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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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7. The world, as the Sea, is a swallowing Gulf. It devours more then the Sea of Rome: yea, and will devour that to at last. It swallows those that swallow it: and will triumph one day with insultation over the hugest Cormorants, whose gorges have been long ingurgitated with the world; In visceribus meis sunt: They are all in my bowels. The Gentleman hath swallowed many a poor man: the Merchant swallows the Gentleman: & at last this Sea swallows the Merchant. There are four great devourers in the world, Luxury, Pride, Gluttony, Covetousness. The Prophet I•l speaks of four horrible destroyers. That which the Palmer worm 1hath left, hath the Locust eaten: that which the Locust hath left, hath the Canker-worm caten: and that ⟨p. 16⟩which the Canker-worm hath left, hath the Caterpillar eaten. The Palmer is Luxury: the Locust Pride: the Canker Gluttony: and you all know that the Caterpillar is Covetousness. Luxury, like the Palmer, swallows much in the world: that which luxury leaves unspent, Pride the locust devours: the scraps of Pride, the Canker Gluttony eats, and the fragments of all the former, the Caterpillar Covetousness soon dispatcheth. These be the worlds four wide-throated Swallowers.
7. The world, as the Sea, is a swallowing Gulfe. It deuoures more then the Sea of Rome: yea, and will deuoure that to at last. It swallowes those that swallow it: and will triumph one day with insultation ouer the hugest Cormorants, whose gorges haue bene long ingurgitated with the world; In visceribus meis sunt: They are all in my bowels. The Gentleman hath swallowed many a poore man: the Merchant swallowes the Gentleman: & at last this Sea swallowes the Merchant. There are foure great deuourers in the world, Luxury, Pride, Gluttony, Couetousnesse. The Prophet I•l speakes of foure horrible destroyers. That which the Palmer worme 1hath left, hath the Locust eaten: that which the Locust hath left, hath the Canker-worme caten: and that ⟨p. 16⟩which the Canker-worme hath left, hath the Caterpiller eaten. The Palmer is Luxury: the Locust Pride: the Canker Gluttony: and you all know that the Caterpiller is Couetousnesse. Luxury, like the Palmer, swallowes much in the world: that which luxury leaues vnspent, Pride the locust deuoures: the scraps of Pride, the Canker Gluttony eates, and the fragments of all the former, the Caterpiller Couetousnesse soone dispatcheth. These be the worlds foure widethroated Swallowers.