50 DIVINE EMBLEMS Come, thief, tell me thy ga.ins, but do not falter, When furrt' d, what comes it to more than the halter? Perhaps, thoul't fay, the haltei" I defy; · So thou may':ll fay, yet by the halter die. Thoul't fay, then there's an end; no pr'ythee hold, · He was no friend of thine that thee fo told. Hear thou the word of God, that wiil thee tell, Without repentanse, thieves mu:ll go to hell. But fhould it be as thytl falfe prophet lays, yet nought but lofs doth come by thievifh ways. AH honeil men will flee thy company, Th0u liv'il a rogue, and fo a rogue will die. Innoeent boldnefs thou ha:ll none at all, Thy inward thoughts uo thee a villain ·call. Sometimes when thou Iy':ll warmly on thy bed, Thou art like one unto the gallows led. Fear as a conilable breaks in upon thee, Thou art as if the town was L!P to :llone thee. If hogs do grunt, ~r filly rats do rufsle, Thou art in confiernation, think'ft a buille By ~en about the door is made to take thee: And ail becaufe good confcience doth forfake thee. Thy
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