George Withers' Emblemes

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3iarU> "tohat Rewards, to Sinnc, are due,
*And, to»*>uprightneiTe topurfue.
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unfbeatbed,
f^^S»trd and zfirangling-Snare,
Is figur'd here ;
which,in dumbe-Jhewes,doe preach,
Ofwhat the tMalefatttr fhould beware 5
And, they doe threatens, afwell as Teach.
For, fome there are, (would God, that fumme werelefle)
Whom, neither good Advife, nor, wholeforae Lawe,
Can turne from Pathwaies of Vnrighteoufnefje,
If Death, or Tortures, keepe them not in awe.
Thefe, are not they, whofe Conjcicnce for the lake
Of Goodmflc onely, GodlinejJ'e, purfues 5
But, thefe are they, who never fcruple make
What Guilt, bur, what great puaifl>me»t enfues.
For fuch as thefe,this Emblem was prepar'd
And, for their fakes, in places eminent,
Are all our Gallops-trees, and Gibbets, rear'd .
That, by the fight of them, they might repent.
Let, therefore, thofe who feele their hearts inclin'd
To any kind of Dcatb.defervwg-Crime,
(When they behold this Emblem) change their mind,
Left, they (too late) rcpcnt,anothcr time.
And, let not thofe ourCounfell, now, contemne,
Who, doome^wrr T beeves to death $
yet, guilty be
Of more, then molt of thofe whom they Condcmne
Bur, let them Learne their pet ill to forelee.
For, though a little while, they may have hope
To fceme upright, (when they are nothing lefle)
And, fcape the Sword, the Gal/owes, nnd the Rcpe,
There is a ludge, who fees their wickedneffe j.
And, when grim Death,\ha\l fummon them,from hence,
They will be fully plagu'd for their offence.
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