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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. Me thinks thou art be•ome attorney for the preachers that thou speakest last of, for they that well allow the doctrine which they preach,1 speak not so well for them as thou hast done, but contrariwise accuse them, and say: that they would have the administration of the Church goods in their own hands, to dispose as they think good, as Priests and Monks have done heretofore.
Eust. Mee thinkes thou art be•ome atturney for the preachers that thou speakest last of, for thei that wel allow the doctrine whiche thei preache,1 speake not so well for them as thou hast doen, but contrariwise accuse them, and saie: that thei would haue the administration of the Church goodes in their own hands, to dispose as thei think good, as Priestes and Monkes haue doen heretofore.
- 1A slander on the good Ministers of the Gospel touching the administration of the Church goods.A slaunder on the good Ministers of the Gospell touchyng the administration of the Churche goodes.
Toby. There is a common Proverb that sayeth: when a man will hang or kill a dog, he will make him believe that he is mad. So there are some that cannot abide such preachers as neither can nor will ⟨image 66⟩be dumb dogs as they would have them, but say madness to their charge, to make all men hate him, and to the end that they and their Ministry might have the less authority. For, the lesser authority that the Ministry and Ministers of the truth have, the greater liberty have Sacrilegers, Thieves, and Extortioners, and all other wicked ones. And let the authority be once taken from these, they fear not the hirelings: