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The blacke devil or the apostate Together with the wolfe worrying the lambes. And the spiritual navigator, bound for the Holy Land. In three sermons. By Thomas Adams.
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Adams, Thomas, fl. 1612-1653.
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1615
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STC 107; ESTC S100391
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in_o the_o name_n of_o jehovah_n 1._o sam._n 2._o revelando_fw-la revelavi_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o have_v plain_o appear_v unto_o the_o house_n of_o thy_o father_n for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o purpofe_v not_o to_o plunge_v to_o the_o depth_n with_o the_o elephant_n but_o to_o wade_v with_o the_o lamb_n in_o the_o shallows_n not_o to_o be_v over-ventrous_a in_o the_o apocalypse_n as_o if_o i_o can_v reveal_v the_o revelation_n but_o brief_o to_o report_v what_o exposition_n other_o have_v give_v of_o this_o branch_n and_o then_o gather_v some_o fruit_n from_o it_o for_o our_o own_o instruction_n and_o comfort_n be_v bold_a to_o say_v with_o s._n agustine_n whosoever_o hear_v i_o ubi_fw-la pariter_fw-la certus_fw-la est_fw-la pergat_fw-la mecum_fw-la ubi_fw-la pariter_fw-la 3._o hasitat_fw-la quarat_fw-la mecum_fw-la ubi_fw-la errorem_fw-la suum_fw-la cognoscit_fw-la redeat_fw-la ad_fw-la i_o ubi_fw-la meum_fw-la revocet_fw-la i_o if_o he_o be_v certain_a with_o i_o let_v he_o go_v on_o 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