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Vamely J o thet hetongeth righteoafnefs^hiit to «s coh- 
fufion of face; and with the penitent thief, ^ are 
fHmjhed for oftr deferts • And 1‘kC the Empe- 
rour who, when he faw his Sons and 
his Daughters flain before his face, did not inur- 
mur or repine Tin the leart; but his Wife turning to 
him, faid, O Lord, Thoa art juft and rsghteoftt in all 
thy Judgments. Lather , when he faw a Dog 
wagging his tail at dinner, ufed to fay, that he beg- 
ged by the very wagging of bis tail ; and, I wilh, 
faith he, that we men were indued with the like 
nature, not to leave off our prayers becaufe not 
prefemly receivedithis is a good limilitude, though 
but a homely one. See more of this in FhllifpHs 
Camerarius, Lib. 2. Saccif. * 
GHAP. XXII, 
Of the Sheep. 
I Take the word Sheep here for all kind of Sheeps 
whether it be the Ram, the tVether, &c. The 
^ Ram is the male, the n'ether is guelded ; although 
this be a domertick and common creature, yet it 
is worthy our obfervation, to confider,that it hath 
pleafed the Hoy Ghojl very often to compare 
Chrifi to Sheeps as alfo all Chnfiians •. the Jervsia 
their facrifices offered mote Sheep than any other 
creature, although they ufed to offer up Calve/, 
Goats, Oxen, Heifers, Kids, as alfo Turtles and 
" N 3 Pidgeons, 
