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A12577	A briefe and learned treatise, conteining a true description of the Antichrist, who was foretold by the prophets and apostles And an evident proofe that the same agreeth vnto the Pope. Written in Latin by M. George Sohn Doctor of Diuinitie, and publike professor thereof at Heidelberg, and translated into english.	Sohn, Georg, 1152?-1589.; N. G., fl. 1592.; Grimald, Nicholas, 1519-1562, attributed name.	1592 (1592)	STC 22891; ESTC S114124	33,734	90

one and the same Saint In that hee counterfaiteth miracles which neither are nor haue beene wrought as was shewed before In that hee pretendeth the name of Christ the saluation of the Church But indeede doeth seeke his owne honour and commoditie For he calleth them the Riches of the Church and Patrimonie of Christ But did Christ possesse any such things Thou bearest the name and title of Bishops but altogether voide of the substance Thou hearest the name of Patriarkes Superintendentes Abbats but if thou take away the outwarde visard and ceremonie what will remaine Thou hearest the names of the Fraternities and they are schismes or diuisions Thou hearest of the orders and contemplatiue life what is it but confusion and senselesnesse Thou hearest of continencie and it is nothing but riotousnesse Thou hearest of the pouertie especially of the Monkes and what is it but deliciousnes Thou hearest of chastitie and single life and what is this but filthie lecherie Thou hearest of humilitie and it is pride and arrogancie Finally thou seest the sheepes skinne but there is a wolfe lurking within it For hee indeed professeth humilitie but exalteth himselfe aboue all others hee voweth chastitie but vseth adulterie yea and more is further from all honestie no man as it is full well knowne vnto all men doth more defile himselfe with all kinde of villanie hee celebrateth a feast and yet he playeth the glutton in the same Againe hee is cruell as those terrible excommunications and edicts do shew which he maketh against Emperors kings others as do also his factions his warres his butcherly massacres with the persecutions and most extreme torments of the faithfull which are in truth more then I am able to rehearse in any short space For how many factions warres massacres hath the Pope of Rome caused among Christian princes in all partes of Christendom within these 500 yeres for the maintenance encrease of his power How much blood hath he shed when as he in the meane season like to a Fencer hauing set others togither by the eares is a beholder of these bloodie sports Or as another Nero beholding in his turret the citie set on fire which himselfe had fired doth feede and please his mind and delight his eies with such a hidious and pitiful spectacle What mischiefe did he work in that voyage to Ierusalem for the recouerie of the sepulchre of the Lorde the citie Ierusalem and the holy lande which was first begun by Gregorie the 8 one who was more cruell and abominable then Nero himselfe and after prosecuted by Vrbanus the deare and most neare friend which Gregorie had wherein the West fought against the East verie dangerouslie the Christian souldiers so vsed the matter by spoiling killing Christians Iewes others by committing other outrages that all the warres which were made by the Romanes being Gentiles may in comparison of that bee called Christian godly and holy Howe madly and furiously haue the Counter popes raged together euen that they might dispatch one another onely to serue their owne ambition To conclude how many and how great persecutions hath the Pope caused within this 60 yeeres what torments hath he inflicted vpon men faithfull and holy whome he proclaimed as heretiques especially in France and the low Countries For because that he is cruell he doeth persecute the saintes but he worshippeth them when they be placed in heauen For this is the propertie of a bloody and cruell man to iniurie those which are his equals or them who are his inferiours whom he may hurt but as for them who are his betters whom he can not hurt but feareth lest himselfe be hurt by them these he reuerenceth He also appeared by little litle by the craft of the deuill which mingleth truth and falshood together which is a cunning cozening and sophisticall subtilty For a lie is weake of it selfe can not stand therfore these cozening mates do vnderprop their lies with such propositions assertions as be either true or els haue a shew of trueth Therfore sathan by litle litle brought in the corruptions of doctrine maners confirmed them more and more by sophistrie hypocrisie till at length this kingdome did fully appeare