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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 BLACK DEVIL OR The APOSTATE. › 2. By QualityTHE BLACK DEVILL OR The APOSTATE. › 2. By Quality
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.
Condition or property in himself: Perdition, which he doth work upon others; for he labours to infect man, that he may make him, both in wickedness, and wretchedness, like himself.
Condition or property in himselfe: Perdition, which he doth worke vpon others; for hee labours to infect man, that he may make him, both in wickednesse, and wretchednesse, like himselfe.
1. Unclean, in respect of his own Condition. The Devil was by creation good. God made him an Angel of light; he made himself an Angel of darkness. 1God saw every thing that he had made: and behold, it was very good. If every parcel of the Creators workmanship was perfect; without denial those Angels which once stood before his face, and attended the hests of the Lord of hosts, were principally perfect. Therefore the devil, as he is a creature, is good: according to S. Augustine. Ipsius Diaboli natura, 2in quantum natura est, non est mala. The nature of the devil, insomuch as it is a nature, is not evil. But John. 8. When he speaketh a lye, he speaketh of his 3own. He derived his nature from God, but the deprivation of it from himself. He was good by generation, is evil by degeneration. In that he is Evil, or Devil, he may thank himself for it. A Spirit of Gods, unclean of his own making. Quòd spiritus, a Deo est: quòd impurus, a seipso.
1. Vncleane, in respect of his owne Condition. The Deuill was by creation good. God made him an Angel of light; he made himselfe an Angel of darknesse. 1God saw euery thing that he had made: and behold, it was very good. If euery parcel of the Creators workmanship was perfect; without denial those Angels which once stood before his face, and attended the hests of the Lord of hosts, were principally perfect. Therefore the deuill, as he is a creature, is good: according to S. Augustine. Ipsius Diaboli natura,