim Death is with his Memento sen●…  
The best man wants more leisure to Repent.    

The UNANIMOUS RESOLVE. Icon 130. Cap. 23.  Regis ad exemplum totus componitur orbis. 

2 Reg. 23. 1.   

Josiah set upon a Throne of State,  
Does all his Priests and People Congregate;  
Devoutly they with one consent and Heart  
All swear from God's laws never to depart.  
A solemn League, (where Kings are first) does well,  
And if performed, withstands the gates of Hell.    

The CAPTIVITY. Icon 131. Cap. 25.  
— Quis talia fando  
Temperet a lachrymis.—  

2 Reg. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉   

Jerusalem begirt, and all her Glory  
Concluding in a Melancholy story:  
Huldah the Prophetess Destruction saw,  
And told it, at the Reading of the Law.  
Ah Zedekiah! couldst thou call to mind,  
Thy Murdered Sons before they made thee Blind?     

I. CHRONICLES.  

The FELO DE SE. Icon 132. Cap. 10.  Quis furor est ne moriare, mori? 
 

Soul asks the Kindness of his Armour-bearer  
To Kill him, as the Philistines drew nearer;  
Denied, he Kills himself; besmeared with blood  
His Hairy Scalp on Dagon is bestowed.  
To recollect bad actions, done before,  
And not to be undone, torments the mort.    

The DIFFIDENT PRINCE. Icon 133. Cap. 21.  Pauperis est numerare pecus. 

  

Mistrustful David gives it in command  
To number all his Warries in the Land;  
He falls into God's hands; the Plague begins,  
But th' Angel spares Jerusalem's foul sins.  
Frail man! his politic contrivance passed,  
He must be put into God's hands at last.     

II. CHRONICLES.  

The SAFEST COURSE. Icon 134, Cap. 20.  
Permits ipsis expendere numinibus, quid  
Conveniat nobis, rebusque sit utile nostris;  
Charior est illis homo quam sibi.—  
 

JEhosaphat Environed round about  
With Enemies, and in great fear and doubt,  
His Resolutions are to God to go,  
The end proves well, because he did do so.  
They that assurance place in Heaven's support  
May in the Forefront march, and Sca'e the Fort.    

DAGON ALOFT. Icon 135 Cap. 24.  — Delirant Reges, plectuntur Achivi. 

2 〈◊〉 24. 20.   

Dagon is up, Joash will have it so,  
And all must to the stupid Image bow;  
None but Old zachariah firm and fast,  
Who rather would be Stoned then fail at last.  
Who Martyrdom endures for acting right  
Mounts above spleen, and may defy all Spi●…     

NEHEMIAH.  

Cap. 3. Icon 136.  Non delebo nomen de libro vitae. 
 

JErusalem (where God was most renowned)  
Nebucadnezzar having razed to th' ground,  
While Nehemiah mourns to tell its fall,  
They are Recorded who rebuild the Wall.  
When War, and Desolation is our lot.  
The memory of the just shall never rot.     

ESTHER.  

The IMPOLITIC STATESMAN. Icon 137. Cap. 5.  Nesallare cave, proximus ater erit. 
 

TO Esther the King's Sceptre is extended,  
The Jews and Mordicai by her befriended;  
Malcontent Haman, in his pride and height  
Scorns both, as standing yet a Favourite.  
Ambition thwarted strives to do her worst,  
And puffs the owner up, until he burst.    

The BLACK BOOK OPEN. Icon 138. Cap. 6.  
— Tolluntur in altum  
Ut lapsu graviore cadant.—  

  

At dead of night, when Mortals take their rest,  
Ahasuerus feels his soul oppressed;  
The Books brought forth, the Gallows set so high  
Proves the contrivers fatal destiny.  
Nothing but discontent while he survived,  
A nation had been lost had Ham●…n thrived.     

JOB.  

The CONTENTED WRETCH. Icon 139. Cap. 1.  
— Foelicior hic qui  
Nil cuperet, quam qui totum sibi posceret orbem.  
 

SAtan allowed to punish Job with losses  
Of Children, Goods, and other Worldly Crosses,  
His answer is, though almost in despair,  
Naked I hither came, shall go hence bare.  
When man with Tempests is to Shipwreck tossed,  
Contentment is a gift can ne'er be lost,     

PSALMIST ROYAL.  

The SWEET SINGER. Icon 140.  Paratum cor meum, O Deus, paratumest. 
 

KIng David with his Harp in Symphony  
Delights to hear Glory to God on high:  
'twas Israel's Sweet Singer who best knew  
To render to his God the Praises due.  
Such as to God's House take delight to go  
Appease him for themselves, and others too.     

CANTICLES.  

The SERAPHIC DIALOGUE. Icon 141.  Ego sum dilecti mei, & dilectus est meus. 
 

CHrist and his Spouse pathetically Cou●…  
Each other, with unspeakable Effort:  
Their Dialognes' are all of things above,  
Until at last they both fall Sick of Love.  
Affection heightened with a strong desire  
Is restless till its end it can acquire.     

ISAIAH.  

The CMMISSIONER. Icon 142. Cap. 6.  Domine, Labia mea aperias. 
 

ISaiah is commanded to control,  
A Seraphim comes to him with a Coal,  
To touch his Tongue; he needs not be afraid,  
Or shrink, that has the Almighty for his aid.  
Had he forborn, and not kept vice in awe  
He had not undergone the tearing Saw.     

JEREMIAH.  

The WARRANTED REPROVER. Icon 143. Cap. 1.  Omne in praecipiti vitium.— 
 

THe Prophet Jeremiah in a Vision,  
An Almond tree sees, (noting Expedition;)  
Impiery spread over all the Nations,  
A seething Pot foretells their Desolations.  
Sins multiply, and steal on by degrees,  
Until, like Wine, men settle on the Lees.    

The PRISONER SET FREE Icon 144. Cap. 38.  Veritas in puteo. 

I●…rem. 38. 7.   

Denouncing Judgements boldly, as he ought,  
Being by God himself his errand taught,  
He's thrown into the Dungeon; past all hopes  
An Ethiopian draws him out with Ropes.  
Extremity aloud for succour Cries,  
And handmaid is to Opportunities.     

EZEKIEL.  

The THREAT. Icon 145. Cap. 1.  Noli altum sapere. 
 

Four Cherubins and Four Wheels represent  
God's Glorious Majesty, and Excellent;  
A Roll out of the Clouds is made a Type  
To signify Iniquities were Ripe.  
Into God's awful Presence let none Pry  
Till Mortal put on Immortality.    

The MYSTERY, or the Second RESURRECTION TYPE Icon 146. Cap. 37.  O Ossa arida, audite verbum Jehovae. 

〈◊〉 37. 1.   

Ezekiel by the Spirit led, beholds  
Dry Bones, which two fold Mystery infolds;  
Judah to Israel joined by God's Selection,  
With an assurance of our Resurrection.  
When Sap and Moisture fail he that said Live,  
And thence Created, can Revival give.     

