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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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When thou beginnest to sue him, 1. He will plead prescription. Meum est, meum erit, quia meum fuit. It is mine, it shall be mine, because it hath been mine. Custom in sin is a shrewd argument against repentance. Turpius cijcitur, quám non admittitur hospes. A Guest is with better manners not admitted, then ejected. 2. If that will not serve, he goes to't in plain force. He doth not say as Jacob to Laban, These twenty years have I served thee, &c. but these many years have I commanded thee; and dost thou now shake off my service? degenerate, rebel, and refuse allegiance? As Rabshaceh in the Embassage of Sennacherib to Hezekiah. Now on whom doest thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? Who shall deliver thee out of my 1hands? 3. If we answer with that threatened King; The Lord of Hosts shall deliver us; at whose Name the Sennacherib of infernal Babylon doth tremble: so that he must depart; he will not go out without terror; but tear and afflict the heart, in the parting and desertion of our old delights.
When thou beginst to sue him, 1. Hee will plead prescription. Meum est, meum erit, quia meum fuit. It is mine, it shall be mine, because it hath beene mine. Custome in sinne is a shrewd argument against repentance. Turpius cijcitur, quám non admittitur hospes. A Guest is with better manners not admitted, then eiected. 2. If that wil not serue, he goes to't in plaine force. Hee doth not say as Iacob to Laban, These twenty yeares haue I serued thee, &c. but these many yeares haue I commanded thee; and dost thou now shake off my seruice? degenerate, rebell, and refuse allegiance? As Rabshaceh in the Embassage of Senacherib to Hezekiah. Now on whom doest thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? Who shall deliuer thee out of my 1hands? 3. If we answere with that threatned King; The Lord of Hoasts shall deliuer vs; at whose Name the Senacherib of infernall Babilon doth tremble: so that he must depart; hee will not go out without terror; but teare and afflict the heart, in the parting and desertion of our old delights.