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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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THE Spiritual Navigator BOUND For the Holy Land.THE Spirituall Nauigator BOVND For the Holy Land.
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7. Lastly others affirm, that by this glassy Sea is meant the World. So Bullinger, &c. This being the most general and most probable opinion, on it I purpose to build my subsequent discourse. A special reason to induce me, (as I think, the best light to understand the Scripture is taken from the Scripture: and as God best understands his own meaning, so he expounds it to us by conferring places difficult with semblable of more facility) I derive from Revel. 15. verse 2. I saw as it were a Sea of glass mingled with fire, and they that had gotten the victory 1over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. Where the Saints having passed the dangers of the glassy sea, all the ⟨p. 9⟩perils and terrors of this brittle and slippery World: and now setting their triumphant feet on the shores of happiness; they sing a victorious song. Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty, just & true are thy ways, thou King of Saints. Praising God with harps and voices for their safe waftage over the sea of this World.
7. Lastly others affirme, that by this glassy Sea is meant the World. So Bullinger, &c. This being the most generall and most probable opinion, on it I purpose to build my subsequent discourse. A speciall reason to induce me, (as I think, the best light to vnderstand the Scripture is taken from the Scripture: and as God best vnderstands his owne meaning, so he expounds it to vs by conferring places difficult with semblable of more facility) I deriue from Reuel. 15. verse 2. I saw as it were a Sea of glasse mingled with fire, and they that had gotten the victory 1ouer the beast, and ouer his image, and ouer his marke, and ouer the number of his name, stand on the sea of glasse, hauing the harpes of God. Where the Saints hauing passed the dangers of the glassy sea, all the ⟨p. 9⟩