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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.
3. Physicians must not deal too much, with that they call blandum medicamentum: which Physicians thus describe. Blandum dicitur, quod mediocritantum quantitate sumptum, al••um pigrè et benignè movendo, pauca deijcit. Spiritual Physicians must beware, how they give these soothing and supple Medicines, which rather confirm the humours, then disperse the tumours, or purge the crudities of sins in their Patients. Robustum corpus, multis obs•ruc•ionibus imp•ditum, blanda imbecillaque ⟨p. 324⟩medicamenta spernatur. A soul settled, like Moab, on the Lees, or frozen in the dregs of inveterate and obstinate sins; is not stirred by fair and flattering Documents. GOD complains in this Chapter against those. cThey have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly; saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace. Such are described, dEzek. 13. They have seduced my people, saying, Peace, and there is no peace: and one built up a wall, and lo, others daubed it with untempered Mortar. God gives a terrible and universal threatening. ver. 15.16.3 I will accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered Mortar: and will say unto you. The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it. He proceeds to command Ezekiel, eto prophesy against the women, that prophesy to Israel. Woe to the women, that sow pillows to all arm-holes, &c. This is shameful in a Preacher, to wink at Idolatry in Bethel, because it is the Kings Chapel; and not to reprove the iniquity of Gilgal, the Country of oppression, because himself feeds at an oppressors Table. Some are so weak, that (as Mulieres, quia molliores, et pueri, quia teneri, et ex longo morbo resurgentes, blandioribus egent medicinis) they cannot digest too strong a potion of reproof. Therefore