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A02825
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[The image of bothe churches after reulacion of saynt Iohan the euangelyst]
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Bale, John, 1495-1563.
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STC 1296.5; ESTC S110909
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him that tangle them selâes with soche workes of bondage as he neuer knewe as are all their Idell obseruacions hauynge no expresse commaundementes of the worde of God Onlye loke we saith Paule in sprete to be iustyfied through faythe which by loue is mightye in operacyon 6 And for them that so beleueth is this disiunctyue or put betwyn theyr handes and foreheades For all they that outwardlye kepe these heythnishe obseruacyons haue not their conscyences defyled with them for their inwarde faythes sake though they perfourme the outwarde workes doubtynge the terrour of the lawes Yet wolde I counsell them not therin to trust but at the worde of the lorde to go from it For though loth dwelt in Sodome yet at the lordes voyce he departed from thens 7 This Image made also that no maÌne myght vye or sell saue he onlye that had the Marke or the name of the Beast or at the least the nombre of his name The actes of Iustynyane the Emproure shall make this good so shall the constitucyons of Adelstane and Edgare and manye other kynges here in Englande which for the ordre and commodyâe of the clerge made manye polytyque lawes Specyallye kynge Inas Gouernour of the west Saxons which first gaue the Peter Pens vnto Rome and made him selfe a monke there But in thys spyrytuall generacyon amonge them selues is non allowed for a merchande vnlesse he come in by Symonye Non was made bysshopp pastoure nor âurate but payed for it their taxed sommes byshoppes to the pope and the prestes to the byshopps besydes Irem in brybes Non myght els be allowed to vtter to auauntage the wares of the beast or distribute the rytes of that holye whoryshe churche 8 Neyther were anye made free of that marte vnlesse they had the marke of the beast which is not onlye the outwarde sygne of their head shauinge and anoyntinge of their fingars but also the inwarde prynte of their consciences receyued by profession made to that wicked monster For lyke as true faythe in Iesus Christ is the marke of a perfyghâ christiane so is a false beleue in popishe tradicions a token of Antichristes member By their frutes sayth Christ shall ye knowe them For the one foloweth the rewle of Gods worde the other hath counterfet workes of mennes prescripcion 9 Els must they haue the name of the Beast to be called spyrituall menne or the holye consecrate nombre as his holye fatherhode is called 10 Or at the least they must haue the noÌbre of his name which is a note of magnificence and worthynesse Lesse caÌ they not be called than lordes so manye as are sworne to that spirituall markett The most ragged ronegate and idle ydiote amonge them is no lesse thaÌ a âyre which is a lorde in the Lattyn as sir Iohan sir Thomas sir Willyam In the Lattyn onlye hangeth their great lordeshippes Amonge their vnknowne lattyn howres their masses and their dyrigees lyeth their plentuouse patrimonye in their portasses and masse bokes Noâ he that leaueth all wyth poore peter maye be called from fishynge nor wyth Mathew from the custome howse to do these offices But he that catcheth all with Iudas aÌd Symon Magus must come from Symonye to do them Not he that is called of God as was Aaron shal haue cure of sowle but he that offereth to Corban with Annas and Cayphas Soche a worlde hath it bene and is yeâ styll in the worlde abrode amonge them The Text. 1 Here is wisdome 2. lete him that hath wytte 3. counte the nombre of the Beaste 4. For it is the noÌbre of Manne 5. And his nombre is sex hândred sextye and sixe ¶ The Paraphrase 1 Here is wysdome to be had sayth saynt Iohan. Lete hym that hath wytte count the nombre of the Beast for it is the Nombre of manne And his Nombre is sixe hondred sixtie and sixe 2 For so moche as Christ hath willed vs diligentlye to searche the scripturs and the holye Ghost here doth committ the iudgement of this secrete to the witte of manne some wryters hath deducted thys Nomber out of serten Greke wordes betokeninge thys great Antichrist because thys present Reuelacion was first written in the Greke language As out of antemos which signifyeth one contrarye to Gods honoure out of Arnume which signifieth a denyer of God and out of Teitan which betokeneth the sunne All these .iii. voâables though they seme dyuerse yet contayne they after the Greke rewles neyther more nor lesse than thys sett Nomber And all this maye stande both with scripture and reason For he that ys not with Christ ys agaynst hym callynge that ys good yll and that ys yll good mynystrynge darkenesse for lyght Soche lyenge masters as hath brought in sectes of perdicyon hath denyed the lorde that bought them They are not the lyght as they boast themselues to be for all they loke to be called spyrituall but they are the fallen Starres and verye Apostaraes froÌ God SathaÌs traÌsfonemynge themselues into the angels of lyght by dyuerse kyndes of Hypocresye 3 Some expositours leauynge the Greke hath practysed the same thynge by these .ii. latyne wordes Dic lux contaynynge in numerall letters the same setâ NoÌbre Which sygnifyed that they call them selues the lyght or menne of a spyrytuall sort beynge nothynge lesse For they in dede are the same self darkenesse that wyl in no wyse receyue the light but rather persecuteth yt with most spygât and cruelte After thys sort myght I brynge in Diabolus incarnatus or filius perdictonis the deuyll incarnate or the sonne of perdycyoÌ for both they are the names of this beastlye Antichrist by the scripturs the one wantynge in the numerall letters but .iiii. of the NoÌbre the other but .vi. which myght be supplyed in the other letters But a monge all these thys worde Arnume most nyghlye towcheth the myâerye which ys as moche to saye as I denye Euydentlye semeth he to haue the marke of the Beast or to be sealed with the Nombre of hys name that sayeth whan he heareth the manyfest veryte I wyll neuer admitt ye whyle I haue a daye to liue it is ageynst good order yt standeth not with laudable custome our doctours agree not thââ vnto our holye canoÌs alloweth yt not yt hath not the holye fathers consent vs prayâ aÌd hope for it hath great likelyhode of a moche farder apperaunce â Sens the worldes begynnynge haue the misterye of iniquite wrought in Caân and in hys posteryte and so contynued in the Beastlye meÌbers of Antichrist and so shall do styll to the latter daye Therfor is yt no lesse than the Nombre of manne sixe hondred sixtye and sixe Thus ys he tokened with all wyckednesse that admitteth the false faythe of this Beast and foloweth the same in hys lyuynge by the subtle perswasyons of the Bishoppes and their lyenge Prophetes and ys sealed vp to eternall dampnacyon vnlesse the lorde call hym in tyme. Not onlye in Englande ys healed