"'Gemitus Columbæ,' the Mournful Note of the Dove; a Sermon preached,"
&c.: by John Langley, Min. of West Tuperley in the Countie of
Southampton. 1644.
"The oxen were plowing, the asses were feeding beside them ('twas in
the relation of one of Job's messengers). By the oxen wee are to
vnderstand the laborious Clergie; by the asses, that were feeding
beside them, wee may vnderstande the Laity" (!).--P. 8.
"The worde set on by the Spirit, as Scanderbags' sworde, by the arme of
Scanderbags, will make a deepe impression."--P. 16.
Query, what is the allusion here?
"We came to the height, shall I saye, of our fever (or frenzie,
rather), when _wee began to catch Dotterills_, when wee fell to
cringing and complimenting in worship, stretching out a wing to their
wing, a legge to their legge."--P. 18.
"Time was when the _Dove-cote was searched, the Pistolls were cockt;
the Bloudie-birdes were skirring about_: then the Lord withdrew the
birds."--P. 29.
"When your ginnes and snares _catch any of the Bloudie-birdes, dally
not with them, blood will have blood_; contracte not their
bloude-guiltinesse vpon your owne soules, by an vnwarranted clemencie
and mildnesse."--P. 30.
"(_Note._--The 'Bloudie-birdes,' _i. e._ the cavaliers.)"