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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.
Oh the infinite things and actions, that the eye of God sees at once, in this Chrystal glass of the world! Some caring to come out of debt, others to get into debt. Some delving for gold in the bowels of the earth, others in the bowels of the poor. Some buying and bargaining, others cheating in the market. Some praying in their Closets, others quaffing in Taverns. Here some raising their Houses, there others ruining them. Alterum consummantem matrimonium, alterum consumentem patrimonium. One marrying, and going to the world; another miscarrying, the world going from him. There run honour and pride aequis ceruicibus. There walks fraud cheek by jowl with a Trades-man. There stalks pride, with the pace of a Soldier, but habit of a Courtier; striving to add to her own stature: feathered on the crown, corked at the heels, light all over: stretching her legs, and spreading her wings like the Ostrich, with ostentation of great flight: but nil penna, sed usus; not an inch higher or better. There slugs Idleness: both hands are in the bosom, whiles one foot should be in the stirrup. Hollow in his ear, preach to him: if he will not waken, prick him with goads; let the corrective Law disciple him. He cries not Fodder nescio, but Fodder nolo. Not, I know not how to dig, but I will not dig.
Oh the infinite things and actions, that the eie of God sees at once, in this Chrystal glasse of the world! Some caring to come out of debt, others to get into debt. Some deluing for gold in the bowelles of the earth, others in the bowels of the poore. Some buying and bargaining, others cheating in the market. Some praying in their Closets, others quafflug in Tauernes. Heere some raising their Houses, there others ruining them. Alterum consummantem matrimonium, alterum consumentem patrimonium. One marrying, and going to the world; another miscarrying, the world going from him. There run honour and pride aequis ceruicibus. There walkes fraud cheeke by iowle with a Trades-man. There stalkes pride, with the pace of a Souldiour, but habit of a Courtier; striuing to adde to her owne stature: fetherd on the crown, cork'd at the heeles, light all ouer: stretching her legges, and spreading her winges like the Ostrich, with ostentation of great flight: but nil penna, sed vsus; not an inche higher or bettet. There slugs Idlenesse: both hands are in the bosome, whiles one foote should bee in the stirrop. Hollow in his eare, preach to him: if he will not waken, prick him with goads; let the correctiue Law discple him. He cries not Fodere nescio, but Fodere nolo. Not, I know not how to digge, but I will not digge.