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The devils banquet described in four sermons [brace], 1. The banquet propounded, begun, 2.…The deuills banket described in foure sermons [brace], 1. The banket propounded, begunne, 2.…
The devils banquet described in four sermons [brace], 1. The banquet propounded, begun, 2. The second service, 3. The breaking up of the feast, 4. The shot or reckoning, [and] The sinners passing-bell, together with Physic from heaven / published by Thomas Adams ...The deuills banket described in foure sermons [brace], 1. The banket propounded, begunne, 2. The second seruice, 3. The breaking vp of the feast, 4. The shot or reckoning, [and] The sinners passing-bell, together with Phisicke from heauen / published by Thomas Adams ...
London: printed by Thomas Snodham for Ralph Mab, 1614
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. Prostitution. Pro. 7.13. fSo she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, &c. Shame, now-a-days, begins to grow so stale, that many vices shall vie impudent speeches and gestures with the Harlot. gCome, let us take our fill of love: as Potiphar's wife to Joseph, without any ambagious or ambiguous circumlocutions or insinuations, come lye with me. Sin never stands to untie the knot of Gods interdiction, but bluntly breaks it; as the Devil at first to the roots of mankind, ye shall not die. The Usurer never looseth so much time,3 as to satisfy his conscience: it is enough to satisfy his concupiscence. A good Mortgage lies sick of a forfeit, ⟨p. 151⟩and at the Usurers mercy. It is as surely damned, as the Usurer himself will be, when he lies at the mercy of the Devil. These are so far •rom that old Quare of Christians, quid faciemus, what shall we do? That they will not admit the novel question of these toyte-headed times, What shall we think? They will not give the conscience leave, after a tedious and importunate solicitation, to study of the matter. But are more injurious and impenetrable to their own souls, then that unjust Judge to the Widow.
1. Prostitution. Pro. 7.13. fSo she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said vnto him, &c. Shame, now-a-dayes, begins to grow so stale, that many vices shall vie impudent speeches and gestures with the Harlot. gCome, let vs take our fill of loue: as Putiphars wife to Ioseph, without any ambagious or ambiguous circumlocutions or insinuations, come lye with me. Sinne neuer stands to vnty the knot of Gods interdiction, but bluntly breakes it; as the Deuill at first to the rootes of mankind, ye shall not die. The Vsurer neuer looseth so much time,