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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. 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.
2. Time and your expectation call me to the Innocency of these Lambes. It is not enough for them to suffer wrongs: but they must offer none. For he that doth iniury, may well receiue it. To looke for good, and do bad, is against the law of Retaile. Dyonisius 1of Syracusa being banish'd, came to Theodores Court a supplyant; where not presently admitted, hee turned to his Companion with these words. Perhaps I did the like, when I was in the like dignity. VVhen thou receiuest iniury, remember what thou hast giuen.
- 1Lexta•nis. Valer. Max. lib. 4.
It is no wonder, if those lambs be stricken, that strike. He that will be an agent in wrongs, must be a patient. How strange, and unproper a speech is this; a contentious lamb, a troublesome Minister! How learned soever such men may seem, they are indeed illiterate. They are bad writers that have ⟨p. 19⟩not learned to join: simple Grammarians, that have not their Concords. It is observed of Lambs; that Caetera animalia armavit natura, solum agnum dimisit inermem. Other living creatures Nature hath armed; but the lamb she sent into the world naked and unarmed: giving it neither offensive nor defensive weapons. The Dog hath teeth to bite: the Horse hoofs to trample: the Bear nails to tear: the Ox horns to dash: the Lyon paws and jaws to devour: The Bore hath his tush: the Elephant his snout: the Hind and Hare have swift feet, to save themselves by flight. Only the Lamb hath no means, either to help it self, or to hurt others.