a Defcrfptiott of liiung ss 
heads of inferences might be further inlarge d I 
fhatl add a Itory which I have read in the third 
Book of Phlltf s DecUmatlonesy where he faith, 
that he faw the Church pictured like to a Unicorn 
Ifanding, one liaif of which only appeared, but 
iminediatdy it appeared in his full proportion ; a- 
bout whom flood divers beaftij as the Elephant , 
Panther, &c. making a great noife about him ; 
the Unicorn in the mean while flanding undaunted- 
ly. He addetb there, hit the Church hath in this 
World foraetimes proiperity, and fometimes ad- 
verlity, butalwayes hath great Enemies, which 
fhe at laft overeometh ; by the way here we may 
take notice that oftentimes ftates and Kingdoms are 
called by the name of horns ; for as horns are of 
no ufe at all, but only to defend the body, fo Kings 
and Princes, unlefs they defend the Church, are 
ufelefs. 
4 Alfo Chrifi himfelf and his Kingdom are not 
unfitly compared to an Unicorns horn; for although 
w€ have it not exprefly mentioned in the Bible, yet 
we read in the Book of Numbers, that when Ba- 
laam was to blefs lfrael,ht taketh many fimilifudes 
from the Unicom, from whence we may learn, 
I. That as the Unicorn is an invincible Creature; 
thus the Church fhall prevail againfl the gates of 
Hell ; moreover, as the Unicorn with his horn doth 
overcome all other Creatures; thus we by this horn 
of do overcome all the temptations of Sa- 
than, and of wicked men; and as his horn is a 
Sovereign remedy againfl poyfon, fothc Kingdom 
of Cbr/^ is the horn of Salvation, in which finis 
G 3 deflroyed ; 
