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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 Spiritual Navigator BOUND For the Holy Land.THE Spirituall Nauigator BOVND For the Holy Land.
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2. He must have sober feet: he had not need be drunken, that walks upon glass. If he be drunken with the vanities of this world, he may mistake himself, as that drunkard did; who seeing the resultant light of the stars shining in the water about him, thought he had been translated into heaven: and rapped in a great joy fell a waving, as he imagined, in the air, till he fell into the water, not without peril of his life. He that is spiritually drunk, may in like sort imagine the stars to be fixed in this glassy Sea, which are indeed in heaven: and that the world can afford those true joys, which are only to be found above. I have heard of some coming out of a Tavern well lined with liquor, that seeing the shadows of the chimneys in the street, made by the Moon; have took them for great blocks, and down on their knees to climb and scramble over them. So worldlings, that are drunk but not with wine; enchanted with earthly vanities, think every shadow which is put in their way to heaven, a great block, and they dare not venture. Sober feet are necessarily required to our travel on this glassy Sea.
2. He must haue sober feet: he had not need be drunken, that walkes vpon glasse. If he be drunken with the vanities of this world, he may mistake himselfe, as that drunkard did; who seeing the resultant light of the starres shining in the water about him, thought he had bene translated into heauen: and rapp'd in a great ioy fell a wauing, as he imagin'd, in the ayre, till he fell into the water, not without perill of his life. He that is spiritually drunke, may in like sort imagine the starres to bee fixed in this glassy Sea, which are indeed in heauen: and that the world can affoord those true ioyes, which are onely to be found aboue. I haue heard of some comming out of a Tauerne well lin'd with lycour, that seeing the shadowes of the chimnies in the streete, made by the Moone; haue tooke them for great blockes, and downe on their knees to climbe and scramble ouer them. So worldlings, that are drunke but not with wine; enchanted with earthly vanities, thinke euery shadow which is put in their way to heauen, a great blocke, and they dare not venture. Sober feete are necessarily required to our trauell on this glassy Sea.