George Withers' Emblemes

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The Sacrifice, God Iwetk befl*
Are Broken-hearts Jvr Sin
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ILLVSTR. XV. Book. 2
O Age, hath had a people , to profelTe
Religion, with a (hew of holinefle,
Beyond thefe times nor, did
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men - facrifice,
According to their foolilh fantafies,
More oft than at this prefent. One,bcftowes
On pious -moths, the hundreth part, of thofe
Ill-gotten goods, which from the poorC he feazed D
And, thinkes his God, in that, is highly pleafed.
Another, of her dues, the Church bereaves i
And, yct,himfelfe a holy man conceives,
(Yea, and right bount^ull) if hce can fpare
From thofe his thefts, the tenth, or twentieth flure,
To fome new Leclurt 5
or, a Chaplaine keepc,
To pleafe Himfelfe, or, preach his Wife ailcepe.
Some others, thinke they bring finccre oblations,
When, fir'd with zeale,they roaie out Imprecations
Againftall thofe, whom wicked they repute
And, when to God, they tender any hire,
They dreame to merit what they would obtain?,
By praying-long, with Repetitions vaine.
With many other fuch like Sacrifices
Me n come to God ; but,hc fuch gifts defpifes
For, neither £
ifts, nor workes,nor any thing
(Which wc can either dpe, ox fay, or bring,)
Accepted is of God-, untill heflnde
A Spirit- humbled, and atroubled-minde.
A contrite Heart, is that, and, that alone,
Whicli God with love, and pitie,l> okes upon.
Such he affc&s therefore • (
oh Lord) to thee
Such, let ray Heart, and, fuch,my Spirit bee.
A King