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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.
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.
Neither is this a transitory Throne, subject to changes and chances, as all earthly thrones are: but Heb. 1. Thy throne, oh God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre 1of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Lu. 21. He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Neither is this a transitory Throne, subiect to changes and chances, as all earthly thrones are: but Heb. 1. Thy throne, oh God, is for euer and euer: a scepter 1of righteousnesse is the scepter of thy kingdome. Lu. 21. He shall raigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer; and of his kingdome there shall be no end.
He that sits on the Throne is not idle; to let all things in the world run at six and seavens: but Omnia non solum permissa a Deo, sed etiam immissa. So disposing all things, that not only the good are 1ordained by him, but even the evil ordered. The sin is of man, the disposition of God. But let God alone with Oportet necessitatis: let us look to Oportet offiij. Sennacherib cannot do what he lists. God can put a bridle in his lips, a hook in his nostrils. Isaiah 10. O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger: &