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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.
The accordance of the Type and Anti-type stands thus. As none of the children of Israel entered the terrestrial Canaan, but by passing the read Sea: so ordinarily, no Christian enters the celestial Canaan, but through this glassy Sea. The Laver of regeneration is that Sea, wherein we must all wash. Verily, verily, I say unto thee: (He said so, that could tell; ⟨p. 8⟩and he doubles his asseveration) except a man be borne of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the 1kingdom of God. Ordinarily, no man comes to heaven dry-shod: he must wade through this ford. The Minister must irrigare. 1 Cor. 3. John Baptist must pour on water: and Christ must Christen us with the Holy Ghost and with fire. There must be a 2washed body, a cleansed conscience. This is that the Apostle calls pure water. Heb. 10. Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having 3our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with Pure water. So let us draw near: without this no daring to approach the Throne of grace. Through this Sea we must all sail, the Holy Ghost being our Pilot, the word of God our Compass; or how should we think to land at the haven of heaven!
The accordance of the Type and Anti-type stands thus. As none of the children of Israel entred the terrestriall Canaan, but by passing the redde Sea: so ordinarily, no Christian enters the celestiall Canaan, but through this glassy Sea. The Lauer of regeneration is that Sea, wherein we must all wash. Verily, verily, I say vnto thee: (He said so, that could tell; ⟨p. 8⟩and he doubles his asseueration) except a man bee borne of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the 1kingdome of God. Ordinarily, no man comes to heauen dry-shod: hee must wade through this ford. The Minister must irrigare.