DANIEL.  

The VAIN ginger. Icon 147. Cap 2  
— Quicquid  
Dixerit Astrologus credunt a fonte relatum  
Ammonis.—  

Dani. 2. 25.   

NEbucadnezzar Dreams, the Astrologers  
Are to unriddle what import it bears;  
They fail, and suffer for it, Daniel speaks  
The Matter, and the Secret open breaks.  
Though Magic some things may disclose ere done,  
Secrets there are belong to God alone.    

The FIERY FURNACE. Icon 148. Cap. 3.  
— Vivite fortes,  
Fortiaque in duris opponite pectora rebus.  
 

Three resolved Heroes summoned to their Trial  
Commanded to Fall down, give flat denial;  
Cast into Furnace, heat forsakes the Fire,  
But the Accessaries Burn when they draw nigheri  
Plain Nature must her property forget  
If the Almighty speak, be here no heat,    

The STENOGRAPHER. Icon 149 Cap. 5.  — è coelo descendit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. 
 

Belshazar Feasting all his Peers in State  
Has in Three Words a prospect of his fate;  
After much Wine ('tis strange) his Visage Pale,  
O terrible Hand writing on the Wall!  
Astonishment and Trembling is their hire  
Who, laying God aside, to rule aspire.    

The CONFEDERATE PRECEDENTS. Icon 150. Cap. 6.  
Haec clementia non paratur arte,  
Sed norunt cui serviant Leones.  
 

Wise Daniel acting as chief Precedent  
The rest to make away with him consent;  
Cast into Lion's Den, by their great power,  
They hurt him not; the accusers they devour.  
Envy with Hatred joined bears no allay,  
But ruin plots the most Compendious way.    

TRANSITORY MONARCHES. Icon 151. Cap. 7.  
— Mors sola fatetur  
Quantula sunt hominum Corpuscula.  

  

Those Four Beasts Daniel in a Vision saw  
Denote Four Kings which kept the World in awe,  
Whose Government and Reign stood for a time,  
But Christ's is everlasting and sublime.  
The Mighty, be their Lease for many years  
'Tis Cancelled when unwelcome Death appears.     

HOSEA.  

The ADULTERESS. Icon 152. Cap. 1.  
— Turpiter atrum  
Desinit in piscem mulier formosa superne.  

〈◊〉   

God to Illustrate Typically how  
With obstinate offenders it will go,  
Hosea is to take to him a Wife  
Of an Unclean and Profligated life.  
No means from Heaven are wanting to express  
The Shame and Punishment of Wickedness.     

JOEL.  

The CALM. Icon 153 Cap. 2.  Pascunt jejunia mentem. 
 

THe sounding of a Trumpet warns a Fast,  
A Lamentation for Transgressions past;  
Zion is comforted; the Godly find  
Inward refreshment from a troubled mind.  
Tranquillity of Soul, though it come late,  
Is what the Wise will buy at any rate.     

JONAH.  

The WHALE, or the Third RESURRECTION TYPE. Icon 154. Cap. 2.  An piscatorem piscis amare potest? 
 

JOnah refusing Gods command to embrace  
Is swallowed by a Whale, for three day's space;  
Cast overboard (by his own free consent)  
He knew he could not Sink, could he Repent.  
His re-appearing as the third day ends  
To the Holy Jesus' Resurrection tends.    

The MALCONTENT. Icon 155. Cap. 4.  
Saepe levant paenas, ereptaque lumina reddunt,  
Cum bene peccati paenituisse vident.  

  

Jonah repining sets him down to see  
What would become of sinful Nineveh:  
Sackcloth and Ashes dull the Keener Sword  
And they find Pardon, though he find no Gourd.  
Tears of Repentance wash off every sin,  
And Reconcile as if it had not been.     

MICAH.  

The PREDICTION. Icon 156. Cap. 5.  — Veridicis-aetas praedicta Prophetis. 
 

THe Prophet Micah shows he did foresee  
God's Irreversible revealed decree;  
Christ's everlasting Kingdom is foretold  
And none so long as He can Sceptre hold.  
From that time Earthly Kings remove here-hence  
Shall never-ending Monarchy commence.     

HABAKKUK.  

The PETITIONER. Icon 157. Cap. 1.  Quosque abscondis faciem tuam? 
 

HAbakkuk instant at his Prayers implores  
Attention from the Godhead he adores;  
The stout Chaldean Bands are made a Scourge  
God's Chosen People from their Sins to Purge.  
Much is done by Contrition, and Remorse,  
But the Importunate take Heaven by Force.     

ZECHARIAH.  

The JOINT SOLICITORS. Icon 158. Cap. 1.  Credibile est junctas fortius ire preces. 
 

AN Exhortation to Repentance, where  
Both Man and Angel Sympathise in Prayer;  
Jerusalem thy Comfort is at hand,  
God cannot This, and muchless That withstand.  
'Tis bounden duty to Request below,  
Hereafter we shall Reap what here we Sow.     

TOBIT.  

The MISCHANCE Icon 159. Cap. 2.  Nunquam aere gravis mihi dextra redibit. 

〈◊〉 2. 10.   

WEll-meaning Tobit, when to rest composed  
Has a Mischance before his Eyes were closed;  
The Swallows from the Wall mute in his Eyes,  
Whilst Anna, his Wife, works hard to get supplies.  
A little got with Honest Care and Pains  
Gives more content than vast Unlawful Gains.    

TOBIT COMFORTED. Icon 161. Cap. 11.  
Quantum quisque sua nummorum servat in arca  
Tantum habet & fidei.  
 

Tobias upon his return is met,  
By his Blind, Father, who receives his debt  
From Media, Tobias clears his sight  
To satisfy him that the Tale was right.  
Money at once and Eye sight to regain  
Was beyond Expectation to obtain.    

RAPHAEL and TOBIAS. Icon 160. Cap 5.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 

〈◊〉 5. 6.   

Tobias, charged by Tobit, steers his course  
To Media, in hopes to re-imburse;  
The Angel Raphael bears him company,  
(For Man but little lower is then he.)  
Country, nor Friends, Rest, nor Content, nor Health  
Nor Life are thought on, where the end is Wealth.    

TOBIT COMFORTED. Icon 161. Cap. 11.  
Quantum quisque sua nummorum servat in arca  
Tantum habet & fidei.  
 

Tobias upon his return is met,  
By his Blind Father, who receives his debt  
From Media, Tobias clears his sight  
To satisfy him that the Tale was right.  
Money at once and Eye sight to regain  
Was beyond Expectation to obtain.     

JUDITH.  

The BRAVE EXPLOIT. Icon 162. Cap. 13.  Invadunt urbem somno vinoque sepultam. 
 

Puissant Holofernes with his Host,  
Too confident, when no such cause to boast,  
Dies by a Female hand, and steals away  
ere he could Farewell to his Champions say.  
His Head cut off, his Army is Perplexed,  
Wine had the conquest first, and Judith next.     

