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A14707	Antichrist, that is to saye: A true reporte, that Antichriste is come wher he was borne, of his persone, miracles, what tooles he worketh withall, and what shalbe his ende: translated out of Latine into Englishe. by I.O.; Antichristus. English	Gwalther, Rudolf, 1519-1586.; Old, John, fl. 1545-1555.	1556 (1556)	STC 25009; ESTC S119373	149,758	392

are infinite past al nombre that are dayly blustred vp of hym whiche like as he walketh about as a roaring Lyon to destroy vs so is he most craftie in layeng of snares 1. Pet. 5. and false deceaueable baytes yet we ought before al thinges to considre two maters false doctrine the griefe of the crosse and persecution which are speciall snares to ouerthrowe our weaknesse withall For the deuil knoweth the disposicion of our nature that in diuine and heaueÌ„ly affaires it is wonderfull dull and drowsye and maye very easely be deceaued but in other causes in religioÌ„ specially it estemeth euery thyng accordyng to the successe and spede so it is offended at persecution and aduersite By reason wherof we se that he vseth alwaies this knacke against the flocke of Christ that either he deceaueth the simple sorte with falsly coÌ„ceaued opinions or disquieteth them with coÌ„tentions and wrangling disputatioÌ„s or els he feareth them with the crosse of persecution and bloody warres of cruelly procured tyrannes Yf any man wolde require examples herof he shal mete them so thick that he shall not nede to take muche paine in searching of them For the deuelishe dreames of the Nazarenes maye stande for an example whiche iomble the lawe and Christ together and make his merite of none effecte And whan those dreames were euen scarcely repressed ther was persecucion done by that monstre of nature Nero. Hervnto we maye make rehersal of Cerinthus and his successour that prodigious slaue of lechery pryde crueltie Domitianus Among these we wil reckeÌ„ Arrius and the tyraÌ„nes that folowed his heretical madnesse And lyke as the nerer we drawe to th ende of the world so muche that more pernicious and more perilous is euery thing so in our tyme we see that myghtye houge Antichrist the bishop of Rome farre excede al his predecessours in tyranny and so outragiously raue wyth bothe these sweordes that a man can not wel discerne with whether he dothe hurte the churche The vertue of the Popes doctrine the sorer For he hath brought in doctrine that is cleane contrarie repugnaunt to the true doctrine For it draweth men from God maketh them to serue creatures it teacheth meÌ„ also to seke saluacion in their owne merites and to trust in their owne strenghtes He hath also forged suche a kynde of religioÌ„ as hath more twitle twatle toyes in it then the Leuitical lawe and al the supersticion that euer the gentiles vsed Yea it is patched together with parte of both of them and is most farre of froÌ„ spirite truthe Ioh. 4. And yet vnder pretense of this religion he is aduaunced to so highe power and tyranny that he is hable to compel them that repyne against it to represse them that speake against it to kil and slea them that resiste can not beleue it Therfore the lyeng spirite of errour playeth the deuil in the churche at this daye and the Bishop of Romes tyraÌ„nical swoord layeth on load withal and that not vpoÌ„ priuate persons now as in tymes past long ago but vpon most myghtye Princes the most famous cyties yea vpon al sortes of people his sweorde is drawen maketh streames of blood to renne downe euery where For now we see great cities takeÌ„ and throweÌ„ downe fieldes laide waste honest wemeÌ„ and maydeÌ„s defiled with abominable lecherie and yong babes also either killed or elles which is the more horrible maymed of their limmes We se the flowre of youthe brought to the horrible wyckednesse of buggery and al hole Germany in the meane space euery where cruelly vexed And albeit that chosen instrumeÌ„t of Satan Antichrist rage with open tyranny yet by ioynyng lyes to his tyranny his drift is to cloke his deuillishe attemptates and the occasions therof to enueagle the vnlearned and simpler sorte with false forged causes craftily to cause many folkes to hate the truthe of the Gospel true religion Let vs awake therfore brethren seing we are placed in the watche towre let vs reproue the sweorde not that is yet commyng but presently come and layeth