The sacrifice of thankfulness A sermon preached at Pauls Cross, the third of December,…The sacrifice of thankefulnesse A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, the third of December,…

Name: The sacrifice of thankfulness A sermon preached at Pauls Cross, the third of December,…
Author: Thomas Adams

The sacrifice of thankfulness A sermon preached at Pauls Cross, the third of December, being the first Aduentuall Sunday, anno 1615. By Tho. Adams. Whereunto are annexed five other of his sermons preached in London, and else-where; never before printed. ...The sacrifice of thankefulnesse A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, the third of December, being the first Aduentuall Sunday, anno 1615. By Tho. Adams. Whereunto are annexed fiue other of his sermons preached in London, and else-where; neuer before printed. ...

Thomas Adams fl. 1612–1653London: printed by Thomas Purfoot for Clement Knight, 1616

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POLITIC HUNTING: OR, A Discovery of the cunning Esavites of our… › A Discovery of the cunning Esavites of our times. › A man of the Field.POLITICKE HVNTING: OR, A Discouerie of the cunning Esauites of our… › A Discouerie of the cunning Esauites of our times. › A man of the Field.

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If you would know who they are: they are the Flatterers. Of whom we may say, as Huntsmen of their Dogs, They are Well-mouthed; or rather, Ill-mouthed▪ For an ordinary Dogs biting doth not rankle so sore as their licking. Of all Dogs they are best likened to Spaniels; but that they have a more venomous tongue: They will fawn, and fleer, and leap up, and kiss their Masters hand: but all this while they do but hunt him; and if they can spring him once, you shall hear them quest instantly, and either present them to the Falcon, or worry and prey on them themselves: perhaps not so much for their flesh, as for their Feathers. For they love not Dominos, but Dominorum; not their Masters Good, but their Masters Goods.

If you would know who they are: they are the Flatterers. Of whom wee may say, as Huntsmen of their Dogges, They are Well-mouth'd; or rather, Ill-mouthd▪ For an ordinary Dogges byting doth not ranckle so sore as their licking. Of all Dogges they are best likened to Spanyels; but that they haue a more venemous tongue: They will fawne, and fleere, and leape vp, and kisse their Maisters hand: but all this while they doe but hunt him; and if they can spring him once, you shall heare them quest instantly, and either present them to the Falcon, or worrey and prey on them themselues: perhaps not so much for their flesh, as for their Fethers. For they loue not Dominos, but Dominorum; not their Maisters Good, but their Maisters Goods.

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The golden Ass got into sumptuous Trappings, thinks he hath as many Friends, as he hath Beasts coming about him: One commends his Snout for fairer then the Lyons; an other his Skin for richer then the Leopards; an other his Foot for swifter then the Harts; a fourth his Teeth for whiter and more precious then the Elephants; a last, his Breath for sweeter then the Civet-beasts: And it is wonder▪ if some do not make him believe, he hath Horns, and those stronger then Bulls, and more virtuous then the Unicorns. All this while they do but hunt him for his Trappings; uncase him, and you shall have them baffle and kick him.

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