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A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for childrenA book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children
A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for children by J.B.A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children by J.B.
London: printed for N.P., 1686
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
XLIX. Upon a Lantern.
XLIX. Upon a Lanthorn.
The Lantern is to keep the Candle Light, When it is windy, and a darksome Night. O dain'd it also was, that men might see By Night their way, and so in safety be.
THe Lanthorn is to keep the Candle Light, When it is windy, and a darksome Night. O dain'd it also was, that men might see By Night their way, and so in safety be.
Comparison. Compare we now our Lantern to the man, That has within his heart a Work of Grace. As for another let him, if he can, Do as this Lantern, in its time and place: Profess the Faith, and thou a Lantern art: But yet if Grace has not possessed thee: ⟨p. 58⟩Thou wantest this Candle Light within thy heart, And art none other, than dark Lanterns be.
Comparison. Compare we now our Lanthorn to the man, That has within his heart a Work of Grace. As for another let him, if he can, Do as this Lanthorn, in its time and place: Profess the Faith, and thou a Lanthorn art: But yet if Grace has not possessed thee: ⟨p. 58⟩