George Withers' Emblemes

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Wbentbou a Dangerous-Way doftgot,
Walke farcly, though thy pace be llowe.
ILLVSTR. XIX Book, i,
\Xperitnce proves, that Men who truft upon
Their Nat'rall parts, too much, oft lofe the Dsy^
And,faile in that which els they might have done.
By vainely trifling pretious Time away.
It alfo fliewcs, that many Men have fought
With fo much Rafhneffe, thofe things they dehYd,
That they have brought mod likely Hopes to nought 5
And, in the middle of their Courfes,x\x'd.
And, not a few, arc found who fo much wrong
Gods Gratioujnejp, as if their thinkings were,
That (feeing he deferres his Judgements long)
His Vengeance, he, for ever,would forbeare:
Bur, fuchas thefc may fee wherein they faile,
And, what would fitter be for them to doe,
Ifthey would contemplate the flow-pae'd Smile ;
Or, this our Hieroglypbicke looke into
For, thence we learne, that Perfeverance brings
Large Workes to end, though flowly they creepeon ;
And, that Continuance perfects many things,
Which feeme,at flrft, unlikely to be done.
It warnes, likewife, that fame /}
fares require
More Heed then Hafte :
And that the Courje we take,
Should fuite as well our Strength^ as our Drfire ;
Elfe (as our Proverbe faith ) Hafie, Waflt may make.
And, in a Myfttcke-fcnfe, it feemes to preach
Repentance and Amendment, unto thofe
Who live, as if they Hv'd beyond God< reach ;
Beco'ife, he long deferres deferved Blow s
For, though Jutt-Vengeance movcth like a Snailt,
And flowly conies • her coinming will not faile.
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