on loade yea and batheth it self all ready in the bowelles of the flocke For in this case ther is many a mannes faithe assayed Ther be som whych bicause they perceaue not the feate of forgeing of lies are sone begyled Ther be some which bicause they can not discerne the true doctrine ymagined supersticioÌ„ asondre take falshead for truthe And som ther be that are yet still afraide of the thoÌ„der bolt of the Romyshe curse that is to saye Antichristes curse And som ther be also which are so offended whan the crosse and heate of persecucion cometh that after that triall euery maÌ„ maye plainly perceaue they receaued the sede of the Gospell in to stonye grounde In this case therfore is our diligeÌ„t cure required good brethren In this behalfe it standeth vs necessarily in hande to shewe our selues faithful watchemen so as the people being warned by vs maye be hable to knowe false fained doctrine to beware of forged supersticion to shonne the baites snares of lies and in no wise to be offeÌ„ded whaÌ„ persecucioÌ„ cometh And principally it shal be our parte to geue the onsette vpon the autour of so haynous a mischief the bishop of Rome whom not only the prophetes but also Christ and thapostles according to the histories directly proclayme to be the right mightie houge Antichrist He it is therfore whom our duetie is to reproue to set him out plainly in his colours for the congregatioÌ„s to loke vpon him that no man be amased by reason of his falsly causeles vsurped persone or title or be afrayde of his vayne goÌ„neshotte of wordes bicause of his pratiÌ„g power And against forged supersticion lyeng doctrines ther is doutles no presenter a remedye than to knowe the truthe For where the lyght of the truthe spreadeth out his beames ther maye the deuil put vp his pypes for any hurt he can do with his darke dongeon of lyes As for the talkes of some fyne fyngred teÌ„drelinges they are not worth the hearing which bycause they are afrayde of their owne carcasse and pelfe wolde in no wise haue an enemye of so great myght power spokeÌ„ against to be prouoked through such maner of open mouthed playne declaracioÌ„s Is ther not vnquiet trouble ynough otherwise saye they Is ther not dissension tumultuous vproares ynough besides what auaileth it to throwe fire in to the fornace and oile in to the fire I beseche you good brethren felowe curates beare wyth me though I answer these men playnly home at fewe wordes For I coulde easily coÌ„temne their prittle prattle talking if ther were not som of their company that loke to be reported not only for fanonrers of the gospelles truthe but euen doctours also and that not of the coÌ„mon sorte of doctours Who forasmuche as they woÌ„derfully myslike this worke which I purpose to

them that was yet lefte in the west parte of the empire and to translate it from them som whider elles and that they might get suche Emperours whose powers they shulde haue the lesse nede to be adradde of and by whose autoritie and empire they shoulde be defended from the driftes and conspiracies of their foes For which cause Leo the thrid sake pope Leo the thrid being endued wyth very large benefites of Charles the great and seing euidently his valeaunt courage of stomacke his notable boldenesse his ioyous successe of victories his redy good wil wythal towardes the churche of Rome the Bishoppes of the same toke vpoÌ„ him so bolde an entreprise to doo so great a feate as none of his pÌ„decessours euer did greater nor aueÌ„tured with more perile that was to traÌ„slate the empire Than to thintent he might get the most men to fauour his purpose and the more easily bring the mater to passe that he wolde he complayned long many tymes to the people and cleargie of Rome of the decayed streynght of the empire and of the vnprofitablenesse of the greke emperours For they ê™ he dwelling being so very farre of can be hable in no wise to assiste sely Italie being many wayes distressed especially seing they were daily vexed with newe and that most haynous batailes And therfore sauegarde peace and freedome can not be better restored to Italie again than if a newe chosen emperour in the west take vpon him all the dignitie of the empire and the charge of the same These wordes in dede moued many meÌ„nes heartes which being ledde wyth the likelyhode of the wordes perceaued not manifestly what the popes drift was Than perceauing the