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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.
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⟩heare: let him that hath eyes to see, Behold.
Thi• was our Saviour Christs Sermon ad Clerum; whose Pulpit is now in Heaven: and sends us to preach on his preachings, to paraphrase his Lectures, and no more but to deliver that to you, which he hath dictated to us. Your attention is therefore charged in this Behold. Open your ears, those organical conduits of discipline: nay, your hearts are liable, and therefore should be pliable to this charge. Keep then patience in your minds, attention in your ears, meditation in your hearts, practise in your lives. Behold.