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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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2. God doth severely revenge himself upon Ingratitude for his graces: & squares out his judgement according to the proportion of the blessing conferred & abused. He that would not be thankful to God for the expulsion of one unclean spirit, shall in a just quittance be pestered with seven more, and more wicked. If Christ be so kind to Judas, as to minister the Sacrament to him, and he so unkind to Christ, as to lay it upon a foul stomach, a polluted heart, the Devil shall enter with it.
2. God doth seuerely reuenge himselfe vpon Ingratitude for his graces: & squares out his iudgement according to the proportion of the blessing conferred & abused. He that would not be thankefull to God for the expulsion of one vnclean spirit, shal in a iust quittance be pesterd with seuen more, and more wicked. If Christ be so kinde to Iudas, as to minister the Sacrament to him, and he so vnkinde to Christ, as to lay it vpon a foule stomacke, a polluted heart, the Deuill shall enter with it.
There is a nescio vos given to those that have eaten and drunk in the presence of Christ, and have heard 1him teach in their streets; (it is all one) that have feasted at the Communion-table, and heard Christ in their Pulpits. Even our reading, hearing, praying, ⟨p. 65⟩when they are done of custom more then of conscience, shall be but a means of Satan's introduction. The word of God, like the dew of heaven, never falls on the earth of our hearts, but it makes either herbs or weeds shoot up quicker and thicker on them. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs 2meet for them, by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God. But that which beareth thorns & briers, is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned.