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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
THE Spiritual Navigator BOUND For the Holy Land.THE Spirituall Nauigator BOVND For the Holy Land.
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This last (as of great consolation, so) is of great difficulty. There is Manna in the Ark, but who shall open it to us? Within the Sanctum Sanctorum there is the Mercy-seat; but who shall draw the Curtain for us, pull away the veil? Our Saviour lies here; (not dead, but living) but who shall roll away the stone for us; open a passage to our understanding? The impediment is not in Obiecto percipiendo, but in Organo percipiendi; not in the object to be seen, but in our organ or instrument of seeing it: not in the Sun, but in the dim thickness of our sight. God must say unto us, as the man of God spake to Eli in the name of Jehovah. 1. Sam. 2. Revelando revelavi &c. I have plainly appeared unto the house of thy father.
This last (as of great consolation, so) is of great difficulty. There is Manna in the Arke, but who shall open it to vs? Within the Sanctum Sanctorum there is the Mercy-seate; but who shall draw the Curtaine for vs, pull away the veile? Our Sauiour lies here; (not dead, but liuing) but who shal roll away the stone for vs; open a passage to our vnderstanding? The impediment is not in Obiecto percipiendo, but in Organo percipiendi; not in the obiect to be seene, but in our organ or instrument of seeing it: not in the Sunne, but in the dimme thicknes of our sight. God must say vnto vs, as the man of God spake to Eli in the name of Iehouah. 1. Sam. 2. Reuelando reuelaui &c. I haue plainely appeared vnto the house of thy father.
For my own part, I purpose not to plunge to the depth with the Elephant; but to wade with the ⟨p. 3⟩lamb in the shallows: not to be over-venturous in the Apocalypse, as if I could reveal the Revelation: but briefly to report what expositions others have given of this branch: and then gather some fruit from it, for our own instruction and comfort. Being bold to say with S. Agustin, whosoever hears me, ubi pariter certus est, pergat mecum; ubi pariter