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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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Sic nocet innocuo nocuus, causamque nocendi Quaerit. So Ahab the wolf told Elijah the lamb, that he troubled Israel. As it is truly reported; the Papists would have laid the Gunpowder-treason on the Puritans; if it had been effected. Hebr. 10. Ye 1have need of patience; that after the have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. But I fear, I have incited your impatience, by standing. so long upon patience.
Sic nocet innocuo nocuus, causamque nocendi Quaerit. So Ahab the wolfe told Elias the lambe, that he troubled Israel. As it is truely reported; the Papists would haue laide the Gunpowder-treason on the Puritaines; if it had beene effected. Hebr. 10. Ye 1haue need of patience; that after ye haue done the will of God, ye might receiue the promise. But I feare, I haue incited your impatience, by standing. so long vpon patience.
2. Time and your expectation call me to the Innocency of these Lambs. It is not enough for them to suffer wrongs: but they must offer none. For he that doth injury, may well receive it. To look for good, and do bad, is against the law of Retail. Dionysius 1of Syracusa being banished, came to Theodore's Court a suppliant; where not presently admitted, he turned to his Companion with these words. Perhaps I did the like, when I was in the like dignity. When thou receivest injury, remember what thou hast given.