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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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Toby. Thereby they show, that Jesus Christ ⟨image 87⟩hath so delivered them, from the power of the Devil, that they are less possessed, then the other of the country. For, if the Devil had not had great power of the Genezarians, they would rather have yielded to Jesus Christ, and followed him as Disciples, then to have driven him out of their Country.
Tobie. Therby thei shewe, yt Iesus Christ ⟨image 87⟩hath so deliuered them, frō the power of the Deuill, that thei are lesse possessed, then the other of the countrey. For, if the Deuill had not had greate power of the Genezarians, thei would rather haue yeelded to Iesus Christ, and followed hym as Disciples, then to haue driuen hym out of their Countrey.
Theo. That is certain. For it had been better for them, to have departed their country themselves, yea, to have left wives and Children, then ever to have suffered Jesus Christ to depart from them. And therefore if we well consider the work of Jesus Christ, as well in the possessed which he healed, as in the Genezarians, we may by them learn to know the difference, that is between those that effectually taste of the grace of the Gospel, and such as have not tasted thereof as they ought. These poor possessed tasted thereof:1 and therefore they esteemed nothing in the world so much as Jesus Christ, but offered themselves to follow him, whatsoever did happen. Contrariwise the Genezarians tasted not of this grace, but had only a knowledge of the divine power, which they saw in Jesus Christ, which knowledge made them to fear him, but taught them not to love him, and follow him, thereby to be ⟨image 88⟩made partakers of greater goods, without comparison then that was, which they thought he had spoiled them. The most part of men are thus disposed to Godward: