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Mystical bedlam, or the world of mad-men. By ThoMystical bedlam, or the vvorld of mad-men. By Tho
Mystical bedlam, or the world of mad-men. By Tho: AdamsMystical bedlam, or the vvorld of mad-men. By Tho: Adams
London: printed by George Purslowe for Clement Knight, 1615
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.
2. Unfaithfulness
2. Vnfaithfulnesse
Is a sufficient-efficient cause of madness. Faith is the Christian mans reason: now on the privation of reason, must needs follow the position of madness. For shall the Creator of heaven and earth, the eternal Justice, and infallible Truth affirm? shall he swear? will you put him to his oath; and that by two immutable things, the best in heaven, and the best on earth? will you have him set his hand to it, and write it with his own finger? dare you not yet trust him without a Seal? must he seal it with that bloody wax, in the impression of death on his Son? must you have witnesses, three on earth, and as many in heaven, when the King of Kings might well write Teste meipso? and will you not yet believe him? Is there no credit from your hearts to all these premises, promises, attestations, protestations, signs, seals? Will not these, all these signify, certify, satisfy your souls of that unchangeable truth? Surely, you are mad, haplessly, hopelessly mad, unmeasurably out of your spiritual wits. Were you as deeply gone in a corporal frenzy, I would sigh out your desperate case.
Is a sufficient-efficient cause of madnes. Faith is the Christian mans reason: now on the priuation of reason, must needes follow the position of madnes. For shall the Creatour of heauen and earth, the eternall Iustice, and infallible Truth affirme? shall he sweare? wil you put him to his oath; and that by two immutable things, the best in heauen, and the best on earth? will you haue him set his hand to it, and write it with his owne finger? dare you not yet trust him without a Seale? must hee seale it with that bloudy waxe, in the impression of death on his Sonne? must you haue witnesses, three on earth, and as many in heauen, when the King of Kings might well write Teste meipso? and will you not yet beleeue him? Is there no credite from your hearts to all these premises, promises, attestations, protestations, signes, seales? Will not these, all these signifie, certifie, satisfie your soules of that vnchangeable truth? Surely, you are madde, haplesly, hopelesly mad, vnmeasurably out of your spirituall wits. Were you as deepely gone in a corporall frenzy, I would sigh out your desperate case.