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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.
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 offi•ij. 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: & 2the staff in their hand is mine indignation. Jeremiah 51. Thou art my battle-axe and weapons of war: for with 3thee will I break in pieces the Nations, and with thee will I destroy Kingdoms. Ulterius ne tend odijs. Go no further upon Gods wrath thou desperate wicked man. Greg. Nazian. speaks of the Emperor Valentine, infected with the Arian heresy: that being about to write with his own hand, the proscription and banishment of Basil; the pen thrice refused to let fall any ink. But when he would needs write, such a trembling invaded his hand, that his heart being touched, he rent presently, and recanted what he had written. But I press this point ⟨p. 58⟩no further, having in other places liberally handled it.
He that sittes on the Throne is not idle; to let all things in the world runne at sixe and seauens: but Omnia non solum permissa a Deo, sed etiam immissa. So disposing all things, that not onely the good are 1ordained by him, but euen the euill ordered. The sinne is of man, the disposition of God. But let God alone with Oportet necessitatis: let vs looke to Oportet offi•ij. Senacherib cannot do what hee lists. God can put a bridle in his lips, a hooke in his nosethrils. Esay 10. O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger: & 2the staffe in their hand is mine indignation. Ieremy 51. Thou art my battell-axe and weapons of war: for with