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The world possessed with devils containing three dialogues. 1. Of the Devil let loose.…The vvorlde possessed with deuils conteinyng three dialogues. 1. Of the Deuill let loose.…
The world possessed with devils containing three dialogues. 1. Of the Devil let loose. 2. Of black devils. 3. Of white devils. And of the coming of Jesus Christ to judgement, a very necessary and comfortable discourse for these miserable and dangerous days.The vvorlde possessed with deuils conteinyng three dialogues. 1. Of the Deuill let loose. 2. Of blacke deuils. 3. Of white deuils. And of the commyng of Iesus Christe to iudgement, a verie necessarie and comfortable discourse for these miserable and daungerous daies.
London: printed by John Kingston for John Perin, 1583London: printed by John Kingston for Ihon Perin, 1583
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.
Eust. Thinkest thou then,1 that those seven Devils that were in her, of their very nature and substance?
Eust. Thinkest thou then,1 that those seuen Deuilles that were in her, of their very nature and substaunce?
- 1The seven Devils which were in Mary Magdalene.The seuen Deuils which were in Mary Magdaline.
Theo. No man can deny it, except he will manifestly gainsay S. Luke and overthrow his meaning, for he speaketh not in this place of the forgiveness of sins, which Sinners obtain through Jesus Christ: but he manifestly speaketh of the marvellous works of Christ, through which, he not only delivered the possessed of the wicked Spirits which tormented them, but also he healed many of divers diseases, infirmities & sicknesses. Wherefore, there is no cause why they should here take those Devils for the seven deadly sins.1 For if we will understand hereby that our Saviour Christ driveth Devils out of those, who he delivereth out of their hands, and withdraweth from sin: we may rightly say, that he worketh many such miracles daily. But they are miracles in the soul, whereof S. Luke speaketh no whit in the place here alleged, but of such miracles as were manifestly done in the body it self. For although the Devil dwell in those that are subject unto ⟨image 32⟩him through sin: nevertheless, we do not properly call them possessed with Devils, except they torment their body, or so trouble their mind, as it turn into a fury or rage. And if we should take the Devils for mortal sins, in all the posed that the Evangelists make mention of, we could not then say, that our Saviour Christ did cast out Devils of very nature and substance of the possessed whom he healed, but only that he delivered them from their sins. For there is no more reason to drive us to take those devils (which possessed Mary Magdalene) for sins, then of any other so possessed.