The faithlesse _Iewe’s_ repining currishnesse, The blessed _Psalmist_, fitly did expresse, By _grinning-dogs_, which howling roame by night, To satisfie their grudging appetite. Here, therefore, by an _Emblem_, wee are showne, That, _God_, (who as hee lists, bestowes his owne) Providing so, that none may bee unfed, Doth offer to the _Dogges_, the _Childrens_ bread. And, by this _Emblem_, wee advised are, Of their presumptuous boldnesse to beware, Who bound God’s _Mercie_; and, have shut out some From hope of _Grace_, before the _Night_ is come: Since, to the _Dogs_, his meat is not denide, If they _returne_, (though not till _Evening-tide_.) Moreover, wee, some notice hence may take, That, if provision, _God_, vouchsafes to make, For _Lyons_, _Dogs_, and _Ravens_, in their need, Hee will his _Lambes_, and harmlesse _Turtles_ feed: And, so provide, that they shall alwayes have Sufficient, to maintaine the _Life_ hee gave. I must confesse, I never merit shall, The _Crummes_, which from thy _Childrens_ table fall: Yet, thou hast oft, and freely fed mee, _Lord_, Among thy _Children_, at thy _Holy-board_: Nor have I, there, been fill’d with _Bread_ alone; But, on the blessed _Bodie_ of thy _Sonne_, My _Soule_ hath feasted. And, if thou dost grant Such favours, _Lord_! what can I feare to want? For, doubtlesse, if thy _Sonne_ thou please to give, All other things, with him, I shall receive. _All =Flesh=, is like the wither’d =Hay=, And, so it springs, and fades away._ [Illustration: OMNIS CARO FŒNUM. ILLVSTR. XLVIII. _Book. 4_]