Emblems of Mortality; representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, death seizing all ranks and degrees of people

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Whoso stoppeth his Ears at the Cry of the Poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

Proverbs xxi. 13.

Illustration from Emblems of Mortality; representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, death seizing all ranks and degrees of people

The Rich and Wealthy readily To Suiters rich give Ear, And scorn the poor and needy Man, His Pray’r refuse to hear: But when themselves, in the last Hour, To God shall earnest cry, Their anxious Pray’rs he shall reject, And their Request deny.