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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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LYCANTHROPY. OR THE WOLFE Worrying The LAMBS.LYCANTHROPY. OR THE WOLFE Worrying The LAMBES.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This is the Tree, and the branches: shall we now steppe forward to gather and taste the fruit? But stay. Here is a Gardiner must first be spoke with: one that stands in the very entrance of my Text; for some purpose sure. Behold.
This is the Tree, and the branches: shall wee now steppe forward to gather and taste the fruite? But stay. Here is a Gardiner must first be spoke with: one that stands in the very entrance of my Text; for some purpose sure. Behold.
Behold, is like John Baptist, in holy writ, evermore the vaunt-curer of some excellent thing. Pontan: compares it to the sounding of a Trumpet, before some great Proclamation. It is like the hand in the margin of a book, pointing to some remarkable thing, and of great succeeding consequence. It is a Direct, a Reference, a dash of the Holy-Ghosts pen; seldom used repletively: but to impart & import some special note, worthy our deeper, and more serious observation. It is like the ringing of the great Bell, before the Sermon of some famous Preacher; & bids us here, as a monitor, keep silence, to hear what the Eternal Word speaketh unto us. In a word, it is but a word, and yet the Epitome of that whole sentence. Let him that hath ears to hear, ⟨p. 5⟩hear: let him that hath eyes to see, Behold.
Behold, is like Iohn Baptist, in holy writte, euermore the vant-currer of some excellent thing. Pontan: compares it to the sounding of a Trumpet, before some great Proclamation. It is like the hand in the margine of a booke, pointing to some remarkable thing, and of great succeeding consequence. It is a Direct, a Reference, a dash of the Holy-Ghosts penne; seldome vsed repletiuely: but to impart & import some speciall note, worthy our deeper, and more serious obseruation. It is like the ringing of the great Bell, before the Sermon of some famous Preacher; & bids vs here, as a monitor, keep silence, to heare what the Eternall VVord speaketh vnto vs. In a word, it is but a word, and yet the Epitome of that whole sentence. Let him that hath eares to heare, ⟨p. 5⟩