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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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David, Psal. 32. compares refractary men to horses 1and mules; which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. The Mule, if you heed not, will take his rider in his teeth, and lay him in the manger. And the Horse, when he hath cast his load, gives him a kind farewell with his heels. Experience justifieth this truth amongst us: for many of our Parishioners are so full of Jadish qualities, that the poor Minister can hardly keep his saddle.
Dauid, Psal. 32. compares refractary men to horses 1and mules; which haue no vnderstanding: whose mouth must be held in with bitte and bridle, lest they come neere vnto thee. The Mule, if you heed not, will take his rider in his teeth, and lay him in the manger. And the Horse, when hee hath cast his loade, giues him a kind farewel with his heeles. Experience iustifieth this truth amongst vs: for many of our Parishioners are so full of Iadish qualities, that the poore Minister can hardly keepe his saddle.
Sometimes we have the wicked likened to fowls There is the Peacock, the proud man, stretching out his painted and gaudy wings. The desperate Cock, the contentious, that fights without any quarrel. The house-bird, the Sparrow, the Emblem of an incontinent and hot adulterer. The Lap-wing, the Hypocrite; that cries, here 'tis, here 'tis: here's holiness: when he builds his nest on the ground; is earthly minded; and runs away with the shell on ⟨p. 25⟩