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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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4. For Subtlety. The Fox is admired for craft: but he hath not stolen all from the wo•fe. It is observed of wolves, that when they go to the fold for prey, they will be sure to advantage themselves of the wind. And Solinus reports of them, that they hide themselves in bushes […] thickets, for the more sudden and guileful preying upon Goats and sheep. These Lycanthropi in our times do more hurt by their subtlety, then by their violence. More is to be feared their pax, quam fax: malitia, quam militia. Beware of them which come to you in sheep's 1clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
4. For Subtlety. The Foxe is admired for craft: but he hath not stolne all from the wo•fe. It is obserued of wolues, that when they goe to the fold for prey, they will be sure to aduantage themselues of the winde. And Solinus reports of them, that they hide themselues in bushes 〈…〉 thickets, for the more suddaine and guilefull preying vpon Goates and sheepe. These Lycanthropi in our times doe more hurt by their subtlety, then by their violence. More is to be feared their pax, quam fax: malitia, quam militia. Beware of them which come to you in sheepes 1cloathing, but inwardly are rauening wolues.
They have outsides of Christianity, but insides of rapine. Intus, linum subtilitatis, extra lanam simplicitatis 1demonstrant. Saith Tertullian. Quaenam sunt istae pelles ovium, nisi Christiani nominis extrinsecus superficies?