Hee also hath bin extant since the diuision ouerthrow of the Romane Monarchie and since the expiring date of those 666 yeeres that is since the death of Mauritius the Emperour when the Emperour Phocas who slewe his father made this decree that the Church of Rome should be head ouer all other Churches and that the Bishop of Rome who then was Boniface the third should be head ouer all Bishops be the Catholique and general Bishop And alway since especially since the time of Charles the great hee hath gotten strength and growne greater and greater He appeared in the temple of God that is in the Churches and there he still sitteth and ruleth feigning that hee is the Vicar of Christ and the successour of Peter for there was the true Church where the Pope of Rome first appeared as Antichrist and afterward there remained the name the title the print of the Church there was the bible that is the booke of the Prophets Apostles there remained the true doctrine concerning God concerning the trinitie of the deuine persons concerning the person of Christ there remained baptisme together with the creed of the Apostles and though the Popedome was not then no more then in trueth it is now the Church yet the Church was and did as it were lie hid in the Papacie He sitteth at Rome betwixt two seas Tyrrhenum Adriaticum for here is the seate of the Pope wherein oftentimes for sometimes the place is changed he dwelleth bodily He is discouered in these last daies of the world first by Iohn Hus secondly by Martin Luther other excellent men whom God raised vp who hauing found out Antichrist euen in the time of his marchandise and as we say with the manner haue put him to shame by shewing his impietie and indeauour against Christ and haue kindled the light of the gospell in all places especially in Germany though the Pope other the Lords of Christendom being vtterly against it haue threatened banishments punishments warres and ouerthrowe who would not suffer the religion which had continued so many ages to be ouerthrowen to the great trouble destruction of all Europe For so soone as men which were not giuē vnto pleasures as Epicures are did see but a spark of light shining vnto them they being verie much grieued with that darknes seruitude wherewith they had beene so manie yeres oppressed and being intised with the beautie sweetnes of trueth they ioyned themselues vnto the sincere teachers of truth not hauing regard of other matters whatsoeuer By which meanes the puritie of doctrine was euerie where propagated spred abroad the Churches were established restored vnto their

former beautie first in Germanie Switserland then in England Scotland France Flanders Denmarke other prouinces And though that vnluckie contention concerning the supper of the Lorde did straightwaie beginne amongst the preachers of the Gospell euen in the beginning thereof and continueth also vnto this day Satan endeauouring thereby to hinder and staie the cause of the gospell yet we are to thinke thus First that Sathan hath not now begun but hath practised long agoe to set at variance the holy seruants of God as Paul and Barnabas and againe the same Paul and Peter with others more secondlie that as concerning the foundation of the doctrine religion of Christ all things necessarie vnto saluation there hath alwaies bene and still is an agreement betwixt those men who are the restorers of this gospell which now beginneth to take life againe For hauing consuted merit and trust reposed in workes wherwith miserable men were bewitched in time of Poperie both parties agreed that our whole saluation consisteth in the merites of Christ onely the difference is in the supper of the Lorde concerning the corporall presence and the bodily eating and that the same is common vnto the godlie and the wicked as the one part defendeth and so not necessarie vnto saluation Thirdly it is no great maruell if in the beginning of reformation as it were in the dawning of the day all things were not at the first well considered for it can scarsely be declared what a deep gulfe of ignorance was in popery and what an horrible darkenesse by reason of errours And doubtlesse it was a verie great miracle wrought by God that those first doctours of the gospell could arise from thence in so litle and short space And although the Iesuites which are lately sprong vp indeauour to heale this wounde of Antichrist yet shall they neuer fullie cure the same Finally he shalbe destroied in the last daie of Christ when he returneth to iudgement and shalbe cast into the lake of fire and brimstone according vnto the prophecie before declared In the meane season we are patiently to