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Diues [et] pauper

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Diues [et] pauper
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[Westmonstre :: E[m]prentyd by me Wynkyn de worde,
1496]
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Subject terms
Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
Dialogues, English -- Early works to 1800.
Ten commandments -- Early works to 1800.
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"Diues [et] pauper." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A08937.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.

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Caplm .viij.

DIues. why ben angellys paȳ¦ted in lykenes of yonge men sythe they be spyrytes & haue no bodyes. ¶Pauper. Ther may no payntour paynte a spyryt in his kyn¦de. And therfore to the better represen¦tacōn they be paynted in the lykenes of a man / whiche in soule is moost accordynge to angellys kynde. And though the angell is not suche bode∣ly as he is paynted / he is neuertheles suche ghoostly / and hath suche doyn∣ge & beyng spyrytuell. They be payn¦ted lyke yong men berdlesse / in token yt they ben endlesse & elden not / ne fe∣ble not / but alwaye in one lykyng / in one astate / alwaye myghty & stronge And also they be paȳted with crulled here / in token yt theyr thought & ther loue is sette alwaye in right ordre / & tourne alwaye vp ayen to god / than kynge hym & worshyppynge hym in all thyng. For by the here of the hede in holy wryte is vnderstonde thought and affeccōns of the herte. Also they ben paynted with stoles aboute theyr neckes / in token that they be alwaye redy to serue god & man atte goddes byddyng. And therfor they ben called Administratorij spūs. Ad Hebre .i.c. That is to saye / spyrytes of seruyce. For they serue to god / in rulynge of mankynde & gouernaūce of this worl¦de. They ben paȳted fethered & with wynges / in token of lyghtnesse & de∣lyuerenesse in her werkes. For in a twynclynge of an eye they may be in heuen & in erthe / here & att Rome / & at Ihrusalē. They ben paynted with wheles vnð theyr fete in token yt they meue & rule ye roūde bodyes / the whe¦les & the cercles in heuen / & ye course of the planetes as ye phylosophre sayth / & also in token yt as the whele tour∣neth alwaye aboute the centre & his myddes / so the angellys doyng is al∣waye about god / & alwaye ben nygh hȳ where euer they be. Also somtyme they be paynted armed wt spere swer¦de & shelde / in token yt they be redy to defende vs fro ye fendes that ben besy nyght & daye to lese vs. For but yf ho¦ly angellys holpen vs & defende vs & kepte vs lettyng ye fendes malyce / we myght not withstōde ne be saued. And therfor right as euery man & woman hath a wycked angell assygned to hȳ by ye fende to tēpte hȳ. So hath he a good angell assygned to hȳ of god / to saue hym yf he wyll folowe his rule.

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