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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.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
We may say of a wicked man, as their School-gloss saith of their Soul-Priests. Malus Presbyter aequiparatur Coruo, in nigredine vitiorum, in raucedine vocis, in voracitate oblationum mortuorum, in foetore spiritus, in garrulitate, et in furto. Such a man is resembled to a Raven; in the blackness of his vices, in the hoarseness of his voice, in his insatiable voracity, in his stench of breath, in his tattling garrulity, and in theft.
VVe may say of a wicked man, as their Schooleglosse saith of their Soule-Priests. Malus Presbiter aequiparatur Coruo, in nigredine vitiorum, in raucedine vocis, in voracitate oblationum mortuorum, in foetore spiritus, in garrulitate, et in furto. Such a man is resembled to a Rauen; in the blacknesse of his vices, in the hoarcenesse of his voyce, in his insatiable voracity, in his stench of breath, in his tatling garrulity, and in theft.
We find the wicked otherwhiles compared to Dogs. Psal. 22. Dogs have compassed me. And ver. 20. Deliver my soul from the sword, and my darling from 1the power of the Dog. And Psal. 59. They return at Evening: they make a noise like a Dog, & go round about 2the City. Saith Paul, Philip. 3. Beware of Dogs, &c. either grinning in malice, or barking with reproaches, ⟨p. 26⟩3or biting with mischief.