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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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He walks any way, to spill any man, by any means. He is at hand to Saul, he meets Judas in 1the face, and he backs Peter. He walks like an errant Post between the Adulterer and his Harlot: between the proud Gallant and his Parasite: between the ambitions & his Intelligencer: between the Usurer and the Broker: between the Thief ⟨p. 26⟩and receiver: between the greedy Advocate and the contentious Client: between the sacrilegious Patron & the Simoniacal Priest: betwixt the Inns and the Hall: betwixt the Exchange and the warehouse.
Hee walkes any way, to spill any man, by any meanes. Hee is at hand to Saul, he meets Iudas in 1the face, and he backes Peter. He walkes like an errant Post betweene the Adulterer and his Harlot: betweene the proud Gallant and his Parasite: betweene the ambitions & his Intelligencer: between the Vsurer and the Broker: betweene the Theefe ⟨p. 26⟩and receiuer: betweene the greedy Aduocate and the contentious Client: betweene the sacrilegious Patron & the Simoniacal Priest: betwixt the Innes and the Hall: betwixt the Exchange and the warehouse.
- 1Forsan crit. minimè quo credit gurgite p•s.
Where can a man bestow himself, that the devil cannot walk to him? Art thou in thy private Chamber? There can Satan find thee; as he did Eve in Paradise, Christ in the Desert. If in any place; he hath there most power and opportunity. Two are better then one. For if either fall, or be prevailed 1