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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.
They will be their own captains and their own soldiers, and without calling the assistance of man or Angel, Prophet or Apostle, they will band• with the Devil and all his army, hand to hand: or thirdly, those that, like the Collier, dance in a circular measure, and hang all their Faith on the hooks of others belief: exercising all their religion by an exorcising Mass: whiles they count the Old and New Testaments books of controversy, and that it is peremptory sacrilege to meddle with the scriptures. You do well to abhor these dotages: but still look, that all be well at home. Love the Word; and that with an appetite. Beati esurientes: dBlessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. But as you have love to it, so live by it. eNon scholae, sed vitae discendum: We learn, not only to know good, but to live well, fAudiatis ut sciatis (saith Saint Bernard) sciatis ut aedi•icemini, et hoc integritas est: ut aedisicetis, et hoc Charitas est. Heare to know, know to edify your selves; this is integrity: to edify others; this is Charity. Bring then to this Balm, vials of sincerity, not of hypocrisy; least God fill them with the vials of his indignation. It is not enough to have ears, but ears to hear. Idle Auditors are like Idol Gods, which have members not for use but show: like glass windows upon stone-walls, to give ornament, not to receive light.
They will be their owne captaines and their owne souldiours, and without calling the assistance of man or Angell, Prophet or Apostle, they will band• with the Diuell and all his army, hand to hand: or thirdly, those that, like the Collier, dance in a circular measure, and hang all their Faith on the hookes of others beliefe: exercising all their religion by an exorcising Masse: whiles they count the Old and New Testaments bookes of controuersie, and that it is peremptory sacriledge to meddle with the scriptures. You doe well to abhorre these dotages: but still looke, that all be well at home. Loue the Word; and that with an appetite. Beati esurientes: d