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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. › The Measure.THE BLACK DEVILL OR The APOSTATE. › The Measure.
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2. Satan is so far gone out of the wicked, as they have admitted some probable beginnings of conversion. This is but a flash of hypocrisy, no ⟨p. 19⟩true heat of zeal. When the most flinty heart shall be hit against the steel of Gods judgements, it will strike fire: but those sparkles are too weak to kindle the true warmth of grace; the fuel is so green, the affections so vicious, whereon it works. Peccavi was Davids voice after his sinful Arithmetic: Judas his voice after his abhorred treason. Vox eadem, non poenitentia: talis sonus, non sinus. The same voice or sound, not the same heart or penitence. Esau wept having lost the blessing: Peter wept having denied his Master: nether wept without bitterness. Similes lachrymae, non animae. The like tears, not the like Consciences. Iron and steel heat in the fire, are pliable to the fashioning hammer: let them be cold, and they resume their former hardness. The heat of a sudden judgement, striking (like thunder) the companion of thy side; a secret wipe of the Sword of the Spirit, dividing the marrow and the bones, in an effectual Sermon; a stitch in the flesh like the messenger of death; may a little thaw and melt the hard metal of an ungodly heart. But let the fire cease, and give him leave to be cold again, and he becomes harder then ever before. Nil facilè quamuis non tueare, perit.
2. Satan is so farre gone out of the wicked, as they haue admitted some probable beginnings of conuersion. This is but a flash of hypocrisie, no ⟨p. 19⟩true heate of zeale. When the most flinty heart shall be hit against the steele of Gods iudgements, it will strike fire: but those sparkles are too weake to kindle the true warmth of grace; the fewell is so greene, the affections so vicious, whereon it works. Peccaui was Dauids voyce after his sinfull Arithmeticke: Iudas his voyce after his abhorred treason. Vox eadem, non poenitentia: talis sonus, non sinus. The same voyce or sound, not the same heart or penitence. Esau wept hauing lost the blessing: Peter wept hauing denyed his Mayster: nether wept without bitternesse. Similes lachrymae, non animae. The like teares, not the like Consciences. Iron and steele heat in the fire, are plyable to the fashioning hammer: let them be colde, and they resume their former hardnesse. The heat of a suddaine iudgement, striking (like thunder) the companion of thy side; a secret wipe of the Sword of the Spirit, diuiding the marrow and the bones, in an effectuall Sermon; a stitch in the flesh like the messenger of death; may a little thaw and melt the hard mettal of an vngodly heart. But let the fire cease, and giue him leaue to be cold againe, and he becomes harder then euer before. Nil facilè quamuis non tueare, perit.