FOURTH DECADE

FOURTH DECADE
ARDEO. ADVERSIS. CLARVIS.

Emblem 31
HE WHO IS THIRSTY WILL DRINK
"But the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." (John 4:14)
QUI SITITBIBET -- XXXI
The mouth is wet with the rosy liquor,
From which found the thirsty heart gushes out;
Thence the rose bursts into bloom.

Emblem 32
DIRT: FILTH
"For where your treasure is, there will your heart be." (Matthew 6:21)
LIMUS FIMUS -- XXXII
The heart leaves the place it has reached,
For it is an exile in all this gold;
Call back the heart, go glorified and courageous to the sky.

Emblem 33
SUFFER AND LEARN
"The words of the Lord are pure words as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times." (Psalms 12:6)
XXXIII
The brick and hearth witness to the quality of gold;
The same may testify to the goodness of the mind.

Emblem 34
NEITHER ON THIS SIDE, NOR ON THE OTHER
"... we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left." (Numbers 20:17)
NECCITRA NECULTRA -- XXXIIII
Not in this place, not in that;
The heart will go more safely in the middle.
He who rushes from the mean, runs to destruction.

Emblem 35
SIMPLE WISDOM
"Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves." (Matthew 10:16)
SAPIENTIA SIMPLEX -- XXXV
He whose heart is saved by simplicity, whose eye by wisdom,
Will be both serpent and dove to God.

Emblem 36
O VANITY!
"This people ... honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me." (Matthew 15:8)
O VANITAS! -- XXXVI
One spirit drives the mind and jaw, let mouth and heart speak:
Faith does not tolerate discordant lyres.

Emblem 37
I MUST LEAVE
"For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come." (Hebrews 13:14)
EMIGRANDUM -- XXXVII
My home is away from home, this homeland is not my country.
I must go; I reject this, I hope for another.
I do not want a worthless Good.

Emblem 38
I SIGH
"Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28)
SUSPIRO -- XXXVIII
I fail beneath the cross; the same cross renews me;
The hand which made me sick heals; why therefore do I delay?

Emblem 39
DEATH IS A PROFIT
"... having a desire to depart and be with Christ." (Philippians 1:23)
MORS LUCRUM -- XXXIX
This life is a prison, the punishment is the sentence of death,
The provisions and interest are death, the honour is horror.

Emblem 40
THUS I AM NOURISHED
"For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together." (Matthew 24:28)
SIC ALOR -- XL
Your eagle's heart and sight, my Christ, the corpse lives;
Where you have been, there shall I always be.

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