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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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Theo. This I say unto it, that that land, and common weal is accursed, which hath gluttonous & drunken magistrates & pastors,1 & rise up in the morning to follow drunkenness until they are hot with wine.2 And therefore, seeing that all vices reign in the world, & more amongst them, which should correct and punish them, then amongst any of the rest, it is no marvel, though there be so many devils & Demoniacs every where, as are. But such as fear the Lord, have a very good recourse.3 In very deed, it will be a hard matter to make those devils depart from them, but yet they shall, will they, nil they, be displaced, because Christ layeth his hand on ⟨image 129⟩as he did upon the miserable Lunatic. For,4 when Jesus Christ was in place, it was so far of that the wicked spirit would depart from this poor child,5 as that he became more mad in him.6 And so likewise, when these Devils, and demoniacs that they possess which are now in the world, feel the Gospel come near them, and begin to hear the voice thereof, they are even as mad, as if a man should sound out the Trumpet, to assault them, and give them the alarm. And, as the Devil went not out of the Lunatic, until such time as he had first tried all his forces against Jesus Christ: No more will he be displaced of these Rooms, which he hath gotten possession of, without strong and mighty combats. And all the while that the Devil so furiously resisted Jesus Christ, the devil a great deal more tormented the poor Lunatic, then ever he did before, Insomuch, that he lay before Jesus Christ, as if he had been dead.
Theo. This I say vnto it, that yt land, and common weale is accursed, which hath gluttonous & drunkē magistrates & pastors,1