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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>Before the Plowman hopefull can be made,<lb/>
                                His untill'd earth good Hay or Corne will yeeld,<lb/>
                                He breakes the hillocks downe, with Plough or Spade ;<lb/>
                                And, harrowes over, all the cloddie Field.<lb/>
                                Then, from the leaveld-ground, at last, he mowes<lb/>
                                That Cropp of grasse, which he had hope to gaine;<lb/>
                                Or, there, doth reape the fruit of what he sowes,<lb/>
                                With profit, which contents him for his paine.<lb/>
                                Our craggie-Nature must be tilled, thus,<lb/>
                                Before it will, for Herbes of Grace, be fit.<lb/>
                                Our high-conceit, must downe be broke in us;<lb/>
                                Our heart is proud, and God must humble it.<lb/>
                                Before good Seed, in us will rooting take,<lb/>
                                Afflictions ploughes and harrowes, must prepare us:<lb/>
                                And, that the truer levell, he may make,<lb/>
                                When we are sunck too low, Gods hand must reare us.<lb/>
                                Then, neither stormings of Adversitie,<lb/>
                                Shall drowne the Seedes of Hope, which we have sowne;<lb/>
                                Nor shall the Sunne-beames of Prosperitie,<lb/>
                                Drie up their moisture, ere they ripe are growne.<lb/>
                                Oh Lord, thou know'st the nature of my minde ;<lb/>
                                Thou know'st my bodyes tempers what they are;<lb/>
                                And, by what meanes, they shall be best inclin'de<lb/>
                                Such Fruits to yeeld, as they were made to beare.<lb/>
                                My barren Soule, therefore, manure thou so;<lb/>
                                So, harrow it; so emptie, and so fill ;<lb/>
                                So raise it up, and bring it downe, so low<lb/>
                                As best may lay it levell to thy Will.<lb/>
                                In this Desire, the worke is well begunne;<lb/>
                                Say thou the Word, and all is fully done.<lb/>
                            </p>
                        
PREV embstma_1903_emblem109
SEQ 110
PARENT embstma_1903
TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
NEXT embstma_1903_emblem111
IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
CAPTION_EN A farmer guiding a team of horses pulling a harrow; in the background a fool preaching from a pulpit and Orpheus playing the lyre
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1903.xml
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1903_fac146
MOTTO_LA <p>EVERTIT ET AEQUAT.</p>
                        
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
IC 11Q71454(+0)
; 11QQ712(+0)
; 11Q733:31B8
; 25F3(+45)
; 25H114
; 25I2
; 46C1463
; 47I15(HARROW)
; 47I124
; 51B3(+4)
; 59C21(+4)
; 86(EVERTIT ET AEQUAT)
; 94O511
MOTTO_EN <p>Ere thou a fruitfull-Cropp shalt see,<lb/>
                                Thy ground must plough'd and harro'wd be.</p>
                        
URL_IMAGE embstma_1903_pic146.jpg
ID embstma_1903_emblem110
MOTTO_LA_NORM Evertit et aequat
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0