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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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3. The World like the sea, is blew with envy, livid with malice. It is the nature of worldlings to over-vex themselves at the successful fortunes of others. God must do nothing for another man, but his evil eye thinks himself wronged. He repines at that shower, which falls not on his own ground. The precious balms distilled from heaven on neighbours break the malicious mans head. He hath in him no honesty, but especially wants an honest eye. He wounds himself to see others healed. Neither are the blows, he gives his own soul, transient flashes, or lashes that leave no impression behind them: but marks that he carries with him to his grave: a lean, macilent, affamished body; a soul self beaten black and blew.
3. The World like the sea, is blew with enuy, liuid with malice. It is the nature of worldlings to ouer-vexe themselues at the succesfull fortunes of others. God must do nothing for another man, but his euill eye thinkes himselfe wrong'd. He repines at that shower, which fals not on his owne ground. The pretions balmes distill'd from heauen on neighbours breake the malicious mans head. Hee hath in him no honesty, but especially wants an honest eye. He wounds himselfe to see others healed. Neyther are the blowes, he giues his owne soule, transient flashes, or lashes that leaue no impression behind them: but markes that he carries with him to his graue: a leane, macilent, affamished body; a soule selfe beaten blacke and blew.
4. Sometimes it boils with wrath: and herein the world and the sea are very semblable. A mad & impatient element it is; how unfit to figure man! Ye• such is his indignation; if in the rage and fury of the sea there be not more mercy.
4. Sometimes it boyles with wrath: and herein the world and the sea are very semblable. A mad & impatient element it is; how vnfit to figure man! Ye• such is his indignation; if in the rage and fury of the sea there be not more mercy.