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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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Trial. Through dry places.
Tryal. Through dry places.
The discontented Devil cast out of man, seeks about for a new lodging; and finds all places dry, he esteems every place, but in Mans heart, •irkesome and unpleasant, as a dry, barren, and heathy Wilderness. Now, as when a man hath long lived in a fertile Valley, abounding: with delightful fruits, & necessary comforts; the grounds standing ⟨p. 30⟩thick with corn, & a pleasant river running along, to glad his heart with a welcome moisture: it cannot be other, then a diseasing, displeasing change, to be banished into a mountainous desert, where the scorching Sun burns up the grass, and withers the fruit; or the unhindered force of the wind finds a bleak object to work upon; where the veins of blood, the springs of water rise not, run not, to madefy the earth, and cherish her plants. Such is Satan's case and cause of perplexity. The wicked heart was his delighted Orchard, where the fruits of disobedience, oaths, lies, blasphemies, oppressions, cozenages, contentions; drunken, proud, covetous actions and habits made him fat. For as God hath his Vineyard, the Devil hath his Orchard. The fruits that God expects and delights to gather, are the good grapes of obedience. Satan's desire is wicked and wretched effects. These he either found ready, or made ready in the heart of man. Whence displaced, sedibus, aedibus, he is mad for anger, and accounts all places dry.
The discontented Deuill cast out of man, seekes about for a new lodging; and findes all places dry, he esteemes euerie place, but in Mans heart, •irkesome and vnpleasant, as a dry, barren, and heathy Wildernesse. Now, as when a man hath long liued in a fertile Valley, abounding: with delightful fruites, & necessary comforts; the grounds standing ⟨p. 30⟩thicke with corne, & a pleasant riuer running along, to glad his heart with a welcome moysture: it cannot be other, then a diseasing, displeasing change, to be banished into a mountanous desert, wher the scorching Sunne burnes vp the grasse, and withers the fruite; or the vnhindred force of the wind finds a bleake obiect to worke vpon; where the veines of bloud, the springs of water rise not, runne not, to madefie the earth, and cherish her plants. Such is Satans case and cause of perplexity. The wicked heart was his delighted Orchyard, where the fruites of disobedience, oaths, lyes, blasphemies, oppressions, coussenages, contentions; drunken, proud, couetous actions and habites made him fat. For as God hath his Vineyard, the Deuill hath his Orchyard. The fruites that God expects and delights to gather, are the good grapes of obedience. Satans desire is wicked and wretched effects. These he eyther found ready, or made ready in the heart of man. Whence displaced, sedibus, aedibus, he is mad for anger, and accounts all places dry.