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,…

Thus the eye, the ear, the foot, the hand, though wild and unruly enough, have been tamed; but the tongue can no man tame: it is an unruly evil, &c.

Thus the eye, the eare, the foote, the hand, though wilde and vnruly enough, have been tamed; but the tongue can no man tame: it is an vnruly evill, &c.

With other creatures of the world; whether we find them in the earth, air, or water.

With other creatures of the world; whether we find them in the earth, ayre, or water.

1. On the earth, there is the man-hating Tiger; yet man hath subdued him; and (they write) a little boy hath led him in a string. There is the flock-devouring wolf, that stands at grinning defiance with the shepherd; ⟨p. 35⟩mad to have his prey, or loose himself; yet he hath been tamed. The roaring Lyon, whose voice is a terror to man, by man hath been subdued. Yea, serpents, that have to their strength two shrewd additions, subtlety, and malice; that carry venom in their mouths, or a sting in their tails, or are all over poisonous; the very basilisk, that kills with his eyes, as they write, three furlongs off. Yet all these savage, furious, malicious natures have been tamed, but the tongue can no man tame: it is an unruly evil, &c.

1. On the earth, there is the man-hating Tyger; yet man hath subdued him; and (they write) a little boy hath led him in a string. There is the flocke-devouring wolfe, that stands at grinning defiance with the sheepheard; ⟨p. 35⟩