<p>When God-Almighty first engrav'd in stone<lb/> His holy Law; He did not give the same<lb/> As if some common Act had then beene done;<lb/> For, arm'd with Fires and Thunders, forth it came.<lb/> By which, that great Law-maker, might inferre<lb/> What dreadfull Vengeance would on those attend,<lb/> Who did against those holy Precepts erre;<lb/> And, that, his Power, well-doers could defend.<lb/> Thereto, this Emblem, also doth agree;<lb/> For, loe, before the Tables of the Lawe,<lb/> A naked Sword is borne, whose use may bee<lb/> As well to keepe in Safety, as in Awe.<lb/> Whence, Princes (if they please) this note may take,<lb/> (And it shall make them happily to raigne)<lb/> That, many good and wholsome Lawes to make<lb/> Without an Executioner, is vaine.<lb/> It likewise intimates, that such as are<lb/> In Soveraigne place, as well obliged be<lb/> Their zeale for true Religion to declare,<lb/> As, what concerneth Manners, to foresee.<lb/> It lastly, showes that Princes should affect<lb/> Not onely, over others to Command,<lb/> But Swords to weare, their Subjects to protect;<lb/> And, for their Guard, extend a willing hand.<lb/> For, Lawes, or Peace to boast of; and, the whiles,<lb/> The Publique-weale, to weaken or disarme,<lb/> Is nor the way to hinder Civill-Broyles,<lb/> Nor to secure it from a Forraigne-harme.<lb/> For, As by Lawes a Land is kept in frame;<lb/> So, Armes is that, which must protect the same.<lb/> </p>

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A hand is holding a sword, in front of the tables of the Law; in the background: Moses receives the tables of the law from God

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<p>The Law is given to direct;<lb/> The Sword, to punish and protect.</p>

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