ISIDOR., lib. 1. By how much nearer Satan perceiveth the World to be at an end, by so much the more fiercely he troubleth it with persecution; that knowing himself to be damned he may get company in his damnation. ANON. Then shall Christ's kingdom be manifest, for it is written that Satan shall be bound for a thousand years, which is called the Millennium; and then after a time. shall Christ reign. S. AUGUST. All vices wax old by age: covetousness alone groweth young. REV. chap. 20, v. 1, 2, 3. And I saw an angel come down from heaven having the key of the bottomless pit, and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the Dragon, that old serpent which is the devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit. IBIDEM, chap. 20, v. 11. And I saw a great white throne and him that sat on it. EPIG. The motto "mutatur non mutari" Seems to have put MAMMON in a quandary; As the writing of old, displayed on the wall Old tempter to evil, thou may'st fret, fume, and fuss, For thy doom, likes the doom, of old Sisyphus! EMBLEM XII. FIRST PART. PSALM 13, v. 3. Lighten mine eyes, O Lord, lest I sleep the sleep of death. I. TO TREAD Where sleep the dead; To muse upon the past, Is life to know, whilst life does last. The flow'r that blooms upon the conic sod Exhaling fragrant sweets-emblems a soul with God! II. WHERE LIE The great that die? I' th' earth!-and their abode Is with the slave that bore the load! Death knows not of degrees-he equal makes The clown, the priest, the monarch! when their breath he takes. |