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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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The Devil accordingly desires his house garnished; but the furniture is Sin, and the ornaments opera tenebrarum, the works of darkness: And then, if you will, let this mansion be outwardly pargetted, and whited over. Make they show of having the Holy Ghost on Sundays, so they retain the foul devil all the week. These are they, that make Religion a masquery: lye, swear, cheat, oppress, scorn, riot, revile, revel; yet appear at Church on the Sabbath; as if they came for a Passport to do more mischief. The strength of their profession is but ⟨p. 53⟩a gristle; which is indeed neither bone nor flesh; neither true religion, nor no religion. Like the speckled innocency of the Papists, in their ostentate charity, unclean chastity, luxurious fasts, and meritorious treasons, in butchering Princes, and transferring kingdoms.
The Deuil accordingly desires his house garnished; but the furniture is Sinne, and the ornaments opera tenebrarum, the workes of darknesse: And then, if you will, let this mansion be outwardly pargetted, and whited ouer. Make they shew of hauing the Holy Ghost on Sundaies, so they retaine the foule deuill all the weeke. These are they, that make Religion a masquery: lye, sweare, cheat, oppresse, scorne, ryot, revile, reuell; yet appeare at Church on the Sabboth; as if they came for a Pasport to do more mischiefe. The strength of their profession is but ⟨p. 53⟩a gristle; which is indeed neyther bone nor flesh; neyther true religion, nor no religion. Like the speckled innocency of the Papists, in their ostentate charity, vncleane chastity, luxurious fasts, and meritorious treasons, in butchering Princes, and transferring kingdomes.
These hypocrites, being erst so themselves abused and deluded of Satan, persuade others to villainy, by arguments of virtue. For an hypocrite will do nothing without a colour, and with a colour any thing. If thou beest a good fellow, pledge this health: if a true gentleman, put not up this disgrace without revenge: if any charity in thee, maintain this Parasite. Whereas it is the part of a good man to be sober; of a generous spirit to pass by an offence, said the wisest King; and of a charitable man to succour the poor, not to maintain the dissolute.