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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.
The heart of a wicked man thus becometh dead. The Devil works by suggesting, man by consenting, ⟨p. 168⟩God by forsaking. He forsakes thus. 1. By suffering a hard heart to grow harder. 2. By giving success to ill purposes, which he could have disappointed. 3. By not imparting the assistance of his spirit. Thus he leaves them in darkness, that would not choose the light; and finding their hearts undisposed to believe, delivers them up to Infidelity.1 His not willing to soften, is enough to harden: his not willing to enlighten, is to darken. Dei claudare est clausis non aperire. God is then said to shut up, when he doth not open to them that are shut up. God is able to soften the hard heart, open the blind eye, pierce the deaf ear: when he doth, it is mercy; when not, it is Justice. Only our falling is from our selves. eOh Israel, thou hast destroyed thy self, but in me is thy help. For God is ever foremost in love,3 but last in hate. He loved us, before we loved him: but we hate him, before he hates us. Multi ne laberentur detenti, nulli ut laberentur impulsi. God preserves many from falling,4 but he thrusteth none down. By his strength we stand, by our own weakness we fall.
The heart of a wicked man thus becommeth dead. The Deuill workes by suggesting, man by consenting, ⟨p. 168⟩God by forsaking. He forsakes thus. 1. By suffering a hard heart to grow harder. 2. By giuing successe to ill purposes, which hee could haue disappointed. 3. By not imparting the assistance of his spirit. Thus he leaues them in darknesse, that would not chuse the light; and finding their hearts vndisposed to beleeue, deliuers them vp to Infidelitie.1 His not willing to soften, is enough to harden: his not willing to enlighten, is to darken. Dei claudare est clausis non aperire. God is then said to shut vp, when he doth not open to them that are shut vp. God is able to soften the hard heart, open the blinde eye, pierce the deafe eare: when hee doth, it is mercie; when not, it is Iustice. Onely our falling is from our selues.