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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.
Theo. I pray thee Toby show me what is the cause that Popes, Cardinals, Bishops, Priests, and Monks resist the Gospel so stoutly, and persecute it so cruelly?
Theo. I praie thee Tobie shew me what is the cause that Popes, Cardinalls, Bishops, Priestes, and Monkes resist the Gospell so stoutly, and persecute it so cruelly?
Toby. They will not tell thee that: for they say, it is they that maintain the Gospel, and those whom they persecute are Heretics.
Tobie. Thei will not tel thee that: for thei saie, it is thei that maintaine the Gospell, and those whō thei persecute are Heretickes.
Theo▪ And what causeth the doctrine of the Gospel to be heresy to them? None other thing, but that they fear if it should be received & practised as it ought to be amongest Christians, they should be driven out of their sties and stalls, wherein they are fed as fat as Millers Swine: for they had rather be swine to Satan and Antichrist to be fatly fed in their Sties as they are, then to be sheep of the flock of Jesus Christ, or labouring Oxen in the harvest of the Lord. Those likewise which are of alliance to them, either by parentage, consanguinity, or affinity, ⟨image 89⟩or by any other mean, and specially those which serve them, and live of their deceit, set more by these fat Swine, then by Jesus Christ the true shepherds of their souls. For these Swine fatten the porridge with their fat, or at the least unfattē them not, but unfatten enough of others, to fatten their parents, affines, friends, and other maintainers of their Mother holy Church, which Mother have fed them so fat. Wherefore, it is no marvel though they be loth to leave her, or to be weaned from such breasts. There is an other sort, which though they receive no profit of such swine, yea, and know the troth of the Gospel: nevertheless, they had rather be rid of Jesus Christ, and drive him out of their Country, then they would drive out such swine, because they fear least such change should trouble them, and least they should have some hinderance touching their bodies or temporal goods. To be short: we see daily if there be any talk of the kingdom of Christ, the like that happened to Herod and those of Jerusalem, when Jesus Christ was borne.