FIFT BOOKE 



of the Natural! and Morall Hi- 



ftorie of the Indies, 



Tbtt the Pride and Malice of the Divcll, hath becnetfa 

 caufc ofldolatrie. CHAP, r . 



HE Pride and Prefumption of 

 the Divcll is fo great & obftinate, 

 that alwaies hce feekes and flrives 

 tobchonoured as Godrand doth 

 arrogate to himfelfe all hec can ; 

 whatfoevcr doth appertaine to 

 the moft high God , hce ceafcth 

 not to abufe the blindc Nations 

 of the world > vpon whom the cleerc light of the holy 

 Gofpelhath not yet fhonc. Wee reade in /^ofthis j 

 prowd tyrant , who fcttes his eyes aloft , and amongft 

 all the fonncs of pride, he is the King. The holy Scrip, 

 ture inftru&es vs plainclyofhis vile intentions, and 

 his overweening treafon , whereby he hath pretended 

 to make his Throne, cquall vnto Gods, laying in Efoy, 

 Thox diddejipty within thyftlfc, I will mwnt <vf to haven, J 



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