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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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Now the Devil is content, thou shouldst remit some of thy gross impieties, so thou retain others. He cares not to be cast out by Idolatry, so he be kept in by Atheism. He is well pleased, that Judas should become an Apostle of Christ, so he be withal a Traitor. Let Abimelech give hospitality to Abraham, so he purpose to abuse his wife. Let Herod hear John Baptist preach, perhaps he will cut ⟨p. 55⟩off his head, for preaching against Herodias.
Now the Deuill is content, thou shouldst remit some of thy grosse impieties, so thou retaine others. He cares not to be cast out by Idolatry, so he be kept in by Atheisme. He is well pleased, that Iudas should become an Apostle of Christ, so he be withall a Traitor. Let Abimelech giue hospitality to Abraham, so he purpose to abuse his wife. Let Herod heare Iohn Baptist proach, perhaps he wil cut ⟨p. 55⟩off his head, for preaching against Herodias.
The Devil is loth to be dislodged of ignorance, yet is content that error succeed in place. He is vexed that truth should appear to a man, yet if worldliness keep fast hold of the affections, this is a cable rope to pull him in again. If he loose the Sconce of the understanding, yet give him the Citadel of the affections. Any unmortified, habituated, affected sin, is a sufficient stirrup to mount him into his old saddle. Either let the soul stoop to fulfil the bodies base desires: or let the body employ all his members, faculties, functions, to satisfy the souls lusts, and he is pleased.
The Deuil is loth to be dislodged of ignorance, yet is content that error succeed in place. He is vex'd that truth should appeare to a man, yet if worldlines keepe fast hold of the affections, this is a cable rope to pull him in againe. If he loose the Sconce of the vnderstanding, yet giue him the Citadell of the affections. Any vnmortified, habituated, affected sinne, is a sufficient stirrop to mount him into his old saddle. Eyther let the soule stoop to fulfill the bodies base desires: or let the body imploy all his members, faculties, functions, to satisfie the soules lusts, and he is pleased.