beare that persecution wherwith he oppresseth vs and we must not for his tyranie leaue or forsake the profession of the truth Which things sith they are all true it followeth that the Pope since the death of Gregorie the great and the murther of Mauritius the Emperour is that Antichrist whome we haue before described out of the Prophecies of the Prophets and Apostles For whether they consider the doctrine or behold the maners and actions of the Pope they all agree vnto these prophecies and though heretofore there were controuersie touching primacie there were diuers errours and they not small concerning the doctrine yet afterwarde the desire of bearingsway did more breake forth Idolatrie and impietie was encreased and at the length Boniface the third obtained of Phocas the Emperour that whosoeuer should be the Bishop of auncient Rome should also bee esteemed as vniuersall Bishop that Rome shoulde be accounted the heade of all Churches and that this priuiledge might be traduced to their successours and within a while after others of them chalenged both the swords for themselues established this by decree that the Masse was a sacrifice propitiatorie for the liuing and the dead and to conclude they made Rome a sanctuarie for Idols Hitherto wee haue shewed who this great Antichrist is But as in the former question the Papistes doe differ from vs what Antichrist should be so likewise in this latter who Antichrist should be for as they doe define Antichrist otherwise then we so doe they vtterly denie that the Pope of Rome is that Antichrist For the Pope with his adherents now playing the part of Antichrist doeth feigne another Antichrist and teacheth that he is yet to come least he himselfe should bee thought to be the Antichrist indeed Of whose opinion and their reasons we will say more as occasion shall be offered for the manner of our positions will not now permit vs to speake of the same God the Father graunt for our Lorde Iesus Christes sake that men may learne to knowe and to abhorre that Antichrist the most dangerous enemie of Christ and the Church and may likewise learne more and more to loue and worship Christ FINIS Doctor Sohn publike professor of Diuinitie at Heidelberg The matter of this booke No vnion of the two religions The definitiō of Antichrist in generall There be two kinds of Antichristes 1 2 The names of Antichrist The types The description of Antichrist in speciall The declaration of the description A man A kingdome or state That is a proper and singular person as Leo Pius Iohn Gregorie Aduersarie to Christ Twofold authoritie Miracles A vaunt as God His Idolatry Hypocrisie Pride Blasphemie Licentiousnes Single life Abstinence Couetousnes Craft Crueltie His author The time of his appearāce His place His throne He sits in the Church His continuance The event or his reuelation His destruction The Papistes description of Antichrist The proofe that the Pope is Antichrist The proofe of the assumption by view in particular 1 Aman 2 Whoruleth a state 3 The Popes profession of Christianitie to which hee is indeede an aduersarie 1 He challengeth the offices of Christ 2. The Pope hath corrupted the doctrine of Christ as appeareth by the opposition of these particulars Voluntarie worship 2. One God 3. Invocation of God 4. Idols 5. One high Priest 6. One Mediatour 7. Christs power 8. Free-will 9. Satisfaction 10. Justification 11. Iustifying faith 12. Obseruation of the law 13. The kingdome of Christ 15. The two Sacraments 15. The vulgar tongue to be vsed in the Church 16. Who are to be baptized 17. the bread in the Lordes Supper 18. The lords supper is no sacrifice 19. Christs bodie 20. All ought to take eate and drinke 21 The bread and wine are to be distributed to all 22 Two places for the soules 23. Mariage honourable for all men 24. Meates are free Popes haue erred 4. The Pope hath two swordes Spirituall Temporall 5. The Popes miracles 6. The Pope as God He chalengeth Gods owne name 2. Gods power and authoritie Head of the Church 2 The Pope the highest Iudge 3. He disposeth kingdomes Examples He is an idolatour Breaden God His hypocrisy His blasphemie His ambitiō Examples of his ambition The Pope is lawlesse His abstinēce and riot He is covetous His craftines and false dealing His lying and contradictiōs The deede of gift for his Iurisdiction and authoritie Primatie Dignitie Succession The matters in which hee dealeth Mariage of Priestes Vse of the sacrament in both kinds Communication The Pope not to be iudged Promise breaking Of Pope Ioan Sedes testiculatrix His crueltie His appearance His time His place The discovery of the pope The destruction of the Pope The conclusion