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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

also the onely spouse of the Church 2. Cor. 11 2. Ephes 5. 29 Finally though hee bee also the onely prince the chiefe shephearde and the high priest vnto his Church 1. Pet. 2. 5. and chap. 5. 4. Heb. 6. 20. chap. 7. 26. chapt 9. 11. Alway liuing to make intercession for vs. Rom. 8. 34. Heb. 7. 25. Yet notwithstanding the Pope of Rome doeth arrogate this office and these properties vnto himselfe and vaunteth himselfe that hee is the chiefe head high priest and sacrificer and the Oecumenicall and generall Bishop Pastour and doctour of the whole Church here vpon earth For so saith Clement Pastoralis de Sentent re Iudic. A pastorall charge is enioyned to vs of God over all Nations of Christendome c. C. 1. extravag de empt vend We being governers of the vniuersall Church by the Lords appointment c. c. reg extravag de prebend Beeing called to the gouernment of the vniuersall Church by heauenlie ordinance C. 1 de treuga pace Being called to the gouernment of the vniuersall Church by the mercy of God so disposing it C. 3. de Elect. The holy Church of Rome which by the Lords appointment being as it were the mother and mistresse of all the faithfull which belong to Christ hath obtained of God superioritie ouer the rest distinct 22. Sacrosancta This Apostolicallchayre to wit Rome is appointed the head and principall and as it were the Hinge for as the doore is turned and gouerned vpon the hinge so all Churches are to bee ruled by the authoritie of this Cap. Vnam sanctam extravag de mator obed Therefore there is one bodie of one and the same onely Church one bead not two far that were monstrous to wit Christ and the vicar of Christ Peter and Peters successour Cap. fundament de elect 6. So likewise at this day the Pope in his bulles challengeth authoritie ouer all Churches of euerie people and nation So also doeth hee call the Church his spouse and bride C. quoniā de imminut in 6. saying after this manner Wee being loth to neglect the righteousnesse of our selues the Church our spouse In like maner also hee speaketh cap. inter corporalia c. licet in tantum de translat Episc Secondly the Pope hath violated and corrupted almost all the doctrine of Christ so that he is not onely an heretike but an Archheretique the ringleader and the Patriarke of heretikes for hee hath not onelie maintained one errour onely against the foundation but hath heaped vp manie one vpon the necke of another and defended them with might and maine as may bee plainely vnderstoode by this comparison and opposition of the doctrine of Christ and the Pope The scripture or rather Christ in the scripture teacheth that God is in vaine worshipped with the precepts of men Matth. 15. It condemneth voluntarie seruice Col. 2. 2 3. Further it declareth that al things necessary to saluation are committed to writing by the Apostles are to be sought for in theit writings 2. Tim. 3. 6. that he is Anathema that is accursed who teacheth or bringeth any other doctrine Gal. 18. But the Pope doeth vrge the traditions of men bringeth in a will-worship and letteth not to say that the scripture is obscure maimed and imperfect as it is in the counsell of Trident. Sess 4. 1. and else where The scripture teacheth that there is but one onely God who knoweth all things is almightie and the gouernour of the worlde and all thinges therein Deut. 6. 4. Mark 12. 29. 1. Kings 8. 39. 2. Cron. 6. 30. Esa 40. 13. Rom. 16. 27. 1. Tim. 6. 15. and in other places besides But the Pope making as it were a diuision of the diuine Maiestie doeth transferre the same vnto certaine petie gods and associates vnto him For looke how many he hath canonized for saintes so manie hath he erected to bee gods and lordes and rulers of the worlde Amongst which one is ouer the raine another is for faire weather one for diseases another for health finallie one for this cause another for that they hauing their taskes and offices assigned seuerally vnto them The scripture teacheth that God alone is to be called vpon Deut. 6. 13. Math. 4. 10. Act. 10. 25. 14. 11. Reuel 19. 10. 22. 9. But the Pope hee prayeth vnto the deade and teacheth that they are to be prayed vnto The Scripture teacheth that we should abhorte idols Exod. 20. 4. Deut. 4. 23. 1. Ioh. 5. 21. Reuel 18. 4. But the Pope doeth erect and set vp idols euery where to be worshipped The Scripture teacheth that now there is one onely high Priest and Sacrificer to wit Christ and that there is but one onely Oblation Heb. 6. 20. and 9. 26 28. and chap. 10. 12. But the Pope hath substituted an infinite number in stead of Christ who doe euerie day offer to God a reall and propitiatorie sacrifice to wit the bodie and bloode of Christ in the Masse The Scripture teacheth that there is one onely Mediatour and Intercessour betwixt God and man to wit the man Iesus Christ 1. Tim. 2. 