greatest parte of the people to incline to his purpose in the yeare of our Lorde Iesu Christ DCCCiij he brought the mater to ful effecte For in Petres churche after the solemne seruice by the sentence and at the besechinges of the people of Rome the pope ordayned Charles with a great lowde voice emperour gaue him the crowne Imperial and ther vnto the people of the Romaynes shouted three tymes aloude To Charles the mightie crowned of God the great and peacemaking Emperour be life and victorie And albeyt the greke emperours toke these maters right greuously yet they were not hable to leste these thinges froÌ„ doing bothe in that they were turmoiled with innumerable warres and also bicause the empresse Hirene being polluted with the cruel murthering of her sonne stered vp newe hurly burlies and exceding great stormes of busynesse for she can in nowise seme to haue ben vnknowing of this dede seing Charles now made emperour went about to mary her she her selfe not being discoÌ„tented So the bishoppes of Rome vsing these knackes promoted the Frenche kinges their most earnest defendours and most trusty aiders with wonderful sleyght subtiltie to the highe dignitie of the empire by whose helpe and mayntenaunce they became afterwarde of higher power than all their enemies Than after Lewis that was called Pius gaue Rome to the Pope emperour Charles the great Lewis his sonne succeded who also for his great liberalitie was very dearely beloued of the bishoppes of Rome for that cause they named him Pius godly or deuout For he did not only coÌ„firme the gifte of his progenitours that is to saye of Pipine his grandfather and of his father Charles but he also wonderfully augmented it and gaue them ouer those thinges they hade before the citie of Rome with his iurisdicioÌ„ and al the landes rouÌ„de about with the cities hauens and sea coastes of Hetruria Wher vpon bishop Antichrist is encreaced agayn with newe streynghtes is become Lorde of the olde auncient seat of the Empire that is to wete Rome Ther is no cause welbeloued christian brethren why we shoulde maruaile that the bishop of Romes dignitie and power growed vp on such an heyght that he hade all the bishops not only of Italie but also of Fraunce Germanye and Spayne vnder their daungier and in subiection to their sea seing they coulde fynde out such men to be their defendours and patrones which hade the administracion of all those naciones and the power of the empire it self in their owne handes Nowe though all these maters which we haue hitherto made rehearsall of are muche vnworthye and also full of wickednesse and falsehead yet the bishoppes of Rome not conteÌ„t herewith thought they might be bolde to doo more vnworthye more wicked entreprises thaÌ„ al those And to thintent they might vse their dignitie and power with the more ease quietnesse they were nothing ashamed at all to mocke the Frenchemen also with the same falshead that they practiced before against the greke emperours For they thought to chearishe and make muche of Princes and peoples freÌ„dship so farre as it might serue to mayntene their pleasur idlenesse Kyng Beringarius And for that cause wher as Berengarius whych at that tyme bare the rule in the LuÌ„bardes landes greued al Italie very muche with his power disquieted it many wayes the Frenchemen cam not whan they were called but gaue ouer their aide froÌ„ the defeÌ„ce of Italie of the church of Rome ne yet folowed the example of their auÌ„cettours forewardenesse in that behalfe Bishop Agapetus and after him Iohn the. 13 of that name wrote lettres to Ottho which thaÌ„ being king of Germanye Prince of SaxoÌ„ was after warde made emperour and garnished wyth this syrname Augustus humbly beseching him for the loue of God the apostles Petre Paule to de liuer the holy churche of Rome out of the daungier of Berengarius and his coÌ„plices In this mater Ottho being a very mightie Prince and moued Ottho also by other meÌ„nes instaunt desires and lettres tendred the bishoppes peticiones And therupon he gathered a great armye of Germaynes cam in to Italie He ouercame Berengarius and whan he hade takeÌ„ him prisoner he banished him away wyth his wife and Albert his sonne in to Babenberge and so deliuered all Italie from the feare and tyrannye of him And than like a conquerour he entred the citie of Rome and was most honourably receaued of pope IohnÌ„ and crowned