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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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Let him that hath Episcopal Jurisdiction consider what S. Bernard writes to Eugenius: that it is his office, Magis domare lupos, quàm dominari ovibus. And as they say, the Subject of the Canon law is, 1Homo dirigibilis in Deum, et in bonum commune: so that Court, which is called Forum spiritual, should specially consider the public tranquillity ⟨p. 33⟩of these Lambs, & to enervate the furious strength of wolves.
Let him that hath Episcopall Iurisdiction consider what S. Bernard writes to Eugenius: that it is his office, Magis domare lupos, quàm dominari ouibus. And as they say, the Subiect of the Canon law is, 1Homo dirigibilis in Deum, et in bonum commune: so that Court, which is called Forum spirituale, should specially consider the publike tranquillity ⟨p. 33⟩of these Lambes, & to eneruate the furious strength of wolues.
- 1De Consider. lib. 2.
Let them that are deputed Supervisors of Parishes, Church-wardens; remember that nothing in the world is more spiritual, tender, and delicate, then the conscience of a man: and nothing binds the conscience more strongly then an oath. Come ye not therefore with Omne benè, when there are so many wolves among you. If you favour the wolves, you give shrewd suspicion, that you are wolves your selves. Is there nothing for you to present? Gods house, Gods day is neglected: the Temples unrepaired, and unrepaired too: neither adorned, nor frequented. Adultery breaks forth into smoke, fame, infamy. Drunkenness cannot find the way to the Church, so readily as to the Alehouse: and when it comes to the Temple, takes a nap just the length of the Sermon. And yet Omnia benè still. Let me say; Security and Partiality are often the Church-wardens: Connivance, and wilful Ignorance the Sidemen. You will say, I take for the profit of the Commissary. I answer in the face and fear of God; I speak not to benefit his Office, but to discharge my own office.