5. 1. Ioh. 2. 1. Rom. 8. 34. Heb. 7. 24. and 9. 24. But the Pope hath suborned almost an infinite number of dead men to be mediatours intercessours and spokesmen and especially the Virgine Marie in stead of Christ as is in the Councill of Trident The Scripture teacheth that all power in heauen and earth is giuen and graunted vnto Christ and that he is exalted aboue all principalities and is appointed Lord of all things Math. 28. 18. Act. 2. 36. Ephes 1. 21. Further that he is the head of the militāt Church here vpon earth as was saide before Whereupon Gregorie the great saith That he is the forerunner of Antichrist who soeuer should challenge vnto him selfe the title of generall Bishop who that hee might leaue vnto his successours an example of humilitie was the first that called him selfe the seruant of the seruants of God And likewise the Councill of Carthage and Pelagius the Pope were of the mind dist 96. can Nullus But the Pope he placeth Christ who is now in heauen exalted vnto the right-hand of his Father not onely inferiour to his Father with the Arrians but also somewhat inferiour to his mother and willeth that shee should by her mortherly authoritie and priuiledge to commaund her Sonne c. And for him selfe hee standeth vpon it that he is the vniuersall Bishop here vpon earth and the head of the whole Church The Scripture teacheth that a man beeing deade in his sinnes is not able so much as to vnderstande any thing of him selfe that is hath no free-will in those matters that be spirituall and appertaine to saluation Ephes 2. 1. Colos 2. 13. Roman 8. 6. 1. Corinth 2. 14. 2. Corinth 3. 5. 2. Tim. 2. 15. 1. Ioh. 13. But the Pope he attributeth so

so should appeare in the Romane Empire it appeareth also by Daniel Paul as we haue touched heretofore as also by the 17. of the Reue. 3. where the purple whore who deceiueth the people is saide to sit vpon the beast with ten hornes For that beast with ten hornes signifieth the fourth Monarchie to wit that of Rome Dan. 7. As for his throne seat to wit that he shal sit in the city of Rome first Daniel witnesseth the same when as he placeth this seat betwixt 2. seas for Rome Italy are situated twixt 2. seas Adriaticū Tyrrhenū Secōdly Iohn whē he maketh mentiō of Babylō as Rev. 14. 8. 16. 19. 18. 2. By which places the anciēt doctors of the Church especially Ierome do vnderstand Rome as also by that place 1. Pet. 5. 13. further whē Iohn doth cal it the citie with 7. hils the queen of al as it is Rev. 17. 9. 18. For Rome was thē called by those names euen by profane writers Finally whē as he saith Rev. 17. 1. that the whore shal sit vpō many waters that is aboue much people many nations as him selfe in the 15. verse expoūdeth hīself in the great city which hath the rule ouer the kings of the earth Now that he should sit in the tēple of God that is in the Church it is taught vs 2. Th. 2. 4. for by this sittīg here is not mēt corporal bodily placing but a certain dominion and by temple is ment neither that of Ierusalem which long ago was ouerthrown rased which is neuer again to be repaired according to that prophecie in the 9. of Dan. 27. nor yet any other externall building but onely the Church which is the temple house of God 1. Tim. 3. 15. And therefore herby is signified that Antichrist should publikely vsurp the chiefe jurisdiction authority in the Church of God yet shuld he not professe any open flat denial of Christ but onely he should bring in extreame impietie vnder the pretence of the doctrine of Christ Further that he is to continue vntil the very last end day of the world it is taught 7. Dan. 26. 8. 25. 11. 45. 12. 1 2. Rev. 19. 21. 20. 10. In which places so soone as the end of Antichrist is rehearsed immediatly followeth mētion of the last resurrection and not a word of any other worldly kingdome Cōcerning the euēt or issue to wit that he should be reueled discouered in the last times of the world that his kingdō is to be battred thrown down by the preaching of the Gospell the Apostle witnesseth 2. Th. 2. 3. Iohn meaneth the same thing by the ruine fall of Babylō Reuel 14. 8. 16. 19. 18. 2. And to cōclude Iohn prophecied the same of him Reu. 14. where three Angels that is three Teachers are appointed to reueile Antichrist to whome are added other two in the 18 of the Reuelation as also in the 17. vers 16. 17. where he saieth The tenne hornes which thou sawest c. that is manie Princes and Estates of the Romane Empire shall reuolt from the whore and shall giue her kingdome vnto the beast For although at all times there shall alwaies be some who shall oppose themselues to Antichrist to his corruptions and idolatrie and speake against the same Reuel 10. 11. 11. 3. 12. 