in the title of the Empire of Germany Pannonye To be brief this IohnÌ„ through whose crafte and deuise the empire was translated was he that as the Italian writours recorde being euen froÌ„ his springing youthe tyme spotted with al the villanye in the worlde and all filthynesse and geuen more to hunting if he hade any spare tyme from hooring than to praier shamed the churche of Rome wonderfully with his lyuing polluted that sea in many behalfes and at leynght being takeÌ„ in the abominable synne of hooredome was slayne and suffred worthie paynes of his wickednesse and hooreoome But how muche either of honour or profite in the wanyaunt came hereof vnto king Ottho being otherwise a very good and a right noble man it

although they lytel considered yet it is a most true sayeng For the nerer we are vnto Antichrist so muche the farther of we must nedes be from Christ Iesu vnto whom it becomed vs to cleaue with a constauÌ„t vndisseuered faithe Let this be sufficiently ynoughe sayde of the mater that we propouÌ„ded in the furst place We must now therfore passe ouer to the secoÌ„de question that is to were we must searche by what meanes reasons Antichrist shal occupie that so large so mightie an Empire of his Howbeit we shal knowe euen that same by the notable sayenges bothe of Daniel the prophet Paule thapostle which coÌ„sidered we will compare the bishop of Rome and his empire and tiraÌ„nye with them to thintent it maye euideÌ„tly appeare vnto vs whether it be he whom they haue set furthe in their writinges Daniel therfore mencioneth that the fourthe beast had ten hornes as he marked wel the hornes the litel horne by whom as I haue sayd Antichrist is figured growed vp whiche whaÌ„ it had taken away .iii. of the furst hornes it occupied their roume And the interpretour of these sayenges the angel teacheth that by the ten hornes ten kinges are represented which shoulde spring vp in the fourthe Empire that is to say the Empire of Rome Howbeit as sone as they are risen vp he saithe that Antichrist shoulde growe vp also which euen at the furst begynnyng of his kingdom shoulde oppresse three kinges and with their streingthes and substauÌ„ces which he shal chaleÌ„ge to him self shoulde confirme his owne kingdom Hereunto the sayenges of Paule agree in euery coÌ„dicioÌ„ which sayeth that a Departing shall com furst and than the man of synne the childe of perdicion shal be reuealed And a litell after he signifieth the very same thing sayeng For euen now the mysterie of iniquitie dothe worke and that only 2. Thes 2. is behinde vntil he that hindreth him be taken out of the waye thaÌ„ that wicked one shal be opened c. Which wordes of thapostle the eldest most catholike doctours of the churche saye ought to be vnderstandeÌ„ of the Empire of Rome that is to wete bicause whan it is takeÌ„ out of the waye Antichrist should starte vp which thaÌ„ was holdeÌ„ backe through the myghtie power of it For in dede Antichrist coulde not chalege to him self the Dominion of the citie of Rome nor reigne in it as long as the empire yet florished and increaced his power And for that cause the prophete Daniel maketh mencion that the empire of Rome must be diuided in to ten that is to saye many kingdomes And Paule maketh reporte of a Departing by the which many naciones and people shoulde departe froÌ„ the empire of Rome create kinges princes of their owne Than whan the empire of Rome throughe suche scismes and departinges shronke in to decay Antichrist hade occasion and place to burst out in to the same his Empire In this behalfe reade the sayenges of S. hierome to Algasia and of S. AusteÌ„ in his 20. boke intitled De Ciuitate Dei the. 19. chap. also the sayenges that Tertullian before them set furthe coÌ„cerning the Resurrection of the bodie and it shall openly appeare that I dashe in no newe nor straunge sense vpon this place But how this gaire hathe according to the sayengs of the scripture come to passe after what sorte they haue ben fulfilled in dede by the bishoppes of Rome we shall now shewe out of the most credible approued historie writers bothe of the greke and the latine At the tyme that whaÌ„ the greuous and horrible persecuciones of Christes churche were slaked which the The historie of the beginnyng successe of the Bisshoppes of Rome most cruell emperours of Rome had stered against it the administratioÌ„ of the Romane empire came