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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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As he is said to come in, when he was in before: because there cometh in a more forcible & stronger illusion of Satan, than the hart erst suffered. Lu. 22. It is said, that Satan entered into Judas before the Passover: 1yet we cannot think that Gods Spirit was in ⟨p. 22⟩him before: but only now a greater power of Satan got in; that like a ripe tumour would be no longer hid within the thin skin of hypocrisy. Corruption now gets eruption, and the rancorous ulcer of wickedness bursts forth.
As he is said to come in, when he was in before: because there commeth in a more forcible & stronger illusion of Satan, thē the hart erst suffred. Lu. 22. It is said, that Satā entred into Iudas before the Passouer: 1yet we cannot thinke that Gods Spirit was in ⟨p. 22⟩him before: but onely now a greater power of Satan got in; that like a ripe tumour would bee no longer hid within the thinne skinne of hypocrisie. Corruption now gets eruption, and the rancorous vlcer of wickednesse bursts forth.
So of the contrary, Satan is said to go out, when he still holds in; but like a bird in the net, that hangs by one claw. Nero is still in Rome, though he remits taxations, and forbears massacres for a season. The love of drunkenness may be in the heart, though there be a day when the Tavern is avoided. Be the Adulterer asleep, he is an adulterer still. What master so cruel, but sometimes lets his slave rest? Certa quiescendi tempor a fata dabunt. The Devil is not continually impelling or compelling his servants to public and notorious iniquities. Sometimes he suspends his tyranny, and sits close in the heart, banqueting on the lusts which he finds there, and sends not abroad for new cates. The tempestuous wind eftsoon lies still: the most robustious and malignant force of wickedness bates of the usual violence, and breaks not forth into the same show of malice without some intermission. So far as this suspense, remission, and interruption of sin extends, so far is Satan said to be gone out.