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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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Their faces, and their voices promise joy and jollity; their effects are only to drown and shipwreck mens fortunes, their credits, their lives, their souls. A Book called Opus tripartitum speaks of the Storks; that if they catch one Stork leaving his own mate, and coupling with another, they all fall upon him, and spoil him of his feathers and life to. But as if this sin were grown a virtue by custom among us, there are not wanting, who knowing the judgement of God (that they which commit such 1things, are worthy of death) not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. If in Authority subordinate to inferior Magistrates (the persuasion of my heart excuseth the higher powers; and the impartial proceedings of the truly Reverend and godly Prelates of this land testify it) there were not some connivance, (God forbid Patronizing) of these enormities for some sinister respects: the Sirens about our River of Thames should be (if not ⟨p. 29⟩sent swimming to Graves-end, yet at least) taken in at Bridewell stairs.
Their faces, and their voices promise ioy and iollity; their effects are onely to drowne and shipwracke mens fortunes, their credites, their liues, their soules. A Booke cald Opus tripartitum speakes of the Storkes; that if they catch one Storke leauing his owne mate, and coupling with another, they all fall vpon him, and spoile him of his feathers and life to. But as if this sinne were growne a vertue by custome among vs, there are not wanting, who knowing the iudgement of God (that they which commit such 1things, are worthy of death) not onely do the same, but haue pleasure in them that do them. If in Authoritie subordinate to inferiour Magistrates (the perswasion of my heart excuseth the higher powers; and the impartiall proceedings of the trulie Reuerend and godly Prelates of this land testifie it) there were not some conniuence, (God forbid Patronizing) of these enormities for some sinister respects: the Sirens about our Riuer of Thames should bee (if not ⟨p. 29⟩sent swimming to Graues-end, yet at least) taken in at Bridewell staires.