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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 these of whom thou speakest, ⟨image 69⟩commit the same fault that they burden the Pope,1 Bishops, Priests, and Monks withal: for they accuse them of usurping the power of both swords, that is to say, both the spiritual and temporal sword: and that which they do, seemeth to me not much different, but only that where they accuse the Pope and his Churchmen of taking the ten poral sword from the Magistrate, they them selves go about to take away the spiritual sword from the Church and Ministers of the same, in as much as they go about to rule them after their own fantasy. For if they take their ministers to be the true ministers of the Gospel, they ought to suffer them to execute the charge that God and the Church hath given them. If they go about either to take it from them, or to hinder them therein, they are tyrants both to the Church & Ministers of the same. Wherefore the Ministers have greater occasion to complain of them, then they have of their Ministers: for they need not greatly to fear, least the ministers of the church set their feet on their throats, for that they have brought them so low, that in my simple judgement, it is not to be doubted.
Eust. Me thinkes these of whō thou speakest, ⟨image 69⟩commit the same fault that thei burthen the Pope,1 Bishoppes, Priestes, and Monkes withal: for thei accuse them of vsurpyng the power of bothe swordes, that is to saie, bothe the spiritual and temporall sword: and that which thei doe, seemeth to me not much different, but only that where thei accuse the Pope and his Churchmen of takyng the tē poral sword from the Magistrate, thei them selues goe about to take awaie the spirituall sworde from the Churche and Ministers of the same, in as much as thei go about to rule them after their owne fantasie. For if thei take their ministers to be the true ministers of the Gospell, thei ought to suffer them to execute the charge that God and the Church hath giuen them. If thei goe about either to take it from them, or to hinder them therein, thei are tyrauntes both to the Church & Ministers of the same. Wherfore the Ministers haue greater occasion to complaine of them, then thei haue of their Ministers: for thei need not greatly to feare, least the ministers of the church set their feete on their throtes, for that thei haue brought thē so low, that in my simple iudgemēt, it is not to be doubted.