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…

Name: The black devil or the apostate Together with the wolf worrying the lambs. And…
Author: Thomas Adams

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.

Thomas Adams fl. 1612–1653London: printed by William Jaggard, 1615London: printed by William Iaggard, 1615

[8], 78, [2]; [4], 34, [2]; [4], 58, [2] p. · 47k words · STC 107 · ESTC S100391

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THE BLACK DEVIL OR The APOSTATE. › 3. Their Cohabitation. They dwell there; all of them, even together.THE BLACK DEVILL OR The APOSTATE. › 3. Their Cohabitation. They dwel there; all of them, euen together.

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1. Whilst this black Devil had a white face, & carried the countenance of religion, he was wrapped up in the general prayers of the Church. He seemed of that number, for whom as the friends to christ, there was a continual remembrance in good mens intercessions. If any man see his brother sin a sin, which is ¹not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. But there is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. Samuel will pray for Saul, till he perceive that he hath given over the Lord, and the Lord him.

1. Whilst this blacke Deuil had a white face, & carried the countenance of religion, he was wrap'd vp in the general prayers of the Church. He seemed of that number, for whom as the friends to christ, there was a continual remembrance in good mens intercessions. If any man see his brother sin a sin, which is ¹not vnto death, he shal aske, and he shal giue him life for them that sin not vnto death. But there is a sinne vnto death: I do not say that he shal pray for it. Samuel will pray for Saul, till he perceiue that he hath giuen ouer the Lord, and the Lord him.

11. Joh. 5, 161. Ioh. 5, 16

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But when the white scarf is plucked off this Moors face, and his black leprosy appears: when the Wolfs sheepskin is stripped off, and he is seen to worry the lambs: then is he singled out as an enemy to Christ, and Gods judgement hastened on him at the entreaty of his servants. He is so much the worse, as he hath lost the benefit of good mens prayers. When once in this gall of bitterness, and bond of iniquity, in vain Simon Magus requests

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