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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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To. Why, then I perceive, we may very well place fools,1 amongst Lunatic men. And so by that reason, the number of Lunatics should be great, seeing that there is a great and infinite number of fools.
To. Why, then I perceyue, we may very wel place fooles,1 amongst Lunatique men. And so by that reason, the number of Lunatiques shoulde bee great, seeing that there is a great and infinite number of fooles.
- 1Lunatic foolsLunatique fools
Theo. Howbeit, if they be both Lunatic and demoniacs: yea, deaf, dumb, and blind, they are the more dangerous ⟨image 112⟩fools. And yet we see almost nothing else before our eyes. For we shall see some of them, at one time or an other, seem to have a good liking of God, his word, and of virtue, and honesty. They have their moments, and fits, wherein they deal wonderfully, so that a man would think them to be become the honestest men in the world. And in the turning of an hand, they are so suddenly changed from better to worse, as that thou wouldest say, that the Devil was entered into their bodies, and so became Demoniacs. These men are such Demoniacs,1 as king Saul was. For, it is written of him,2 that after Samuel had anointed David, to be king over the people of God, in Sauls stead, the good spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and the evil spirit of the Lord tormented him. And shortly after, Sauls servants, called this Spirit, the evil spirit of the Lord.