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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.
Tob. I pray thee tell me what things they are.
Theo. First of all, we are hereby to judge of the state & condition of our nature, and how corrupt and accursed it is, by reason of sin, seeing, that even from our infancy, the Devil hath such power over us. For, if young children were without •in, the Devil should have no power over them,1 no more then death which the devil hath begot2 ⟨image 108⟩through sin. And therefore, Saint Paul proveth, that because children dye, that they are subject to original sin,3 and that they have already deserved punishment for the same in this their infancy. And so, some of the ancient doctors of the Church, take this example of the Lunatic infant, to prove the same, against all such as deny original sin, affirming, that young children are innocent, and without sin.
Theo. First of all, wee are hereby to iudge of the state & condition of our nature, and how corrupt and accursed it is, by reason of sinne, seeing, that euen from our infancie, the Diuel hath such power ouer vs. For, if young childrē were without •in, the Diuel should haue no power ouer them,1 no more then death which the diuel hath begot2 ⟨image 108⟩through sinne. And therefore, Saint Paule proueth, that because children dye, that they are subiect to originall sinne,