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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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4. Pharaoh, after the devouring locusts, and palpable 1darkness, calls again for Moses and Aaron. Go ye your selves, and let your little ones go also: only let your flocks and your herds be stayed. Nay, saith Moses, we must have burnt offerings and sacrifices for the 2Lord our God. Our cattle shall also go with us: there shall not a hoof be left behind: for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God.
4. Pharaoh, after the deuouring locusts, and palpable 1darknesse, cals againe for Moses and Aaron. Go ye your selues, and let your little ones go also: onely let your flockes and your heards be stay'd. Nay, saith Moses, we must haue burnt offerings and sacrifices for the 2Lord our God. Our cattell shall also go with vs: there shall not a hoofe be left behind: for thereof must we take to serue the Lord our God.
- 1Exod. 10. 24.
- 2Verse. 26.
Did Pharaoh regard their cattle above their little ones? or their children beyond themselves? No: but he deals by conditions and limitations, as loth to part with all at once. Therefore rather their cattle, then nothing. For he knew, they had covetous minds; and when in the wilderness they wanted provision, and were pinched with famine, they would return back again for their cattle. Every ⟨p. 57⟩