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A66360 Ho Antichristos the great antichrist revealed, before this time never discovered, and proved to be neither pope, nor Turk, nor any single person, nor the succession of any one monarch or tyrant in any policies, but a collected pack, or multitude of hypocritical, heretical, blasphemous, and most scandalous wicked men that have fulfilled all the prophesies of the Scriptures ... and especially have united ... together by a solemn league and covenant to slay the two witnesses of God, Moses and Aaron ... that is, the supreme magistrate of the Commonwealth, and the chief pastors and governours of the Church of Christ, and the Christian world is requested to judge whether the Assembly of Presbyterians consulting at Westminster, together with the independents, Anabaptists, and lay-preachers be not the false prophet ... and whether the prevalent faction of the long Parliament ... that killed the two witnesses of Jesus Christ, 1. Charles the First ... 2. William Laud ... be not the grosse and visible body of the same antichrist / by Gr. Williams. Williams, Gryffith, 1589?-1672. 1660 (1660) Wing W2662; ESTC R25201 504,825 313

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d behold_v i_o come_v sudden_o and_o therefore_o whensoever_o any_o of_o these_o vision_n be_v or_o shall_v be_v fulfil_v it_o be_v short_o and_o sudden_o absque_fw-la mora_fw-la without_o delay_n even_o as_o the_o holy_a ghostsaith_n and_o he_o that_o will_v see_v this_o error_n of_o grotius_n more_o full_o discover_v and_o confute_v 169._o mare_n p._n 169._o let_v he_o look_v into_o maresius_n in_o his_o dissertati●_n the_o antichrist_n where_o he_o shall_v find_v the_o truth_n of_o what_o i_o say_v more_o large_o and_o most_o excellent_o confirm_v and_o so_o hippolytus_n carocotta_n say_v 33._o epiphan_n heresi_fw-la alogor_n c._n 33._o that_o the_o authority_n of_o epiphanius_n who_o in_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o alogor_n affirm_v st._n john_n to_o be_v in_o patmos_n and_o to_o have_v write_v this_o revelation_n in_o the_o time_n of_o claudius_n be_v of_o no_o validity_n and_o he_o further_o say_v that_o solenne_n est_fw-fr epiphanio_n caespitare_fw-la in_o 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