Chapter 18

Another of his jests in the pulpit was, "England will never prosper till one hundred and fifty are taken away." The explanation is L L L--Lords, Lawyers, and Levites. Preaching on the devils entering into the swine (S. Mark v. 23), he said that the miracle illustrated three English proverbs:-- 1. That the devil will rather play at small game than sit out. 2. That those must needs go forward whom the devil drives. 3. That at last he brought his hogs to a fair market. It was a favourite saying of Peters that in Chris…