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The black devil or the apostate Together with the wolf worrying the lambs. And…The blacke devil or the apostate Together with the wolfe worrying the lambes. And…
The black devil or the apostate Together with the wolf worrying the lambs. And the spiritual navigator, bound for the Holy Land. In three sermons. By Thomas Adams.The blacke devil or the apostate Together with the wolfe worrying the lambes. And the spiritual navigator, bound for the Holy Land. In three sermons. By Thomas Adams.
London: printed by William Jaggard, 1615London: printed by William Iaggard, 1615
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Satan will allow his Hosts to pretend sanctity, so they intend villainy: aliud proponere, aliud supponere: to have the cup utterly rinsed and cleansed; so it be within full of extortion and rancour: to guild over a poisonous pill: to pray in the Church, so they prey on the Church: this is a trimmed house, a chamber garnished for the Devil. This Satan doth in an ambitious imitation of the Lord, who would have his house garnished, as the Passover-chamber was trimmed.
Satan will allow his Hostes to pretend sanctity, so they intend villany: aliud proponere, aliud supponere: to haue the cup vtterly rensed and cleansed; so it be within full of extortion and rancor: to guild ouer a poysonous pill: to pray in the Church, so they prey on the Church: this is a trimmed house, a chamber garnished for the Deuill. This Satan doth in an ambitious imitation of the Lord, who would haue his house garnished, as the Passeouer-chamber was trimmed.
God would have the beams of his house Cedar, and the galleries of fir; like King Solomons Chariot; the pillars thereof are silver, the bottom thereof gold, 1the covering of it, of purple; the midst thereof being paved with love for the daughters of Jerusalem. He would have sanctification for the furniture; For this is the 2will of God, even your holiness; and for ornaments, the graces of his Spirit. Thither he comes, and there he sups. Revel. 3. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: 3if any man open unto me, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he shall sup with me.
God would haue the beames of his house Cedar, and the galleries of firre; like King Solomons Chariot; the pillars thereof are siluer, the bottome thereof gold,