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CRuelty is forbidden, Courage is commanded, we may partake the g••od of the Lion,* 1.1 but not the evil of the Lion; It was and is a gross mistake, a very large conceit of Nicholas the Florentine to think that those properties of the Dove to be without guil, have been the bane of Christendom, whilst the enemies thereof
have taken advantage of their simplicity, to ensnare them, and of their pitty to de∣vour them. It is true, well may imprudent simplicity, and cowaraly pitty disadvantage the Prudent,* 1.2 the Couragious they n••ver can; nay, sincerity in the end overcometh infidelity, and pitty triumpheth over cruelty; none ever dealt more plainly then Christ, none was dealt withal more deceitfully; none used more pitty, none was used more cruelly: And what was the issue? he proved the wisdom of his ene∣mies, plain folly; and their fury turned to his greater glory: And there was ne∣ver any crafty wit, that was not unto himself a snare; nor cruel heart, whose hands did not give himself the deadliest wounds in the conclusion.
B. Lake Serm. at Court.
—Sapientia prima, Stultitiâ car••isse. ••lorat. 1. Ep. 1.