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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10719	A short suruey of Ireland Truely discouering who it is that hath so armed the hearts of that people with disobedience to their prince. With a description of the countrey, and the condition of the people. No lesse necessarie and needfull to be respected by the English, then requisite and behoouefull to be reformed in the Irish. By Barnabe Rych, Gentleman.	Rich, Barnabe, 1540?-1617.	1609 (1609)	STC 20999; ESTC S115962	34,330	68

be said it is the voice of the spirit of God and of the same authoritie as is the Gospell of Christ no man may breake it no man may touch the credit therof if any man withstand it he must be accursed he must thinke hee doth sacriledge committeth blasphemy sinneth against the holy Ghost and must be counted an heretike his authoritie reacheth vp into heauen it stretcheth downe into hell nay hee hath one kingdome proper to himselfe more then euer God knew of and that is purgatorie there he raigne●h there he ruleth there he rosteth there he broyleth and there he commandeth how he list there is no bodie else to controule him Thus doth Antichrist sit on the Temple of God thus doth the Pope shew himselfe that he is God Nay what hath God proper to himselfe but that the Pope is either a sharer with him or at the least can command the like God hath heauen and hell the Pope can command them both and send to either the soules of whome hee list God hath his Angels that be his ministers the Pope may command their seruice and may imploy them about his busines as often as it pleaseth him or else hi● vpholders haue shamefully mistaken God hath his Saints the Pope maketh saints both he-saints and she-saints at his owne will and pleasure God hath his scriptures the Pope hath his Counsels his decrees and his canons God hath his Church a poore sillie one the Pope hath his Church a braue lustie one God hath his sacraments the Pope maketh sacraments two for his one God hath his lawes whereby to rule his Church the Pope maketh lawes whereby to rule his Church God commandeth the sabboth day to be kept holy the Pope maketh holy daies and halfe holy daies sometimes two or three in a weeke Can a man shew himselfe more like a God then doth the Pope if any man can name him l●t him bee Antichrist Nay yet to shew himselfe more like a God the Pope will vndertake to make a God a poore sillie God that is not able to defend himselfe from the malice of a mouse CHAP. XIII The fourth marke whereby to know Antichrist AN other reason to proue that the Pope is Antichrist is this who●oeuer beleeueth in Christ consenteth that Gods lawe is good the Pope consenteth not that Gods lawe is good for he forbiddeth holy wedlock commanded by God but wedlocke saith the Pope defileth holy Priesthoode more then whoredome he hath notwithstanding made a sacramēt of Matrimony And is not this a diueli●h doctrine to say that sacraments can defile what can be more contrary to the doctrine of Christ the Pope forbiddeth wedlock which God commandeth and licenseth whoredome which God forbiddeth but this is an other euident token of Antichrist and noted by S. Paul to be a doctrine of diuels who writing to Timothy saith Now the spirit speaketh euidently that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith and shall giue heede vnto spirits of errour and doctrines of diuels forbidding to marry and commanding to absteine from meates which God hath created to be receiued with thanksgiuing of them which beleeue and know the truth The Pope againe directly opposeth himselfe against Christ and seeketh to drawe vs from the mercie of God and telleth vs we haue other friends to whom we are beholding and haue done many good things for vs it was that Saint that tooke pittie of our griefes saith he at such a time and our Ladie hath wrought many myracles at such a place but Saint Patricke is the good Saint that hath done marueilous things in Ireland and as euery Saint hath his peculiar property to worke more in one place then they can doe in an other so euery Saint hath his seuerall office some better for one thing and some worse for an other one is very good for the falling sicknesse an other is excellent good for the tooth-ache one is a present remedy for a burn ing an other is as precious for him that hath the chine cough If a woman be barraine and would faine haue a childe let her go on pilgrimage to S. Thomas of Canterburie or in Ireland to the Holy Crosse or to S. Clen●cks well and she that cannot make her pulline to prosper or that her chickins bee troubled with the pip seeke helpe from S. Reuen Thus euery Saint hath his seueral charge euery man hath his seuerall Saint and euery Saint is full of miracles and euery myracle full of lies The Papists doe alledge many vngodly reasons wherby they would maintaine a necessite in praying to Saints and to auoide Idolatrie they would make certaine distinctions betweene the worship of God and the worship of Saints but let them distinguish how they can this is certaine the more hope they haue in saints the lesse trust they put in Christ for he saith Come vnto me all you that be laden and I will ease you if hee of himselfe hath louingly called vs vnto him why then to seeke to any other is vpon some distrust we haue of him and that is as much as to make God alyer and not to thinke him true in the promise he hath made vs. Againe if we will giue credit to S. Paul there is no other mediator for vs to secke vnto but onely Christ There is one God and one mediator betweene God and man which is the man Iesus Christ and for that foolish distinction that grose headed Papists will make betweene worshipping and seruing our sauiour himselfe hath decided Thou shalt worship thy Lord thy God and him onely shalt thou serue I will conclude whosoeuer seeketh any other mediator then our Lord Iesus is iniurious vnto Christ and therefore of Antichrist and whosoeuer kneeleth and prayeth to blocks stones Images or the pictures of Saincts the same expresly breaketh the commandemēt of God and deserueth to haue his portion amongst the wicked CHAP. XIIII The fifth marke whereby to know Antichrist ONe other marke whereby to know Antichrist our Sauiour himselfe hath giuen vs Fals● Christs and false Prophets shall arise and shat shew signes and wonders to deceiue if it were possible the very elect This speech thus spoken by our Sauiour is not directed to the heathen or to infidels but to such as shall professe Christ and therefore concludeth vndoubtedly that Antichrist shall be a christian in profession that he shall not be one man onely but a continuance of many for he speaketh in the plurall number False Christs and false Prophets shall come with signes and wonders c. S. Paul giuing vs a light what those signes and wonders should be that Antichrist should come with all in his second epistle to the Thessalonians calleth them lying signes and lying wonder● This is now to be gathered False Christs shall come that is they shall come co●nter●eitly in the name of Christ and they shall shew their wonders before the Lord and bee a ●ore temptation vnto them to