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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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But the Arch. Pirate of all is the Devil; that huge Leviathan, that takes his pleasure in this sea. Psa. 104. And his pastime is, to sink the fraught of those Merchants, that are laded with holy traffic for heaven. Canst thou draw out this Leviathan with an ⟨p. 25⟩1hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? Canst thou put a hook into his nose, or bore his jaw th• rough with a thorn? Historians speak of a fish that is a special, & oft-prevailing enemy to this Whale; called by some Vihuella, or the Sword-fish. The most powerful thing to overcome this mystical Leviathan, is the sword of the Spirit: which to be seconded with the temporal sword of the Magistrate is of singular purpose. Whiles neither of these swords are drawn against this Pirate, & his malignant rabble; no marvel, if they make such massacres on the sea of this world. Let the red Dragon alone, & whilst himself comes tumbling down from heaven, he will draw down many stars with his tail.
But the Arch. Pyrate of all is the Deuill; that huge Leuiathan, that takes his pleasure in this sea. Psa. 104. And his pastime is, to sinke the fraught of those Merchants, that are laded with holy traffique for heauen. Canst thou draw out this Leuiathan with an ⟨p. 25⟩1hooke? or his tongue with a cord which thou letst down? Canst thou put a hooke into his nose, or bore his iaw th• rough with a thorne? Historians speake of a fish that is a speciall, & oft-preuailing enemy to this Whale; called by some Vihuella, or the Sword-fish. The most powerfull thing to ouercome this mysticall Leuiathan, is the sword of the Spirit: which to be seconded with the temporall sword of the Magistrate is of singular purpose. Whiles neyther of these swords are drawne against this Pyrate, & his malignant rabble; no maruel, if they make such massacres on the sea of this world. Let the red Dragon alone, & whilst himselfe comes tumbling downe from heauē, he will draw downe many stars with his tayle.