SUSANNA and the ELDERS.  

Icon 163.  
— Merito suspecta libido est  
Quae venerem affectat sine viribus.—  
 

A pair of Elders Grave, at Noon day light,  
In private, put Susanna into a fright:  
The Garden Doors shut, and her Maids away,  
Who should the fair Susanna share but they?  
Youth runs the risque, if strength of Nature fail  
'Tis time our past offences to bewail.     

BELL and the DRAGON.  

Icon 164. Cap. 1.  
— Qualia demens  
AEgyptus portenta colit? Crocodilon adorat  
Pars haec, illa pavet saturam Serpentibus Ibin.  
 

CYrus, a Persian Monarch stands in fear,  
And serves a Dragon, choked with Pitch & Hair;  
The like to Bel; whom when they offer Meat,  
What He can't do, his Priests make bold to Eat.  
Self-interest first the World falls Dictates gave,  
Men easily believe what they would have.     

I MACCABEES.  

The ZEALOUS GENERAL. Icon 165. Cap. 2.  Decet Imperatorem stantem mori. 

  

BRave Mattathias feelingly bemoans  
Jerusalem, with deepest Sighs and Groans,  
Slays an Idolater, and at his Fall  
Leaves Maccabeus Captain General.  
The latest kindness we the Truth can do,  
Is for it Nobly Death to undergo.    

The CONCERN at STAKE. Icon 166. Cap. 3.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 

1. 〈◊〉 3. 10.   

Stern Apollonius at a loss for Forces,  
The Gentiles furnish him with Men and Horses:  
Now Israel's concern lay at the Stake  
Till Maccabeus the complotments broke.  
If to the Test Man's cause with Gods be brought,  
All Human Machinations come to nought.    

The OPPRESSOR. Icon 167. Cap. 6.  
— Se  
Judice ●…emo nocens absolvitur.—  

  

Antiochus the Tyrant, makes Confession,  
And dying tells the World of his Oppression:  
Whose Son, though kinder than his Father found,  
Yet Zions Walls are levelled with the Ground.  
When for ourselves, we work with all our Heart,  
But when we Act for God, we Act in part.    

The COMPETITORS. Icon 168. Cap. 10.  
— Nec fert Caesarve priorent  
Pompeiusve parem.—  

  

Demetrius waging War with Alexand●…r,  
Nor brooking to be thought a worse Commander,  
Is slain; God Dagon and his Temple Burn  
Together, and may serve to fill one Urn.  
A Molten Image dignified with Dross  
Should be Refined, though to the maker's Loss.     

II. MACCABEES.  

VINDICTIVE JUSTICE Icon 169. Cap. 3.  Nulla fides piet asque viris qui castra sequuntur. 

2. 〈◊〉 3. 〈◊〉   

HEliodorus sent to bear away  
The Treasure of a Temple for a Prey,  
Is pawed to th' Earth; two Angels him Chastise,  
And make him feel the Smart before he Dies.  
The Sacrilegious Person is a Thief,  
To whom nor Law nor Gospel grants Relief.    

The ECLIPSE. Icon 170. Cap. 5.  — Bella horida bella. 

2. 〈◊〉 5. 2.   

The People of Jerusalem behold  
Prognostic Signs, which were by Heaven foretold,  
Antiochus his rage is read i'th' Skies,  
Though scarce discernible for Prodigies.  
Where Provocation moves, the angry Stars  
Are kind to make known Famine, Plague, or Wars.    

The UNDAUNTED MATRON. Icon 171. Cap. 7.  
— Stabat natorum in funere mater  
Spectatrix, ferrumque videns, ignemque supinis  
Artubus admotum, nihil aversata refugit.  

2. Macha. 7. 1.   

A Matron and Seven Children are destroyed,  
For not committing what they would avoid,  
By tasting Swine's Flesh; for when Mortal Eats,  
'Tis Faith makes lawful, or unlawful Meats.  
Who in his Bosom Right has for a Friend,  
May Heaven-ward with the best assurance tend.    

The RUNAGATE in SCARCENESS. Icon 172. Cap. 9  Sera venit, sed certa venit vindicta deorum. 
 

Antiochus (whom the great Heart Searcher knew  
Implacable against the worsted Jew)  
Dies in a strange Land, Loathsome, Feared by many,  
But, his Name rotting, not desired by any.  
Extremity of want attends on all  
That Fight against the Church, and wish her Fall.    

The DISCOMFITURE. Icon 173. Cap. 12.  
— Galeatum sero duelli  
Paenitet.—  
 

To persecute the Jews, Timotheus draws  
His Men of War up, to maintain his cause,  
But valiant Maccabeus drawing nigh,  
Smites Thirty Thousand of them Hippolito and Thigh.  
If Ambiguities in Fight lurk,  
'Tis the concluding stroke that Crowns the Work.   
Finis. Vet. Test.   
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Nil parvum sapias, & adhuc sublimia cures. Hor.    

THE CONTENTS.  
THe Genealogy. 1.  
The Epiphanie. 2.  
The Escape. 3.  
The Infants Massacred. 4.  
Baptism Instituted. 5.  
The Sophister. 6.  
The Orthodox Teacher. 7.  
The Busy Body. 8.  
The Indulgent Master. 9  
The Storm. 10.  
The Paralytic. 11.  
The Husbandman. 12.  
The Executioner. 13.  
The Weak Endeavour. 14.  
The Reparté 15.  
The Transfiguration. 16.  
The Worldling. 17.  
The hirelings. 18.  
The Advent. 19  
The Intruder. 20.  
The Bankrupt. 21.  
The Great Assize. 22.  
The Eucharist. 23.  
The Conspiracy. 24.  
The Arreignment. 25.  
The Crucifixion. 26.  
The Resurrection. 27.  
The Hermit. 28.  
The Indecorum. 29.  
The Three Prophecies. 30.  
The Salutation. 31.  
The Neglected Guests. 32.  
The Anthem, 33.  
The Circnmcision. 34.  
The Ecstasy. 35.  
The Young Replicant. 36.  
Virbius. 37.  
The Contrite Heart. 38.  
The Way-faring Man. 39  
The Reproof. 40.  
The Oracle. 41.  
The bad Forecaster. 42.  
The Spendthrift. 43.  
The Belly-god. 44.  
The good Physician. 45.  
The Separatist. 46.  
The Importunate Beggar. 47.  
The Active Publican. 48.  
The Agony. 49.  
The Spiritual Touchstone. 50.  
The Apparition. 51.  
The Exaltation. 52.  
Boanerges. 53.  
The Wedding. 54.  
The Querist. 55.  
The Opportunity. 56.  
The Miracle. 57  
The Legislators compared. 58.  
The Earnest. 59  
The Traitor. 60.  
The Grand Exemplar. 61.  
The Ransom. 62.  
The Assurance. 63.  
The Mission. 64.  
The Heavenly Almoners. 65.  
The Hypocrite. 66.  
The Beatifical Vision. 67.  
The Proselyte. 68  
The Consternation. 69.  
The Dream. 70.  
The Release. 71.  
The Stout Christian. 72.  
The Shipwreck. 73.  
The Perfect Number. 74.  
The Throne. 75.  
The Joy unspeakable. 76.  
The Atonement. 77.  
The Apostate. 78.  
Eternity. 79.  
The Witnesses. 80.  
The Prodigies. 81.  
The Spirits. 82.  
The Antichrist. 83.  
The Doom. 84.  
The Immarcescible Crown. 85.   


