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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 works of this sea are the waters of Marah. Exod. 15. If we be true Israelites, when we come to the waters of this Marah, we cannot drink of the waters 1of Marah; for they are bitter. The works of the world have an unsavoury relish. Would you know what they are? Ask S. John. All that is in the world, 2the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. Haec tria pro trino Numine mundus habet. Ask S. Paul. Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, 3witch craft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, enuyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings: These opera tenebrarum are bitter ⟨p. 17⟩works: branches springing from that root, which beareth gall and wormwood. Deut. 29. Sour and 4wild grapes which the soul of God abhorreth. As the good Simon told the bad Simon. Act. 8. Thou art 5in the gall of bitterness, and bond of iniquity.
The workes of this sea are the waters of Marah. Exod. 15. If we be true Israelites, when we come to the waters of this Marah, we cannot drinke of the waters 1of Marah; for they are bitter. The workes of the world haue an vnsauory rellish. Would you know what they are? Aske S. Iohn. All that is in the world, 2