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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.
Jerome. Because that the tyrants which openly persecute the people, and Church of God, and use nothing but rage, force, and violence, do manifestly declare themselves, to be the enemies of God and his church, it seemeth that we may rightly call such possessed and devils, black devils.
Ierom. Because that the tyrantes which openly persecute the people, and Churche of God, and vse nothyng but rage, force, and violence, doe manifestly declare themselues, to bee the enemies of God and his churche, it semeth that we maie rightly cal suche possessed and deuills, blacke deuils.
Jerome. Seeing they are spirits without ⟨image 44⟩bodies, they can neither be black nor white, for they can receive no colour, sith that colours have no place, but in visible and corporal things. But I speak this, because Painters commonly paint Devils black, and we imagine them so to be, which is not wholly without reason:1