St. MATHEW.  

The GENEALOGY. Icon 1. Cap. 1.  Ultima Cumaei venit jam carminis aetas. 

Mattheús   

AN Angel to good Josesh makes appear,  
The time of the Messias drawing near,  
Whose Genealogy in a straight line  
With Blood of Kings and Prop●… does combine.  
That Godhead should w●… Manhood so 〈◊〉,  
Makes Angels not to equal Man in height.    

The EPIPHANIE. Icon 2. Cap. 2.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 

Mattheús'   

Kings of the East, Three Magis, come from far  
Directed to their Saviour by a Star:  
Each from his Treasure choicest Presents brings,  
To the great Lord of Lords, and King of Kings.  
Gold, with Arabian Aromatic Gum,  
An Offering to the great High Priest that's come▪    

The ESCAPE. Icon 3. Cap 2.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 
 

The Mother of the propitious Highborn Child,  
The Virgin over-shadowed, undefiled,  
Must with her Infant fly; O our defence,  
Thy Favour, and thy Love are most Immense!  
Who for the whole World was a Ransom meant  
Betimes from Judah is to Egypt sent.    

The INNOCENTS' MASSACRED. Icon 4. Cap. 2.  Quid Violentius aure tyranni? 

M●…. 2. 16.   

A Tragic Scene, Bethlehem with Infants strewed,  
Proud Herod's guards with Milk and Blood imbrued;  
Yet, Rachel, let this news just grief assuage,  
Thy heaven-born Royal Babe has scaped their rage.  
Had they completed their severe intent.  
Christ's Blood, by Man, for Man had not been spent.    

BAPTISM INSTITUTED. Icon 5. Cap. 3.  — Victor abolens baptismate labem. 
 

Christ Holy Ordinances to maintain,  
The Sacrament of Water doth Ordain;  
His Son Baptised God by a voice approves,  
Whom for himself, in whom he Mankind loves.  
Sprinkling Regeneration must precede  
(For all of us in Trespasses are Dead.)    

The SOPHISTER. Icon 6. Cap. 4.  Vae soli. 
 

Christ, in the Desert, the sly Tempter finds,  
(When Solitary we must guard our minds)  
To knowledge in the Scripture he pretends,  
And Quotes it too, but for his own falls ends.  
Prince of the Air, turned Minister of Light,  
Knows how to screw his notions to the Height.    

The ORTHODOX TEACHER. Icon 7. Cap. 5.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 
 

Christ's Sermon speaks his Kingdom, who Inherit,  
The Meek, the Merciful, the Poor in Spirit:  
How sacred Pastors are, l●…rn by this Sign,  
Divinity itself is a Divine.  
Tremendous charge! the Souls Christ did redeem  
Are to his Priests committed all by him!    

The BUSY BODY. Icon 8. Cap. 7.  
Cum tua pervideas oculis male lippus inunctis  
Cur in amicorum vitiis tam cernis acutum?  
 

Our Brother's Faults we are too prone to note,  
Make Molehills Mountains, magnify a Mote;  
Betwixt both parties then in open light,  
The partial Microscope is not held right.  
Who gives Reproof and yet Obnoxious stands,  
May Quarrel, but has reason to Shake Hands.    

The INDULGENT MASTER. Icon 9 Cap. 8.  O pietas! O prisca fides! 
 

The Servant of a good Centurion sick,  
To find a Remedy his Master's quick:  
Acted by Faith, by which the Cur●… is wrought,  
(But we are saved by Faith ourselves have got.)  
Who has of all Physicians found the best  
Let him believe, and set his Heart at rest.    

The STORM. Icon 10. Cap. 8.  Qui venit hic fluctus fluctus super-eminet omnes. 

Math. 〈◊〉. 2●….   

The Roaring Billows swell, a Tenth Wave rolls  
A First a Second, Second Third controls;  
Faith staggers with the Man, by fear oppressed,  
Nor can be found in an Apostles Breast.  
Euroclydon may rage, till Courage fails,  
But who makes Christ his Pilot safely Sails.    

The PARALYTIC. Icon 11. Cap. 9  Sicut accepistis Jesum Christum, it a in eo ambulate. 

Math. 9 2   

A weak and feeble Wretch upon a Bed,  
Unable to uphold his shaking Head,  
Gets up, walks, and the Bed on which he lay,  
Py Christ's commanding strengthened, bears away.  
Such Miracles our Lord was pleased to show  
In whom all Power to whom all Praise is due.    

The HUSBANDMAN. Icon 12. Cap. 13.  — Non omnis fert omnia tellus. 
 

A Sower at his lawful Calling, Sows,  
And leaves to Providence what of it grows:  
The Thorny, Stony, with the Highway ground,  
Are such on which no Crop will e'er be found.  
Planting and Watering may together cease  
If the Almighty give not an Increase.    

The EXECUTIONER. Icon 13. Cap. 14.  
Nemo malus faelix, minime corruptor, & idem.  
Incestus,—  

Math 14. 2   

Herodias taxed with her Incestuous Bed,  
Resolves to Dance off St. John Baptist's Head:  
The Trunkless Prophet in a Charger lies,  
Mother and Daughter glut their greedy Eyes.  
When Resolutions hold to Act with Shame,  
Unlawful Lust breaks out into a Flame.    

The WEAK ENDEAVOUR. Icon 14. Cap. 14.  De profundis clamavi. 
 

Ship and Disciples tossed upon the Main,  
Christ, to their rescue, Walks the liquid Plain,  
Peter attempts too, at his Lords command,  
But sinks, unless supported by his Hand.  
Peter the Rock on whom Christ'sChurch was Built,  
Did herein show a Frailty, not a Gild.    

The REPARTY. Icon 15. Cap. 15.  Velut mala Aurea cum figuris Argenteis est verbum dictum tempestive. 
 

A Heathen suing for her Child possessed,  
Slighted, then as a Dog, from Bread repressed;  
Yea, the Dogs, answers, Gather Crumms up Lord;  
Christ doth her Faith extol, her Suit accord.  
Humility hath Exaltation found,  
When Pride and Self-conceit are cast to th' ground.    

The TRANSFIGURATION. Icon 16. Cap. 17.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 
 

Christ, to assure them of their Future state,  
Lets Peter, James and John Anticipate,  
Yet but a Glimpse, at which Elias stays  
With Moses to behold his brighter rays.  
In highest Heaven the whole we shall Possess,  
Here an excess of Glory might Oppress.    