vnto ConstaÌ„tine the great Helenes sonne who whaÌ„ he hade grauÌ„ted peace to the faithful christianes which they hade long wished for in the. 25. yeare of his Empire which was al most the CCC xxxvi year from Christ our saueours birthe he ordayned the citie of BizantiuÌ„ to be the seat of his Empire which whan he hade builded and garnished with many roiall buildinges he called it after his owne name Constantinopole And that was the occasion of the furst diuision of the Empire of Rome and shortly after it engendred also a very scisme in dede For the mightie chief emperour and monarke of the worlde reignyng at ConstaÌ„tinopole was called the king or the emperour of the easte And Cesar his felowe in office which bare the swynge at Rome they called the emperour of the west And this furst diuisioÌ„ of the Empire endured coÌ„tinually vnto the tyme of Valentinianus the thrid about Cxx. yeares that is to wete vnto the yeare of our Lorde CCCC lvi But in the meane while ther beganne a certain of nacions to conspire newe maters and in rising against the empire of Rome to set them selues at libertie by reasoÌ„ wherof the Departing came by and by whiche we haue read in Daniel and Paule the apostle For ther rose vp the most warlike people of the Vadalianes Gotthianes FreÌ„che men Lumbardes and Herulanes and many other besydes which as sone as they had created them kinges of their owne people they got on harnesse rebelled against the empire of Rome But as sone as Valentinianus the .iii. of that name was slayne at Rome of his owne folkes and ended his lyfe and west Empire al at once one Maximus a cytezen of Rome maried Valentinianus wyfe Eudoxia to hym selfe against her will Than commeth by by Gensericus the kyng of the Vandalianes beyng called out of Aphrica he inuadeth the cytie of Rome and whaÌ„ the tyrauÌ„t Maximus was slayne pulled in pieces and cast into Tiberis he caried Eudoxia Valentinianus the Emperours wyfe ouer into Aphrica And after him many inuaded the Empire of Rome Howbeit ther was none that reigned stably nor long seyng one slewe an other so as it myght trulier haue ben called a warfaryng thaÌ„ a reigning The last of them was Augustulus hauing a name of an vnlucky fortune who whan he had catched holde of the west Empire Odoacer king of the Herulanes gathered a great an huge exceding furnished armye of people out of Germanie and through he gothe into Italie And at Ticinum TicinuÌ„ is a citie in Lumbardie which now is called Pauia Orestes the father of Augustulus mette him and was ouercome and slayne in notable manly fightyng By reason wherof Augustulus threwe away his robes Imperial dignitie for feare and fled away from Rome Odoacer occupieth al Italie he entreth the cytie Rome called Odoacria lyke a conquerour and hauyng chauÌ„ged the name of it he called it after him selfe Odoacria And in dede after this sorte the empire of Rome whose myghtie power had letted Antichrist â—s Paule sayeth that he coulde not burst out was despeched oppressed and all together decaide about the yeare of

our saueour Christes birthe CCCC LXXI For Odoacer ordayned the seate of his reigne in the cytie of Rome and reigned in it fourtene yeares and that with so myghtye a power and great puyssaunce that he coulde not be gotten out for no deuise nor force of warre that Zeno the Emperour of Constantinopole could do Howbeit within a fewe yeares after that is to wete in the yeare of our Lorde Iesu Christ CCCCC LXX Iustinianus the Emperour ordayned Iustinianus a new Magistrate in Italie whoÌ„ men called the Exarche But he laye at Rauenna not at Rome bicause it was miserably throwen downe wasted spotled by the Barbarians breaking into it To conclude whilest the weste The contencion for the Supremacy of Churches Empire fadeth in the cytie of Rome is after this maner vtterly dispatched that litel prety horne which Daniel speaketh of that is the Bishop of Rome beganne out of hande to thrust furthe hym selfe to worke the mistery of Antichrist For in the tyme of Odoacers reigne in the citie of Rome the yeare of our Lorde CCCC lrxx Achatius the Bisshop of CoÌ„stantinopole Note wrote to Simplicius the bishop of Rome desyryng that he wolde also coÌ„demne Perre bishop of Alexandria of heresie for folowing Eutices this Achatius being bishop of the head churche whose autoritie was very muche regarded with all men But takyng occasion herby a sorte of