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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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1. So far is Satan cast out, as sin is cast out. ⟨p. 23⟩The tenure, whereby Satan holds any Lordship in the heart, is sin: He that would overthrow his title, must labour an ejection of wickedness. Piety in the heart, purity in the life, are true testimonies of the Devils exile. Satan fights against us with 2. weapons. 1. That he found in us. 2. That he brings upon us. That he found in us, is flesh and blood: that he brings upon us, is death. By this latter he could not have hurt us, except we had given him the former: and so reached him a weapon to pierce our own hearts. In what measure sin rules or is ruled: Satan is held in or ejected.
1. So farre is Sathan cast out, as sinne is cast out. ⟨p. 23⟩The tenure, whereby Satan holds any Lorshippe in the heart, is sinne: He that would ouerthrow his title, must labour an eiection of wickednesse. Piety in the heart, purity in the life, are true testimonies of the Deuils exile. Satan fights against vs with 2. weapons. 1. That he found in vs. 2. That he brings vpon vs. That he found in vs, is flesh and bloud: that he brings vpon vs, is death. By this latter he could not haue hurt vs, except wee had giuen him the former: and so reach'd him a weapon to pierce our owne hearts. In what measure sinne rules or is ruled: Satan is held in or eiected.
2. The discontinuing of some sins, and retaining others gives no comfort or argument of Satan's departure. If he be truly gone, there comes in his place a perfect detestation, and resolute opposition against all sin. It is in vain to cast out Satan by avoiding avarice, when thou lettest him in by a wasteful prodigality: to admit him by hypocrisy, whom thou throwest out by profaneness. This is to put the Devil out at the porch, and let him in again at the postern. But one Rimmon is too much for Naaman, one Delilah for Sampson, one Herodias for Herod: one exorbitant delight reserved, resolved, persisted in, is enough for Satan, too much for the sinner.