young saint, old devil

young saint, old devil

c 1400 Middle English Sermons from MS Royal 18 B xxiii (EETS) 159 Itt is a comond prouerbe bothe of clerkes and of laye men, ‘younge seynt, old dewell’.

1552 H. LATIMER Seventh Sermon, Lord’s Prayer in Sermons (1844-5) 431 The old proverb, ‘Young saints, old devils’..is..the devil’s own invention; which would have parents negligent in bringing up their children in goodness.

1636 S. WARD Collection of Sermons & Treatises 269 Young Saints, will prove but old Devils... But..such as proove falling starres, never were ought but meteors.

1936 V. MCHUGH Caleb Catlum’s America xxvii. Young saint, old devil..looks to me like you been leadin’ too virtyus a life.


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