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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. Another peril in this mystical Sea is the frequency of tempests. Some have tempestuous looks, as Laban. Gen. 31. Some tempestuous hands, as Samballat. Nehem. 4. to hinder the building of Jerusalem. Innumerable have tempestuous tongues, as Ishmael, Shimei, Rabshakeh. Such tempests have been often raised from the vapour of a malicious breath, that whole Kingdoms have been shaken with it. Master Fox mentioneth in his Book of Martyrs, that one in the street crying fire, fire; the whole assembly 1in S. Mary's in Oxford at one Mallary's Recantation, presumed it in the Church. Insomuch, that some laboured at the doors, where through ⟨p. 30⟩the crowd of many, not one could pass: some stuck in the windows: all imagined the very Church on fire, and that they felt the very molten lead drop on their heads: whereas all was but a false fire; there was no such matter. In like sort scandalous slanders, and invective contumelies begin at a little breach, one calumnious tongue; and get such strength, like mutineers which marching forward, that the world soon riseth in an uproar. These are called by Ambrose, Procellae mundi. And what world-faring Christian hath scaped these storms! But says Epictetus. Si rectè facis, quid eos vereris, qui non rectè reprehendunt? If thou do rightly, why shouldst thou fear them that blame wrongfully? Do well, and be happy, though thou hear ill. This is another danger, Tempests.
7. Another perill in this mysticall Sea is the frequencie of tempests. Some haue tempestuous lookes, as Laban. Gen. 31. Some tempestuous hands, as Samballat. Nehem. 4. to hinder the building of Ierusalem. Innumerable haue tempestuous tongues, as Ishmael, Shimei, Rabshakeh. Such tempests haue bene often raised from the vapor of a malicious breath, that whole Kingdomes haue bene shaken with it. Maister Foxe mentioneth in his Booke of Martyrs, that one in the street crying fire, fire; the whole assembly