The WORLDLING. Icon 17. Cap. 19  Ploratur lachrymis amissa pecunia veris. 

Math. 19 23   

Babes, as uncapable of doing Harms,  
Our Saviour Christ, embraceth in his Arms;  
The Rich man asks the way to Heaven, indeed,  
But Money, thinks he, stands me in better stead.  
Leave all, and follow! hard sentence! worldly wise  
Mind not, to Covet is to Idolise.    

The HIRELINGS. Icon 18. Cap. 20.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 
 

The Labourers in the Vineyard, these a Day  
Those the last Hour, are equalled in their Pay;  
Nor may we murmur, but admire-Gods will,  
Gracious and just, who can do nothing ill.  
To cut the Hireling short, is to deceive,  
But who can blame if Over-plus we give?    

The ADVENT. Icon 19 Cap. 21.  Nunc licet ingenti dicere voce, Venit. 

Math 〈◊〉. 〈◊〉   

Christ in Humility rides on an Ass,  
All shout Hosanna, and bestrew the Pass:  
The Buyers in the Temple are whipped out,  
And made to heard abroad with their own Rout.  
Due Reverence to the Church must not be lost,  
Man is the Temple of the Holy Ghost.    

The INTRUDER. Icon 20. Cap. 22.  — Interstrepit anser olores. 

Math. 22. 2.   

A Nuptial Table spread, while those admire  
The Princely Banquet, these the Guests attire,  
One without Decent Garment is condemned  
To Manacles, the Wedding so contemned.  
What preparation can be thought too great  
When Christ the Bridegroom, & his Bride are met?    

The BANKRUPT. Icon 21. Cap. 25.  — 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. 
 

A Rich Man setting out, not to come back  
In haste, resolves a Thrifty course to take;  
Talents this Man has Five, that Two, this One,  
And he that hides that Talon must have none.  
Assiduous Management with Diligence,  
Brings with it the contenting Recompense.    

The GRAND ASSIZE. Icon 22. Cap. 25.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. 

Math 25 31   

When Christ shall be attended to his Throne,  
And Sublunary Pomp's all past and gone,  
The Sheep are to be set at his Right Hand,  
But the Lascivious Goats at his Left stand.  
Then a Discrimination will be made,  
No Subterfuge, no Corner, to evade.    

The EUCHARIST. Icon 23. Cap. 26.  — Ut ameris, ama. 
 

Before his Passion, his Disciples set,  
The Sacrament partake, first having Eat  
The Pascal Lamb: O happy there St. John,  
To have his Master's Breast to stay upon!  
Though he had Honour to be next his side,  
Communion of all Saints is here employed.    

The CONSPIRACY. Icon 24. Cap. 26  
Sibyl. Orac.  
In manus iniquas infidelium veniet, dabuntque Deo alapas manibus incestis, & impurato ore expuent vene natos sputus.  
 

The Rulers, and chief Governors, conspire  
How to accomplish their accursed desire:  
When once it comes to this, one must betray,  
The rest of his Disciples fall away.  
Adversity a Touchstone is to prove  
Sta bility distinct from common Love.    

The ARRAIGNMENT. Icon 25. Cap. 27.  
Sibyl. Orac.  
Ipsa insipiens gens Deum tuum non  
intellexisti, ●…ed spinis coronasti.  
 

A Court of Justice summoned, Christ Arraigned,  
The People throng, nor will they be restrained:  
Though Pilate wash, and no fault in him spy,  
Yet Barrabas is saved, and Christ must die.  
He that forewarned falls Sentence dares Pronounce,  
Is Judge, and Executioner at once.    

The CRUCIFIXTION. Icon 26. Cap. 27.  Sibyl. Orac. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 
 

The Unrighteous Sentence passed, without relief  
Christ hangs betwixt one, and an other Thief:  
Darkness, Vailrent, Graves open, Dead arise,  
And the whole frame of Nature a disguise.  
Infinity confined, and God-man dead,  
The Fainter light well might obscure his Head.    

The RESURRECTION. Icon 27. Cap. 28.  Scrutamini scripturas. 
 

An Earthquake still the Angel to make known  
The Resurrection, rolls away the Stone:  
Marry with the Eleven beholds the Lord,  
Who sends them far and wide to Preach the Word.  
The Gospel promulgation cries Repent;  
The End for which the Son of Man was sent.     

St. MARK.  

The HERMIT. Icon 28. Cap. 1.  — Paulo majora canamus. 

Marcus   

JUdah's Triumphant Lion is set out  
By him whose Emblem is the Lion stout:  
St. John the Baptist clad in Camel's Hair  
As Messenger his way is to prepare.  
The question put art thou the Christ or no?  
He told the truth, and Suffered for it too.    

The INDECORUM. Icon 29. Cap. II.  Dicite, Pontifices, in sancto quid facit aurum? 

Marc. 11 15   

Christ with an holy Indignation Burns,  
And Money-changers Tables overturns:  
His House is set apart to hear the Word,  
No Burden must come there, but of the Lord.  
Where Heaven has the peculiar claim and right  
To Merchandise is doing it despite.     

St. LUKE.  

The THREE PROPHECIES. Icon 30. Cap. 1.  Mysterium quod absconditum fuit a seculis, nunc manifestum est sanctis. 

Lúcas   

ST. Luke, Himself presenting with an Ox,  
The Incarnation Mystery unlocks;  
What was before the World's Creation laid,  
Here God's determinations are obeyed.  
Elizabeth and Mary's Prophecies  
Concerning Christ are joined with Zacharies.    

The SALUTATION. Icon 31. Cap. 1.  Sibyl. Orac. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. 

Lúc. 1. 22.   

●…ail, full of Grace! The Book before thee tells  
Thy Heart is fixed on Heaven, and nothing else:  
Blessed art Thou, and blessed is thy Womb,  
From whence a Manchild, without man, can come.  
Wonder of Wonders! so exceeding deep,  
Angels dare only gently into it peep.    

The NEGLFCTED GUESTS. Icon 32. Cap. 2.  
Tu modo nascenti puero, quo ferrea primum  
Definet, & toto surget gens aurea mundo,  
Casta fave Lucina.—  
 

Joseph, to pay his Tax, to Bethlehem tends,  
With M●…ry espoused, and when their journey ends  
They put into an Inn, where Christ is Born,  
No Grandeur, Stable-manger serves the turn.  
Magnificence and State are for the great;  
He came to put the mighty from their seat.    

The ANTHEM. Icon 33. Cap. 2.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 
 

An Angel makes the harmless Shepherds know,  
The looked for Prince of Peace was here below:  
A Chorus Hallelujah heard to sing  
To Lion, and to Lamb, to Priest and King.  
That for us lost, Himself thus God should give,  
Simplicity of Heart did first believe.    

The CIRCUMCISION. Icon 34. Cap. 2.  
— Nemo dolorem  
Fingit in hoc casn.—  

Laice. 2. 21.   