7. Yet here by is insinuated that in this last time of the worlde Antichrist was more fullie and clearelie to be reueiled by the great and singular goodnesse of God by men endued with the spirit of Elias and Enoch and that the doctrine of Christ should be brought to light and Antichrist grieuously tormented 36 Finally touching his destruction and ende that is that he should bee vtterly abolished by Christ himselfe at the last day at his glorious and royall appearance who is now indeede reueiled to be the Antichrist and be punished eternallie is taught vs 2. Thess 2. 8. and may be gathered out of the 7. chap. of Dan. 26. 8. 25. 11. 45. and 12. 1. and out of the Reuelat. chap. 19. 20 21. 20. 10. as we also spake a little before touching the continuance of the kingdome of Antichrist For although the kingdome of Antichrist shalbe shaken before the last day and comming of Christ and shall be pulled downe as it were by piecemeale by reason of thereuolting of Prouinces yet there shall alwaie remaine a state and forme thereof but euen this also shall be vtterly abolished in the last time of the worlde This is our definition of Antichrist and the declaration of the same definition out of the old new Testament But the Papistes define it after a farre other manner to wit that Antichrist is one singular particular man who shoulde arise of the Tribe of Dan and be circumcised who being accepted of the Iewes for the Messias should reigne and tyrannize at Ierusalem the space of three yeeres and sixe moneths and whome Christ should at the length kill in mount Oliuet whilest he entendeth to ascend vp into heauen Which definition of theirs will be more examined in our disputations That the Pope is Antichrist HItherto wee haue declared what Antichrist is now wee will shewe who he is and to whome this definition before set downe will best agree Therefore wee affirme that the Pope of Rome is that Antichrist thus we prooue it For to whomsoeuer the definition of Antichrist doeth agree it necessarily followeth that hee is Antichrist but this definition of Antichrist hath agreed fitly to the Pope of Rome euer since the death of Gregorie the great and the slaughter of the Emperour Mauritius 41. For the Pope of Rome euer since the death of Gregorie and Mauricius is the man who by continuall succession and set order hath bene president to a certaine bodie or state of men and hath giuen them his marke wherein the Monkes and Cleargie shauelings like vnto the crowned locustes haue their shauing as crownes vpon their heads that they might signifie thereby that they are kings and priestes and their routes dispersed and spread in all places of Christendome and those many waters vpon which the great whore the mother of the fornications of the earth seemeth both to sit and reigne Reuel 18. The Pope also professeth Christianitie saying that he is the follower and the Vicar of Christ as doe also his chiefe seruants at this day who giue themselues a newe name Iesuites hee also retaineth the Bible that is the scriptures written by the Prophets and Apostles and the Sacraments also instituted by Christ and yet hee is an aduersarie to Christ and to his doctrine 43 For though Christ alone be the heade of the Catholique or vniuersall Church beeing alwaies present to gouerne the same Ephes 1 21 22. 4. 15 5 23. Coloss 1. 8 Though he be

whoredomes filthie lustes or at least doeth tollerate them filleth all Christendome with whores with Bastards with buggerers and others more of the same stampe as it is knowne full well and yet further by giuing dispensation he permitteth incestuous mariages and that which is more then all the rest he maketh a gaine and raiseth a yerely rent of the common stewes So Iohn 13 being found with a queane was run through of the husband of the same harlotte Further how great was the chastitie and honestie of Alexander the sixt it appeareth by this epitaph made for his daughter Hic iacet in tumulo Lucretia nomine sedre Thaïs Alexandri silia sponsa nurus Here lyes entombd Lucretia by name but wee her sawe Thais in life Alexanders childe spouse daughter in lawe So Iohn Casus Archbishop of Beneventum the popes legate among the Venetians hath cōmended published in print that horrible kind of lust and venerie which is not at all to be reported yea that who is called P. Iohn the 8 was both a woman and an harlot as she went to the palace of Laterane shee traueiled in the third yere of the Popedome died of that trauell in the same place whereupon Mantuan in his time writeth after this maner Jpudor in villas si non patiantur easdem villae vomicas Roma est iam tota lupanar O shame to village packe away If it may be found deere Rome is a stewes now chastitie hath no abiding there He also abstaineth from certain meates yet exceedeth in all kinde of excesse because he forbiddeth flesh all things which haue generation by seede or doe sauour of flesh as milke cheese egges to be eaten on set daies vnderpain of deadly sinne to satisfie for sinne to deserue the grace of God life euerlasting but he granteth all