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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
THE Spiritual Navigator BOUND For the Holy Land.THE Spirituall Nauigator BOVND For the Holy Land.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Egypt is but a broken reed; he that leans on it shall find the splinters running into his hand: and cursed is he that makes fl•sh his arm: but who leans faithfully on this Staff, shall never perish. Thus you have heard this glassy worlds Slipperiness.
Egypt is but a broken reed; he that leanes on it shall finde the splinters running into his hand: and cursed is he that makes fl•sh his arme: but who leanes faithfully on this Staffe, shal neuer perish. Thus you haue heard this glassy worlds Slipperinesse.
3. This Glass denotes brittleness. Proverb and experience justify this: As brittle as glass. A fit attribute to express the nature of worldly things: for glass is not more fragile. The world passeth away, 1and the lust thereof, saith S. John. Man himself is but brittle stuff, and he is the noblest part of the world. Man that is borne of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, 2and is cut down, he flieth as a shadow, and continueth not. Sic in non hominem vertitur omnis homo. Let him have an ample portion in this life, and his 3belly be filled with Gods hidden treasures. Let him be full of children, and leave the rest of his substance to his babes. Let him be happy in his Lands, in his children: in his success, and succession. Yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: thou shalt diligently consider his place, and shalt not find it.4
3. This Glasse denotes brittlenesse. Prouerbe and experience iustifie this: As brittle as glasse. A fit attribute to expresse the nature of worldly things: for glasse is not more fragile. The world passeth away,