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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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We have examined their Commission, let us now consider their Commixtion. As Lambs among Wolves. Alas! it goes harsh, when these two natures meet. It must be miraculous, if one of them come not short home. Yet I find it prophesied of the days of the Gospel. The Wolfe and the Lamb shall feed together. Indeed when Wolves become Lambs, 1of which supernatural effect these Lambs are sent forth as instrumental causes; this peace may be fulfilled. But Wolves, whiles they are Wolves, will not let the Lambs live in quiet. In this mixture, there is a Prescription, a Description. What we must be that are sent; what they are amongst whom sent.
Wee haue examined their Commission, let vs now consider their Commixtion. As Lambs among Wolues. Alas! it goes harsh, when these two natures meet. It must be miraculous, if one of them come not short home. Yet I finde it prophesied of the daies of the Gospell. The Wolfe and the Lambe shall feede together. Indeed when Wolues become Lambs, 1of which supernaturall effect these Lambs are sent forth as instrumentall causes; this peace may be fulfilled. But Wolues, whiles they are Wolues, will not let the Lambs liue in quiet. In this mixture, there is a Prescription, a Description. What we must be that are sent; what they are amongst whome sent.
The duty of our natures, and nature of our duties is exemplified in this word, Lambs. Not that there should be a Metamorphosis or transformation of us into that kind of beasts, literally. But as Lambs. As is sometimes a note of Quality, sometimes of equality, here it is only similitudinary. As Lambs, as Doves, &c. Neither is this enjoined likeness catholic, but partial: we must not be in every respect, as Lambs: but it must be taken in a limited