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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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1. Their Nature. Spirits.
And so both more capable of entrance, & more powerful of retention: the easier to get in, and the harder to get out. We see what kind of possession the Devil hath in this black Apostate, a spiritual and internal power. By which strong working and ruling in the hearts of the children of disobedience, he 1hath gotten high titles, as the Prince, the King, the God of the world. Not that Satan is any such thing of himself, but only through the weakness of the ungodly, who admit him for a Lord of mis-rule in their hearts. Christ is the true and only Lord of heaven and earth: the Devil is the Prince of this world, but merely by imitation, the greatest part of the world being either his open or secret followers.
And so both more capable of entrance, & more powerfull of retention: the easier to get in, and the harder to get out. We see what kind of possession the Deuill hath in this blacke Apostate, a spiritual and internall power. By which strong working and ruling in the hearts of the children of disobedience, he 1hath gotten high titles, as the Prince, the King, the God of the world. Not that Satan is any such thing of himselfe, but onely through the weakenesse of the vngodly, who admit him for a Lord of mis-rule in their hearts. Christ is the true and only Lord of heauen and earth: the Deuill is the Prince of this world, but meerely by imitation, the greatest part of the world being eyther his open or secret followers.