The Eight day come, the tender Child's content  
To feel the Circumcising Instrument:  
How kindly with us has the Father dealt?  
The word was made Flesh, and amongst us dwelled.  
Who any thing Unclean did never know  
Did this for us, Polluted, undergo.    

The ECSTASY. Icon 35. Cap. 2.  Nunc dimittis, etc. 
 

Good aged Simeon, overjoyed, takes up  
The strength of Jacob, and all Israel's hope:  
Depart in Peace was here the fittest Theme,  
He first held Christ in's Arms, now Christ holds Him,  
Extatique Exultation doth him seize,  
This life a Prison now, Death a Release.    

The YOUNG REPLICANT. Icon 36. Cap. 2.  Philosophia est animi decus. 
 

The Pharisaic Doctors Christ confutes  
With Cogent Arguments, in Sharp Disputes;  
Answers Objections, when they put him any,  
Yet Beggs no question, though he ask them many.  
Who should Discourse a point, or handle right,  
But he in whom all knowledge was and light●…    

VIRBIUS. Icon 37. Cap. 7.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 

L●…. 7. 11.   

A Widows only Son at Naim dead,  
After the Bier the weeping Mother's led;  
The Bearers stop; arise, when Christ had spoke,  
His Soul returns; the Bands of Death are broke.  
He that Restorer was to be of all,  
A Single one for instance does recall.    

The CONTRITE HEART. Icon 38 Cap. 7.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 

Lúc 7. 〈◊〉.   

A Pharisee Christ at a Dinner treats,  
Where Mary Magdalen stays while he eats,  
Half drowned in Tears; her penitent behaviour  
Gains her offences pardon from our Saviour.  
A broken Contrite Heart, with swollen Eyes,  
The God of Mercy never will despise.    

The WAY-FARING MAN. Icon 39 Cap. 10.  — Iter ingressus gladium contumque timebis. 
 

A Traveller has unlucky chance to fall  
Into Theives hands, who rifle him of all,  
And wound him; many passing by, at length  
A good Samaritan repairs his strength.  
To have no Sympathising for distress  
Humanity itself is to suppress.    

The REPROOF. Icon 40. Cap. 10.  
— pauci dignoscere possunt  
Vera bona.—  

Lúc 〈◊〉 38   

Martha and Mary (Sisters) disagree  
In stating wherein lies Felicity:  
Martha is cumbered with the World's affairs,  
Marry to Heavenly matters gives her cares.  
Nature contented is with little Food,  
Nothing too much for our Eternal good.    

The ORACLE. Icon 41. Cap 11.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 
 

The World's Redeemer from the Devils Snares,  
(Who ready stands to catch men unawars)  
Casts out a Dumb one; for it Christ command,  
Legion nor Beelzebub his word withstand.  
That Oracle was not Dumb which spoke out plain  
(Without a Trope) the Hebrew Child will Reign.    

The BAD FORE-CASTER. Icon 42. Cap. 12.  — Prudenter agas, & respice finem. 
 

A Scraping Miser casts about to increase  
His stock of Worldly wealth, and live at ease:  
His Granaries too Scanty, and Barnes too Small,  
But Mute he stands told whether he must fall.  
When we possess what ever Heart desires  
A little Room will serve when breath exspires.    

The SPENDTHRIFT. Icon 43. Cap. 15.  Quem paenitet peccasse pene est innocens. 
 

A Profuse Upstart spends what ere he had,  
And then considers that his case was bad:  
Making Acknowledgement in's own behalf  
His Father Feasts him with the fatted Calf.  
Abhorrence of a Misdemeanure past  
Gains pity, and forgiuness at the last.    

The BELLY-GOD. Icon 44. Cap. 16.  — Voluptatem commendat rariorusus. 
 

A Pampered Wretch, that Robbed each Element  
To give his Craving Appetite content,  
Less kind than Dogs to Lazarus at's Door,  
Wants Water now, who Swum in Wine before,  
Small Satisfaction in excess is found,  
We are most uneasy, when we most abound.    

The GOOD PHYSICIAN. Icon 45. Cap. 17.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 

Luc 17. 11   

Ten Lepers cleansed from their Impurities,  
By Christ's true Magisterial remedies,  
One of all these, with thanks returns alone,  
That Men have grateful Hearts 'tis ten to one!  
Who so unworthy is as not to own  
A Courtesy, should have no future done.    

The SEPARATIST. Icon 46. Cap. 18.  Ne attingito me, ego sum sanctior te. 
 

A Pharisee, with Stentorian voice, and motion,  
Out-words the Publican at his Devotion;  
Who siniting's Breast is justified, we are  
Neither to be Presumptuous, nor Despair.  
Humility will purchase a good Name,  
When Ostentation must draw off with shame.    

The IMPORTUNATE BEGGAR. Icon 47. Cap. 18.  It clamour Coelo— 

Lúc 〈◊〉 ●…2   

A Blind man, understanding Christ was nigh,  
Is heard once and again aloud to Cry,  
Ah mercy, mercy, Lord, mercy, he saith,  
His Eyes restored are, for his Eye of Faith.  
Reiterated Supplications move  
So Strongly, a Good man cannot choose but love.    

The ACTIVE PUBLICAN. Icon 48. Cap. 19  — In est sua gratia parvis. 

Lúc. 19 1   

A Publican, Diminutive for Height,  
Outruns the rest, to have of Christ a sight;  
And Heaven-ward gets by climbing up a Tree,  
That him who brought Salvation he might see.  
Christ dines with him: be he a Publican,  
Alms and just Deeds make the accepted Man.    

The AGONY. Icon 49. Cap. 22.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 
 

Christ, with submission to his Father's will,  
(Which he was always ready to fulfil)  
Beggs that the Cup might pass, of Dregs brim full,  
O how had then our Sins been White as Wool!  
Even when his Soul with grief was sore oppressed  
Thy Will be done on Earth, was his request.    

The SPIRITUAL TOUCHSTONE, Icon 50. Cap. 23.  
Sibyl. Orac.  
Templi velum scindetur, & medio die nox  
erit tenebrosa in tribus horis, & morte  
morietur, tribus diebus somno suscepto.  

Luc. 23. 25.   

For Sins of Deepest Die, and Crimson hue  
Who calls to mind Christ spit on by a Jew,  
Bearing that Cross from whence a Thief is freed  
And not his own Heart feel (if Flesh) to bleed?  
So to the Shambles is the dumb Sheep brought  
As was the Shepherd here, who us has bought.    

The APPARITION. Icon 51. Cap. 24.  
Sibyl. Orac.  
Et tunc ab inferis regressus ad lucem  
Veniet, Resurrectionis principio ostenso.  

Lucs 24 13.   

After his Resurrection Christ is seen  
By two that his Disciples long had been;  
They know him not, and there's good reason why,  
They did ill-know him when he was to Die.  
Few are contented to partake in Woes,  
Self interest will to itself stick close.    

