Moral emblems, with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages ...

FEAR ARGUES A DEGENERATE MIND.
rationem difficultatibus, possunt et dura molliri, et angusta laxari, et gravia
scite ferentes minus premere. SENECA.
TERROR absentium rerum ipsa novitate falsb augetur; consuetudo autem et ratio
efficit, ut ea, etiam quse horrenda sunt natura, terrendi vim amittant. PLUTARCH in Mor.
Mors larvae similis: tremor him, nihil inde maligni. >
i CORINTH, xxv. 54.
Death, where is thy Sting?
U* EN as the mask, in front seen, only, fills
The mind of children with a panic fear,
So Death by men is feared : yet least of ills, Z
Alike of both the terrors disappear
When seen by Reason's light on every side.
And why fear Death, ere we its nature know? :
'Tis but a livid mask, which, seen behind,
Hath terrors none, but balm for every woe,
Hope, peace, and comfort to the righteous mind ; I
Opening to realms more bright, the portals wide.
pUERI larvas timent, ignem non timent; sic nos timemus mortem quse est larva, Q
contemptu digna, peccatum non timemus. CHRYSOSTOM, Horn. 5 ad Pop. h
YEA, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of Death,
for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff comfort me. Psalm xxiii. 4.
I will fear no evil :
THE Lord is my light and my salvation ; whom shall I fear ? The Lord is the strength ft:
of my life ; of whom shall I be afraid IIbid, xxvii. i.
WHY are ye fearful, O ye of little faith ? Matthew viii. 26.
Sic nos in Luce timemus. LUCRET, /. 2. UJ
PRECIOUS in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. Psalm cxvi. 15. 5j
FOR I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ : Q
which is far better. Philippians i. 23.
PRESENT fear begetteth Eternal security : Fear
need to fear man at all. S. AUGUST, super Psal.
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