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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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Jerome. I mean thereby, that it was a very evil sign, and in manner a foreshowing and prognostication of the things ⟨image 13⟩that we have spoken: but it was a great sign when Paul Defornese succeeded them,1 for that his name sounds much upon Frenzy, unto which we say the world is fallen. But let us hear what Theophrastus will say to this matter.
Ierom. I meane thereby, that it was a very euill signe, and in maner a foreshewyng and prognostication of the thynges ⟨image 13⟩that we haue spoken: but it was a greate signe when Paule Defornese succeeded them,1 for that his name soundes much vpon Fransie, vnto which we saie the world is fallē. But let vs heare what Theophrastus will saie to this matter.
- 1The world is frantic.The worlde is frantike.
Theo. When I would consider this world, I remember a comparison that the Prophet Isaiah useth,1 to show forth the state and overthrow of the wicked which were in his time. He showeth them that they shall be deceived in their vain hopes, and that their confidence in iniquity shall be like an old ruinous wall, which showeth to be whole, but shall suddenly fall to the ground, and overwhelm all those that are about it.2 And when I consider this world, me thinks it is like an old ruinous building of which the said, mortar, and stones is so old, that they fall away by little and little, what shall we think then of such a building but sudden overthrow ear we beware.