The EXALTATION. Icon 52. Cap. 24.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. 

Luc. 24. 49   

All now Fulfilled, and the Great Ransom paid,  
(Each individual Man hath disobeyed)  
When as the Comforter was to be sent,  
Christ blessing his, ascends the Firmament.  
When Way, and Truth, and Life are fled and gone,  
He that the Spirit ●…as, is not alone.     

St. JOHN.  

BOANERGES. Icon 53. Cap. 1.  Qualem ministrum fulminis ali●…em, etc. 

〈◊〉 annes   

ST. John the choice Disciple, though he Write  
The last of all the Evangelists, his flight  
Soar's high, whose Raptures are so to excess,  
That nothing but an Eagle can express;  
Whose Wing, the Writer with a Pen supplies,  
To Treat of nothing but Sublimities.    

The WEDDING. Icon 54. Cap. 2.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. 

joan. 2.   

A Wedding Solemnised where many Dine,  
christ works a wonder, and makes Water Wine:  
Wine at a nuptial Feast is best allowed,  
To clear an Aspect, and expel a Cloud.  
They had been less astonished than they were,  
Had they regarded the True Vine was there.    

The QUERIST Icon 55. Cap. 3.  Scire hominis nihil est. 
 

Christ, holding talk with Nicodemus, finds,  
Our knowledge shallow is, and dark our minds:  
Man's everlasting welfare, and true good,  
Is not by sense and reason understood.  
We blind●…d are, and walk as in a maze,  
Illumination is a spark of Grace.    

The OPPORTUNITY. Icon 56. Cap. 4.  Fons perennis. 

joan. 4. 5.   

A Woman, (a Samaritan by Nation)  
Near jacob's Well, finds (to her admiration)  
A Well of Life, and learns her Creed in brief  
From him, who was of all Instructers Chief.  
He that could tell her all that she had done,  
Was a sufficient Ground to build upon.    

The MIRACLE Icon 57 Cap. 6.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 
 

Five Thousand Hungry Souls! Compassion moves,  
Christ feeds them with Two Fishes and Five Loaves:  
They'd make him King, t'extreames the Vulgar start,  
Fill but their Belly, and you have their Heart.  
Omnipotence no limits has, no stop,  
To whom all things are as the Buckets drop.    

The LEGISLATORS COMPARED. Icon 58. Cap. 8.  Deprendi miserum est.— 

joan 8. 2   

One of the Weaker Sex, is caught i'th' Act,  
Christ spares the Woman, but Reproves the Fact,  
Moses Condemns Her, but that Law must cease  
That Thundering came, Christ's Gospel is of Peace.  
If Heaven should Strike as oft as we Offend,  
The Sinful World would soon be at an end.    

The EARNEST. Icon 59 Cap. 11.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. 

joan. 12. 1   

Lazarus laid under Ground, at his long Home,  
Commanded to Arise comes out of's Tomb:  
This was too hard for Mortal Man to do;  
But he that Raised Himself can Raise Us too.  
Such Energy proceeds from Power Divine,  
From him who doth with's Father's Brightness Shine.    

The TRAITOR. Icon 60. Cap. 18.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 

〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3   

The Traitor Judas (pre-designed to this)  
Betrays his Lord and Master with a Kiss,  
Peter (not always so Courageous,) here  
Fights, and sends Malchus from him with one Ear.  
Under pretence of Friendship to betray,  
Is to be falls the most Notorious way.    

The GRAND EXEMPLAR. Icon 61. Cap. 19  
Sibyl, Orac.  
Dabit ad verber a simpliciter sanctum dorsum,  
Christ prophetabis cujus te palma cecidit.  

joan. 19 1   

Jesus our Saviour! Christ our Righteousness!  
How did our Weight of Sin thy Soul oppress?  
Since than our Scourge upon thee were spent  
Thy Church while Militant, must be content.  
No Sorrow like to this, no Pain so great,  
For us those drops of Blood did Jesus sweat.    

The RANSOM. Icon 62. Cap. 19  Velut Ovis coram tonsoribus obmutescens. 
 

Clad in a Purple Robe (to cause Derision)  
Christ bears his Crown of Thorns with meek submission  
Let him be Crucified while they Cry out  
The Magistrate is governed by the Rout.  
So when a Breach is made the Torrent gains  
Upon the Neigh-bouring Banks and drowns the Plains.    

The ASSURANCE. Icon 63. Cap. 19  Novi redemptorem meum vivere. 

joan. 〈◊〉 38   

Ari●…athea's Joseph has regard  
To the sure recompense of the reward;  
And therefore decently he Christ Interr's  
With whom he is to Reign above the Spheres,  
Duty performed with Love in manner fit  
Has a Remuneration follow it.     

ACTS.  

The MISSION. Icon 64. Cap. 2.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 

Actor. 2. 1   

CHrists Farewell promise of the Holy Ghost  
To his, now like a Ship with Tempests tossed,  
Is here made good: the Spirit Utterance gives,  
This Man rejects the Gospel, that believes.  
The way to our Salvation is abused  
When Life is set before us and refused    

The HEAVENLY ALMONERS. Icon 65. Cap. 3.  Orandum est ut sit mens sana in Corpore sano. 
 

An Impotent Poor Cripple at the Gate  
O'th' Temple, asks an Alms, as there he sat:  
Peter replies, Money I seldom see,  
I th' Name of Christ I give thy Legs to thee.  
Who gives what he is Able to bestow,  
Shall for the Will and Gift accepted go.    

The HYPOCRITE. Icon 66. Cap. 5.  
Rarus sermo illis, & magna libido tacendi,  
Atque supercilio brevior coma; verius ergo,  
Et magis ingenue Beribonius.—  

Actor. 5. 1   

A Compact made by two starched Hypocrites  
To keep the Church bore, and withhold her Rights:  
Trust not a Brother; there were ever they,  
That put their Nay for yea, and yea for Nay.  
Deceit effected through Hypocrisy,  
Is to call God to witness to a Lye.    

The BEATIFICAL VISION. Icon 67. Cap. 7.  Jugum meum est facile & Onus leave. 

Actor. 7 54   

The Sanction of the Law set up by Moses,  
foretell by Christ, who no such yoke imposes,  
St. Stephen proving past, and of no force,  
They Stone, upon his Knees, without remorse.  
Beholding Christ stand ready to receive,  
The Proto-martyr took a joyful leave.    

The PROSELYTE Icon 68 Cap. 8.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. 

Actor. 8. 25   

An Ethiopian Eunuch, meanly fraught  
With Literature, is to St. Philip brought,  
And made a Proselyte of Christ; however  
'Tis better be a Christian late then never.  
While we the Law endeavour to fulfil  
Conversion is not in our Choice, or Will.    

The CONSTERNATION. Icon 69. Cap. 9  Si non errasset fecerat ille minus. 

Actor. 9 3.   

