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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>The faithlesse Iewe's repining currishnesse,<lb/>
                                The blessed Psalmist, fitly did expresse,<lb/>
                                By grinning-dogs, which howling roame by night,<lb/>
                                To satisfie their grudging appetite.<lb/>
                                Here, therefore, by an Emblem, wee are showne,<lb/>
                                That, God, (who as hee lists, bestowes his owne)<lb/>
                                Providing so, that none may bee unfed,<lb/>
                                Doth offer to the Dogges, the Childrens bread.<lb/>
                                And, by this Emblem, wee advised are,<lb/>
                                Of their presumptuous boldnesse to beware,<lb/>
                                Who bound God's Mercie ; and, have shut out some<lb/>
                                From hope of Grace, before the Night is come:<lb/>
                                Since, to the Dogs, his meat is not denide,<lb/>
                                If they returne, (though not till Evening-tide.)<lb/>
                                Moreover, wee, some notice hence may take,<lb/>
                                That, if provision, God, vouchsafes to make,<lb/>
                                For Lyons, Dogs, and Ravens, in their need,<lb/>
                                Hee will his Lambes, and harmlesse Turtles feed:<lb/>
                                And, so provide, that they shall alwayes have<lb/>
                                Sufficient, to maintaine the Life hee gave.<lb/>
                                I must confesse, I never merit shall,<lb/>
                                The Crummes, which from thy Childrens table fall:<lb/>
                                Yet, thou hast oft, and freely fed mee, Lord,<lb/>
                                Among thy Children, at thy Holy-board :<lb/>
                                Nor have I, there, been fill'd with Bread alone;<lb/>
                                But, on the blessed Bodie of thy Sonne,<lb/>
                                My Soule hath feasted. And, if thou dost grant<lb/>
                                Such favours, Lord! what can I feare to want?<lb/>
                                For, doubtlesse, if thy Sonne thou please to give,<lb/>
                                All other things, with him, I shall receive.<lb/>
                            </p>
                        
PREV embstma_1903_emblem196
SEQ 197
PARENT embstma_1903
TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
NEXT embstma_1903_emblem198
IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
CAPTION_EN A hand from the clouds offers a piece of bread to a dog; an innkeeper offers an alm to a beggar
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1903.xml
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1903_fac251
MOTTO_LA <p>SI DEUS VOLUERIT.</p>
                        
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
IC 25G3(+39):49D321
; 25H114
; 25I3
; 31A2515(+933)
; 31A233
; 34B11(+95732)
; 41A711
; 41C621
; 43B31(+13)
; 46A151
; 86(SI DEUS VOLUERIT)
MOTTO_EN <p>Why should I feare the want of Bread ?<lb/>
                                If God so please, I shall bee fed.</p>
                        
URL_IMAGE embstma_1903_pic251.jpg
ID embstma_1903_emblem197
MOTTO_LA_NORM Si deus voluerit
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0