7P C|e of j or , 
Greece under him , yet in bis old age he was fo 
leAcheroHSy that he was drawn into the Market- 
place by four Women inftead of Mules j moreo- 
ver now I will compare this Leopard t© the Devil, 
as St. Bajil Aii, for 
1. As the Leopard is fo crafty and fubtle, fo we 
cannot exprefs the malice and fubtilty of this com- 
mon enemy. 
2. Thus the Devil ( as the Leopard hath a moft 
fragrant fcent) foraetimes transformeth himfelf 
into an Angel of light; and as the Leopard hideth 
himfelf, feigning himfelf to be dead, or afleep, 
the eafier to enfnare his prey • fo the Devil ofteii- 
times covereth his temptations with fallacies and 
deceits, the better to take thefimple: and as the 
Leopard mth a great deal of eagernefs leapeth up- 
on his prey, fo the Devil is never fluggiflt nor 
flothful in tempting of us, but he doth ( as he is a 
roaring Lj/on) fnatch away the wicked • finally, 
as the Leopard never changeth his fpots, fo he will 
not leave oflf deceiving mankind ; nay,byfomany 
years experience as he hath had, he is much crafti- 
er, and now tn thefe later ages he is more fiercf 
and cruel, by how much the nearer he feeth hfs 
Judgonent coming ; and therefore we ought alway^es 
to implore the Son of God that he would reftrain 
and confound this cruel Creature; but fo much fo? 
the Leopardo 
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