Saul going to Damascus, is struck down,  
And in a dreadful manner told his own:  
Saul, Jesus Cries, dost Persecute me Saul?  
Yes, Lord, but Dieed for thee, when he was Paul.  
O Depth of goodness! here with Kind constraint,  
The Chief of Sinners made the Chiefest Saint    

The DREAM. Icon 70. Cap. 10.  Theologia est animoe salus. 

Actor. 10. 1   

Cornelius, to inform himself the better  
Which was the true Religion, sends for Peter:  
Who in a Dream is told what God would do  
Not for the Jew alone, but Gentile too.  
No Industry too great, no Labour lost  
To learn what will at last advantage most.    

The RELEASE. Icon 71. Cap. 12.  Preces & lachrymoe sunt arma Ecclesioe. 

Act. 12. 5   

St. James Cut off at Cruel Herod's word,  
St. Peter next is Destined to the Sword;  
But Prayer guards him from Persecutions Storms,  
And the Proud Wretch is eaten up with Worms.  
Gods Glory taken to himself Profane,  
His Rhetoric proves his Fall, his Tongue his Bane.    

The STOUT CHRISTIAN. Icon 72. Cap. 14.  — Per saxa per ignes, 

Actor. 14. 7.   

The Fiery Trial grown exceeding hot,  
And all Compassion lost, or quite forgot,  
St. Paul at Lystra is resolved to stay,  
To make a Cripple throw his Crutch away.  
A good cause Perseverance propagates,  
And fear of what may do us Harm, abates.    

The SHIPWRECK. Icon 73. Cap. 27.  In longum nunc, Paul, vale.— 

Actor. 27. 〈◊〉   

The World is but an Inn, best Friends must part,  
And this was Paul's case, though with heavy Heart:  
Rocks, Quicksands, Gulfs, Waves dashing o'er and o'er,  
Yet all well though a Serpent on the Shore.  
To settle upon Earth we purpose wrong,  
A Tabernacle has no Durance long.     

REVELATIONS.  

The PERFECT NUMBER. Icon 74. Cap. 1.  — Numero Deus impare gandet. 

A●…oc. 2. 9   

SEven Candlesticks seven Churches represent,  
By being of pure Gold, the truth is meant:  
Those Asiatic Hieroglyphics gain.  
Belief in such as own that Christ does Reign.  
Types may of Heaven here some faint Shadows bear,  
We shall view things hereafter as they are.    

The THRONE. Icon 75. Cap. 4.  — Inopem me copia fe cit. 

Apoc. 4. 2.   

If Eye and Ear, their Organs have too Weak  
To See or Hear, how should the Tongue then speak  
The bliss that Saints enjoy? or how St. John  
Give us a definition of the Throne?  
So when the World's Eye is most clear and bright,  
Ours fail, as dazzled by too strong a light.    

The JOY UNSPEAKABLE. Icon 76. Cap. 6.  — Sed Luna videt, sed Sydera testes. 

Apoc. 6. 1.   

Conquest, War Plenty, Death, on Horse back sit,  
And all things pass away when Christ thinks fit:  
Joys Sublunary fade, all Worldly things  
Must be dissolved when He his Summons brings.  
Occult and Sealed up Sins will then lie bare,  
Thrice happy they that in the Lamb have share.    

The ATONEMENT. Icon 77. Cap. 8.  Pa cabunt ipsum thura precesque Jovem. 

Apoc. 8. 〈◊〉.   

Seven Seals, seven Trumpets, and seven Angels, note  
Plagues poured from Viols with God's vengeance hot;  
But one with Incense on the Altar laid  
Makes an Atonement that they might be stayed.  
God's attribute of Mercy most is seen,  
When Justice has her Sword drawn out, and keen.    

The APOSTATE. Icon 78. Cap. 9  
— Terque quaterque rotatus  
Mittitur ad stygias tormento fortius nmbras.  

Apoc. 4. 1.   

Proud Lucifer when the Fifth Trumpet sounds,  
Is hurled down with such force that he rebounds:  
Thus that Apostatizeing Angel fell,  
(From highest Heaven to the profoundest Hell.)  
To him the Keys of it are due, for Tophet  
The Wicked share, be they King, Priest, or Prophet.    

ETERNITY. Icon 79. Cap. 10.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 

Apoc. 10. 1.   

Behold an Angel with a Book in's hand,  
Prepared to Cut off Time, at God's Command:  
St. John receives the Book, and bid to Eat,  
What few their Study make, he makes his Meat.  
How ought we then Good Works to lay in store?  
Man must survive when Time shall be no more.    

The WITNESSES. Icon 80. Cap. 11.  
— Stirpem & genus omne nepotum  
Exerent odiis.—  

Apoc. 11 3   

Two Witnesses, in Scarlet, Prophecy,  
And by the Beast are both Condemned to Die:  
Inveterate Malice opposition makes,  
(And what it knows Destructive, undertakes.)  
Where lies the conquest 'tis not hard to tell,  
Sure they that Conquer Death itself, excel.    

The PRODIGIES. Icon 81. Cap. 13.  Bellua multorum capitum. 

Apoc. 〈◊〉. 2.   

St. John beholds a Beast rise from the Main  
(The like to which none shall behold again)  
With Seven Heads, and Ten Horns; an other birth  
As monstrous from the centre of the Earth.  
No formidable Creatures so deter  
The Chosen, but at last they banish fear.    

The SPIRITS. Cap. 16.  
— Nos penes est vasti custodia mundi  
Queis jus vertendi cardinis omne datum.  
 

The Ministering Spirits act, if God direct,  
In order to the good of his Elect:  
Vessels of Wrath upon their Foes are poured,  
By which his Majesty's the more adored.  
Had Virtue no Reward, no Torture Sin,  
Man of all Creatures better ne'er had been.    

The ANTICHRIST. Icon 83. Cap. 18.  
— Fuerint solamina nobis,  
Haec fuerint nobis praemia.—  

Apoc. 2●…. 2   

Imperious Babylon here her down-fall takes,  
And Universal Monarchy now shakes;  
The Cup of Trembling makes her Grandees faint,  
But this is Satisfaction to the Saint.  
The Sentence past, no hope of a Reprieve;  
They gnash (too late) at what they must believe.    

The DOOM. Icon 84. Cap. 20.  Flectere si nequeo superos Acheronta movebo. 

Apoc. 20. 1.   

The Devil for a Thousand Years in's Chain,  
Was to be set at's liberty again,  
But grown Outrageous that his time was short,  
Return he must to his Infernal Court.  
Privation of that bliss the Righteous have,  
Add's Torment to the Doom, God Satan gave▪    

The IMMARCESCIBLE CROWN. Icon 85. Cap. 21.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. 

Apoc. 21 1   

The New Jerasalem, that City above,  
Where nothing dwell's but Purity, and Love,  
Needs not the Lamp with which we first begun  
Our bold attempt; God's Glory Exceeds the Sun.  
Ineffable Contentment grief expels  
He being ours in whom all fullness dwells.  
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉.     
Finis Novi Test.