i6B Cfie of 15?uteiS s or, 
but I fhall proceed. 6. If a efpyeth a man, 
he doth by a fecret virtue fo allonilh him, that he 
cannot cry out for help ; thus the Devil, when by 
his tentations he befetteth a carelefs finner, he ea- 
fily obtaineththe victory, triumphing over him 
when conquered ; but on the other fide, if a man 
firft efpyeth a M?//, he is not fo fierce nor rave- 
nous as before ; thus good men who are afraid of 
Sahaus devices, who' by prayer and other holy 
duties arm themfelves againtt him, do as it were a- 
fright him, and make him fly ; and as Wolves 
hate nothing more than the light of fire, Snd 
of a naked fword ; fo doth the Devil no 
iefs dread thofe fparks of divine light that come 
from t^ Scripti re, and the prayers of good men, 
which are the arms and weapons of the Church ; 
and therefore St. Chryfaftome rightly faid, 
fvordi are net fo terrible to Wolvesj at are the fray-' 
ers of gooimen ti Sathan, ' 
2* We find that Heretickj are often compared 
mtoWolvef- we read lAbls 20: 2^, That tvolves 
fkoHld come who would not fi^tre the flock^x Matt. 
7, 1 5. 9 are commanded to beware of falfe Pro- 
phets who come to us in fheeps clothings but inwardly 
' are ravening VFolve'sx vit may here take notice 
of the epithet e given to falfe Prophets of ravening 
Wolves : There'ate fome Wolves in Africa and 
in that will flrand on the Ibore, and if they 
fee any fifhennen,will take fome of their fifh from 
them, and run away with it ; and on the other fide, 
Op^ianus and feveral other good Authors tell us 
of another kind of Wolves that are called 
