George Withers' Emblemes

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Let none in tnnblm times it[ inei
Fory after Storaxijbe $\in'mllfii*e.
Illvstr. XXXII.
^Ifcourage not your felvcs, although you fee
igeH The weather blackc, andformes prolonged be.
^& What though it fiercely raiees, and thunders loud
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Behold, chcre is a Same. bow in the Cloud,
Wherefn,a truflfull promife may be found,
That, quite, yout little-worlds, /hall not be drown'd.
The San.Jbme, through the foggy miftsappeare,
The lowring Skic, begins agaiae todearej
And, though the Ttmftjt, yet, your eyes affright,
Faire weather may befall you,Iong ere night.
Such comfort fpeales our Mmiim, unto thoie,
Whom ftormie Perfecuttot doth enclofe ;
Afld, comforts him, that's for theprefenr fad,
With hopes, that better feafons may bee had.
There is nor trouble, forrow,nor diftrefTe,
Eut mitigation hath, orfome releafe.
Long u(e, or */'•*, the ftotme away will turnc,
Elfe, Patience makes it better to be borne.
Yea,forrowts lowring dayes,\vill come and goe,
As well as profp'rous homes of Sunfune doc ;
And, when 'tis paft,the^4/w that went before,
Will make the following plcafure feeme the more.
For,hee,hath promis'd,whom we may beleeve,
His blefling ..unto rhofe that mourn and griive-,
And, that, though forrow much dejedts their head,
In ev'ry need, wee fhall be comforted.
This promife I beleeve: in cVry griefe,
Pcrformc it, Lord, and helpe my unbeliefe :
So, others viewing how thou chcereft mee,
Shall, in all jorrowes, put their truft in thee.
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