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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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This ague, or rather agony, is made more vexing by the sting of conscience: which is now Gods bailiff to arrest him; his witness against him; his whip to lash him. His Register, that reads over the long book of his offences; and after a terrible aggravation of their heinousness, tells him his penance, direful and intolerable; and that Coneordat cum actis Curiae, it agrees with the just decree of Gods Court, never to be avoided.
This ague, or rather agony, is made more vexing by the sting of conscience: which is now Gods bailiffe to arrest him; his witnesse against him; his whip to lash him. His Register, that reades ouer the long booke of his offences; and after a terrible aggrauation of their heynousnes, tells him his penance, direfull and intollerable; and that Coneordat cum actis Curiae, it agrees with the iust decree of Gods Court, neuer to be auoyded.
4. His last state is worse then his first, in respect of God: who will now turn him out of his protection. When he hath once proclaimed open war and rebellion against God, and hath manifestly declared himself an outlaw; no marvel, if God throw him out of the circumference of his mercy, & let his Providence take no charge over him; saving only to restrain his savage fury, from foraging his grace-empaled Church. But for himself, the Scripture gives a renunciation. If he will go into captivity, let him go. Revel. 22. 11. If he will be unjust, let him be unjust still. If he will be filthy, let him be filthy still. I will not hinder his course, Abeam, perrest, prafundat, perdat, said that father in the Comedy; ⟨p. 76⟩Let him go, perish, sink, or swim. He hath full liberty to swill the cup of his own damnation up to the brim.
4. His last state is worse then his first, in respect of God: who will now turne him out of his protection. When he hath once proclaimed open warre and rebellion against God, and hath manifestly declared himself an outlaw; no maruell, if God throw him out of the circumference of his mercy, & let his Prouidence take no charge ouer him; sauing onely to restraine his sauage fury, from forraging his grace-empaled Church. But for himselfe, the Scripture giues a renunciation. If he will go into captiuity, let him goe.