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The black devil or the apostate Together with the wolf worrying the lambs. And…The blacke devil or the apostate Together with the wolfe worrying the lambes. And…
The black devil or the apostate Together with the wolf worrying the lambs. And the spiritual navigator, bound for the Holy Land. In three sermons. By Thomas Adams.The blacke devil or the apostate Together with the wolfe worrying the lambes. And the spiritual navigator, bound for the Holy Land. In three sermons. By Thomas Adams.
London: printed by William Jaggard, 1615London: printed by William Iaggard, 1615
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LYCANTHROPY. OR THE WOLFE Worrying The LAMBS.LYCANTHROPY. OR THE WOLFE Worrying The LAMBES.
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2. It is not enough to be speedful; we must also be discreet and faithful. The messenger must do the Senders business, not his own. Celerity lays the reins on our necks: discretion is the curb of the bridle. There are that run too fast; Qui trans mare currunt. As Cyprian writes of some Schismatics, that had put to sea for Rome; quasi veritas 1post eos navigare non possit. This is called by Saint August. Cursus celerrimus praeter viam. The four Cherubins. Ezek. 1. 7. had pedes rectos, straight feet: and the feet of Ministers, if they be beautiful, take 2straite steps. Sunt opera quae videntur bona, et non sunt: quia non referuntur ad illum finem, ex quo bona sunt. 3Indeed Intentio facit bonum opus; but then fides dirigit intentionē, saith the same father. It is not enough that conscience must lead us, but truth must lead our conscience. Non est rectum, quod non est a Deo directum. He that commands us agere, commands us hoc agere: non aliud, sed illud. With God, adverbs shall have better thanks then nouns. Both good and well, must in our actions meet. Wicked is not much worse then undiscreete. Says a modern Poet. He that hath a nimble foot and a false heart, runs himself out of breath, ere he remembers his errand. Fidelity is requisite in a Messenger. Non bove mactato coelestia Numina gaudent; Sed, quae praestanda est, et sine teste, fide.4
2. It is not enough to be speedfull; we must also be discreet and faithfull. The messenger must do the Senders businesse, not his owne. Celerity layes the raynes on our neckes: discretion is the curbe of the bridle. There are that runne too fast; Qui trans mare currunt. As Cyprian writes of some Schismatickes, that had put to sea for Rome; quasi veritas 1post eos nauigare non possit. This is called by Saint August. Cursus celerrimus praeter viam. The foure Cherubins. Ezek. 1. 7