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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.
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3. His blood excellent, and of most transcendent virtue; whether lavando, or levando: we were maculati, et mactati: speckled with corruptions, dead in sins. Not only as the Rhemists say, Diseased: but as Paul saith, Deceased: Ephe. 2, 1. Dead in sins and trespasses. His blood hath recovered our life, our health; and washed us as white, as the snow i• Salmon. Thus he is in every respect profitable to us; more then we could either expetere, or expectare; deserve, or desire. Satan is against us: behold Christ is with us; and we overcome him by the blood of the 1Lamb.
3. His bloud excellent, and of most transcendent vertue; whether lauando, or leuando: we were maculati, et mactati: speckled with corruptions, dead in sinnes. Not onely as the Remists say, Diseased: but as Paul saith, Deceased: Ephe. 2, 1. Dead in sinnes and trespasses. His bloud hath recouered our life, our health; and washed vs as white, as the snow i• Salmon. Thus he is in euery respect profitable to vs; more then we could eyther expetere, or expectare; deserue, or desire. Satan is against vs: behold Christ is with vs; and wee ouercome him by the bloud of the 1Lambe.
Now, is Christ a Lamb? then must you be sicut agni, as Lambs. Christ is the principal and truest exemplar; a general rule without exception. Imitation doth soonest come, and best become Children and Scholars. We are Children.