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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
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Furthermore, he had no servants about him, to maintain pleasure or pastime but only to serve his necessity. And as ⟨image 50⟩touching his liberality & charity,1 whereof I spake before, he erected hospitals, after the the example of the Christians, aswell for wayfaring strangers, as for those of the countries: and commanded such to be erected, throughout all his cities. And gave to them great revenues, both of corn, wine, money, and all other things necessary for the maintenance of the charges thereof: but chiefly he gave great living to the poor, that kept the temple of the Gods. He commanded also,2 y• the heathens should make collections for the relief of y• poor, as christians did. For he said, that it should be great shame for them, if those wicked Galileans, which from time to time had suffered so great hinderance and losses, and so great persecution for their religion, should be so liberal & charitable, that not only they should sustain the poor, which were of their own religion, but also should succour & help both Jews and Gentiles, which were their enemies, and that he which had the Empire of the whole world, and they that followed his religion, should be more niggards towards their own, then the Galileans were to strangers, yea, to their mortal enemies. And therefore he thought it great shame, ⟨image 50⟩both for him and his Religion (which he would exalt above the christian religion) to be overcome in liberality and largeness, by the Christians, whom he called Galileans in despite and mockery, (because Christ and his Apostles came out of the country of Galilee, which was the most despised even amongst the Jews: as it appeareth by divers places of the Gospel, and specially by S. John.) And therefore he named Jesus Christ with the same name, calling him Galilean in despite and mockery.
Furthermore, he had no seruaūtes about him, to maintain pleasure or pastime but onely to serue his necessitie. And as ⟨image 50⟩