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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.
Toby. When Ovid speaketh of the four ages, (as far as I perceive by that, that thou hast rehearsed of his Metamorphosis, he maketh no mention of the decay of strength in mans body, but only of the decrease of virtue and increase of vice. But Hesiodus, writeth of both, and me thinketh he doth not much disagree from that which is written in the holy Scripture, touching of ancestors before the flood, & anon after. For even at that time the strength of man began to diminish and decay. Is it not true Theophrastus?
Tobie. When Ouid speaketh of the fower ages, (as farre as I perceiue by that, that thou hast rehearsed of his Metamorphosis, he maketh no mention of the decay of strength in mans body, but onely of the decrease of vertue and encrease of vice. But Hesiodus, writeth of bothe, and me thinketh he doth not muche disagree from that whiche is written in the holie Scripture, touchyng of auncestors before the flood, & anon after. For euen at that tyme the strength of man beganne to deminishe and decaie. Is it not true Theophrastus?
Theo. Jacob beareth witness of that before Pharaoh: 1saying. The whole time of my Pilgrimage is an hundred and thirty years,2 fear and evil have the days of my life been, and I have not attained unto the years of the life of my fathers, in the days ⟨image 12⟩of their Pilgrimage.3 And David after him, sayeth of his time: The time of our life is threescore years and ten: and if they be of strength, fourscore years: yet their strength is but labour and sorrow, for it is cut of quickly, and we flee away.
Theo. Iacob beareth witnesse of that before Pharo: 1