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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.
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.
4. Some intend this glassy sea, like to Crystal, to signify Coelum Chrystallinum, the Crystalline heaven: which they affirm to be next under that heaven of heavens, where the eternal God keeps his Court, and sits in his Throne. And somewhat to hearten the probability of this opinion; it is said here, this Sea is before the Throne.
4. Some intend this glassy sea, like to Chrystall, to signifie Coelum Chrystallinum, the Chrystalline heauen: which they affirme to bee next vnder that heauen of heauens, where the eternall God keepes his Court, and sits in his Throne. And somwhat to hearten the probability of this opinion; it is saide here, this Sea is before the Throne.
5. Some expositions give this sea for the Gospel. And their opinion is probably deduced from the two attributes, Glassy and Crystalline.
5. Some expositions giue this sea for the Gospell. And their opinion is probably deduced from the two attributes, Glassy and Chrystalline.
1. The first expresseth perlucidam materiem, a bright and clear matter. Which sets a difference betwixt that legal, and this Evangelical Sea. That was ex aere constatum, which is densa et opaca materies: of molten brass, which was a thick, duskish, and shadowy matter; not penetrable to the sight. This is mare uttreum, a Sea of glass; more clear, perspicable, and transparent. That was a Sea of Brass, this of Glass. In which disparity this latter far transcends the former. So that if David said, Psal. 84. How amiable are thy Tabernacles, oh Lord of Hosts! My soul longeth, yea even fainteth for the