Sometimes, it may be, thou dost finde, That, God, thy _prayers_, doth not minde, Nor, heede, of those _Petitions_ take, Which, men and _Congregations_ make. Now, why they take so ill effect, Thou, by our _Morall_, maist collect: And, by the same, shalt also see, When, all thy _suits_ will granted be. See, _Emb._ XXXVI. 37 Thou, hast been very forward, still, To _punish_ those, that merit ill; But, thou didst never, yet, regard To give _Desert_, her due _Reward_. That, therefore, thou maist now have care, Of such _Injustice_, to beware, Thine _Emblem_, doth to thee present, As well _Reward_, as _punishment_. See, _Emb._ XXXVII. 38 Thou, either hast a _babling tongue_, Which, cannot keepe a _secret_, long; Or, shalt, perhaps, indanger’d growe, By such, as utter all they know. In one, or other, of the twaine, Thou maist be harm’d; and, to thy gaine, It may redound, when thou shalt see, What, now, thine _Emblem_, counsels thee. See, _Emb._ XXXVIII. 39 By this, thy _Lot_, we understand, That, somewhat, thou hast tooke in hand, Which, (whether, further, thou _Proceed_ Or quite _desist_) will danger breed. Consider, then, what thou hast done, And, since the _hazzard_ is begun, Advised be to take the _Course_, Whrch may not make the danger worse. See, _Emb._ XXXIX. 40 The _Destinies_, thou blamest, much, Because, thou canst not be so rich, As others are: But, blame no more. The _Destinies_, as heretofore; For, if it please thee to behold, What, by thine _Embleme_, shall be told, Thou, there, shalt find, which be those _Fates_, That, keepe men low, in their _estates_. See, _Emb._ XL. 41 Thou thinkst, that thou from _faults_ art free; And, here, unblamed thou shalt be. But, if to all men, thou wilt seeme As faire, as in thine owne esteeme, Presume thou not abroad to passe, Vntill, by ev’ry _Looking-Glasse_, Which, in thy _Morall_, is exprest, Thou hast, both _Minde_, and _Body_ drest. See, _Emb._ XLI. 42 Some, _labour_ hardly, all their daies, In painefull-profitable wayes; And, others taste the sweetest _gaine_, Of that, for which these tooke the _paine_: Yet, these, they not alone undo, But, having _robd_, they _murther_ too. The wrongs of such, this _Emblem_ showes, That, thou mayst helpe, or pitty those. See, _Emb._ XLII. 43 Thou, often hast observ’d with feares, Th’_aspects_, and _motions_ of the _Starres_, As if, they threatned _Fates_ to some, Which, _God_ could never save them from. If this, thy dreaming Error be, Thine _Emblems_ Morall shewes to thee, That, _God_ restraines the _Starry-Fates_, And, no mans harme, _necessitates_. See, _Emb._ XLIII. 44