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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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Thus the great Parasite of the soul, that heretofore matched the number of Gods threatenings with as many fair promises, & flattered this wretch with the paucity of his sins; now takes him in the l•rch, and over reckons him. He that so long kept him in a beautiful gallery of hope, now takes him aside, and shows him the dark dungeon of despair. He engrosseth his iniquities in text-letters, and hangs them on the Curtain at his beds f•te, to the racking amazement of his distracted soul. Before the Devil did put his shoulders under ⟨p. 75⟩the burden; but now he shifts it off, and imposeth it on the sinner. And as I have read, the Spanish Index deals with Velcurio: who commenting on Livi saith, that the fifth age was decrepit under the 1Popes and Emperors: the Index takes out the Popes, and leaves the Emperors obnoxious to the whole imputation: so the devil winds out himself at last from the wicked, refusing to carry the burden any longer, but leaves it wholly to their supportation.
Thus the great Parasite of the soule, that heretofore matched the number of Gods threatnings with as many faire promises, & flatter'd this wretch with the paucity of his sinnes; now takes him in the l•rch, and ouer rec•ons him. Hee that so long kept him in a beautifull gallery of hope, now takes him aside, and shewes him the darke dungeon of despaire. He engrosseth his iniquities in text-letters, and hangs them on the Curtaine at his beds f•te, to the racking amasement of his distracted soule. Before the Deuill did put his shoulders vnder ⟨p. 75⟩the burthen; but now he shifts it off, and imposeth it on the sinner. And as I haue read, the Spanish Index deales with Velcurio: who commenting on Liui saith, that the fift age was decrepite vnder the 1Popes and Emperors: the Index takes out the Popes, and leaues the Emperors obnoxious to the whole imputation: so the deuill winds out himselfe at last from the wicked, refusing to carry the burden any longer, but leaues it wholy to their supportation.