the dainties delicates whatsoeuer de consec dist 3. de esu carnium dist quia eadem dist 5. quadr dist 4. c. denique c. 13. quaest 2. animae And yet he will for mony dispēse for the self samething He is couetous because he vseth Symonie that is buying selling making a marchaudise of things spirituall he giueth nothing but selleth al things as the grace of God the sacraments good works heauen life euerlasting out of all of them he piketh out gold and siluer and raiseth his gaine for heauen hell the earth yea time itselfe and all creatures whether they haue life or be without life as wine bread oyle linnen milke butter cheese water salt fire perfumes the stewes c. So that there was neuer hearde of either any greater or more abominable marchandise Whereupon his marchants brokers that is the Monkes the Bishops Cardinals are not onely become rich but are euen princes vpon the earth So likewise doeth he make a gaine of Masses satisfactions pardons burials and Church liuings to wit by selling of benefices annats or vacations preuentions resignations for fauour commendatus dispensations for age for orders for irregularity for blemish of body for redemptions of the Bishops pall and the Bulls Further by reseruation of cases by mariage causes by sinnes and offences to wit when as license for sinnes and all kind of mischiefes are bought and sold after a certaine price and rate and by other cases and causes of the like nature which if wee shoulde recken vp one by one would be very tedious because they want both measure and modestie and there is no great necessitie so to doe for that there is a booke extant of these things which hath this title Taxae Cancellariae Apostolicae Taxae sacrae Poenitentiariae itidem Apostolicae cum not abilibus iuxta stylum hodiernum curiae Romanae In which book thus there is a sentence worthy the remembrance set downe in these wordes And marke this diligently that such immunities and dispensations are not graunted vnto them which be poore For they because they bee not rich can not be comforted Hereof commeth it to passe that an infinite masse of gold and siluer is brought vnto Rome which afterward the Pope Cardinals and the rest of the same rable do consume in their stewes and brothel-houses and doe riotouslie spend as it were in the bottomles gulfe of their vnsaciable gluttonie sensualitie to the great shame ignominie of Christianitie So Franciscus Petrarch hath left it in record that in the treasure house of Pope Iohn the 22 there was founde when hee was dead by his heires 25 thousand thousand crownes that is 250 tunne of gold And of Boniface the eight who was taken prisoner spoiled at the commandement of Philippus Pulcher the French King wee finde it registred that all the kings of the world were not able to disburse so much out of their treasurie within the compasse of one yere as was taken and caried out of the Popes palace wherefore there haue alwaies beene some at all times who both detested that in satiable hunger and vncontented desire and greedines of riches and also lotted not to enueigh against the same hereupon Mantuan saith thus venalia Romae Templa Sacerdotes Altario Sacra Corona Jgni● thura preces Coelum est venale Deusque which is in English thus Churches and Priestes Altars and Princes at Rome are to be solde Kingdomes and rites incense and heauen yea God Rome is so bolde And another thus Curia Romana non carpit ovem sine lana Dantes exaudit nō dantibus ostia claudit which may be thus translated The Romish court doeth make no pay Of sheepe that fleece doe want No man can speed vnlesse he pray Bring giftes and take our graunt And againe another speaketh after this manner The treasure house Apostolicall is like vnto the sea into which all flouds doe runne and yet it doeth not ouerflowe for euen so thousand waightes of golde are brought into this out of diuers partes of the worlde and yet it is not filled Hee is also craftie deceitfull false and giuen to lying craftie hee is for that hee blindeth trueth and falshoode together deceitfull and a lyar hee is in that his feigned seruice to witte when as hee entituleth his lordlinesse with a name of seruice that is when hee calleth himselfe the seruant of seruants vnder pretence of humilitie according to the example of Gregorie the great who for this ende called himselfe the seruant of the seruants of God that hee might giue his successours a patterne of lowlinesse and yet in words and deede hee proudely exalteth himselfe aboue all kings and princes desiring to bee the lorde of lordes as wee declared at large heretofore in so much that hee indeede retaineth the bare name and title but vsurpeth a statelinesse altogether disagreeing from the title so further in the fained donation of Constantine as is mentioned in Cap. Constantinus dist 96. hee produceth a forged instrument of Constantine his deede of gift in which hee affirmeth that