ambicious persones began anone to reason of the dignitie of the church of Rome the autoritie of the Bishop of Rome and stil went on with disputacions so farre that they contended that the Sea of Rome was the heade of all churches and that the Bishop of Rome was the head of all Bishoppes and euen the catholike or vniuersall bishop ouer al. Howbeit those bishoppes of Constantinopole that succeded Achatius obiected them selues agaiÌ„st these mennes ambicion For they coÌ„tended that the supremacie belonged vnto their churche inasmuche as the Emperours of Rome hade made CoÌ„stantinopole the seate of their empire and for that cause this honour ought to be graunted to the bishop of ConstaÌ„tinopole that he maye be called the vniuersal of all prelates and the bishop of bishoppes And this same so vnworthye a contencion and so ambicious a strife continued a long season that is to saye an Cxij yeares vntill that horne of Antichrist yet litel weake burst out wyth bigger streinghtes growed out not a litel For in the yeare of Christ our saueours birthe DC ther was one Iohan bishop of Constantinopole a notable prowde arrogaunt man and excedingly ambicious The bishop of Constantinopole made the Supreme head This man whaÌ„ Mauricius was emperour called the Greke bishoppes together vnto ConstaÌ„tinopole to kepe a counsail wherin it was decreed and ordayned that the bishop of Constantinopole should be called the general or vniuersal bishop of al churches And whan Mauricius the Emperour Gregorius magnus sent ouer the decree of the counsail vnto the bishop of Rome Gregorie which afterwarde was called Gregorius magnus meaning to obteyne of Gregorie that he wolde also submitte him self his churche to Iohn the bishop of Constantinopole Gregorie wyth a great aduisednesse and a singular constauncie refused and contraried him not that he thought him self superiour and of more dignitie than Iohan but that he so vehementlye abhorred the insolent statelynesse and prowde ambicion of the cleargie which than begonne to growe vp by litell and litell Wherevpon among certain other thinges to Gregories answer to the supremacie the Emperour Maurice Be is the forrennyng messagier of Antichrist ê™ he who so euer he be that coueteth to be called the vniuersal Bishop And in an other place the same Gregorie writting to Anastasius Bishop of Antioche and Eulogius Bishop of Alexandria against the ambicion of the Bishop of Constantinopole saithe thus Your reuerende holynesse knoweth that this name vniuersal was offred by the sacred counsail of Chalcedon vnto the Bishop of the sea Apostolike whych by Goddes disposicion I serue howbeit none of my predecessours consented to vse that so lewde a worde to be called by For you must vnderstande if one Patriarke alone be called the vniuersal patriarke the name of patriarkes is taken away from the residue But farre be it from a christian mynde to scratche that thing from any man to him self wherby he might seme neuer so litell to minishe the honour of his brethren Verily these are Gregorie the bishoppes wordes wherwith he so earnestly taunteth those prowde and ambicious titles of bishoppes abhorring dephyeng those titles as cursed and abominable whom at this daye their endeauour is with force of armes and most cruell policies to chalenge to them selues Notwithstanding albeit Gregorie wrote thus vpoÌ„ a godly zele and syncere mynde and immediatly to the intent to brydle those ambicious spirites of the bishoppes he was the furst as some saye that named him selfe Seruum Seruorum the seruaunt of seruauÌ„tes Yet his successours by and by forgette all this gaire and folowed their owne sondry deuises For wher that most arrogaunt slaue of ambicion Iohn the bishop of Constantinopole after Gregories deceasse wolde not only not geue ouer his begonne purposes but rather with the greatest forcasting fatches that he might he entreprised to chaleÌ„ge to him self that title of vniuersal and the supremacie of all the hole churche anon Boniface of Rome Boniface the. 3. the thrid of that name steart vp Who being puised vp with like folie and ambicion set his fote against him and sought meanes to conueye the same title and honour of the highest autoritie vnto him selfe and to the churche of Rome And whan he hade once taken in hande that deuise of Phocas ordayned Rome to be the head of al churches stryfe and ambicion he stiffely set it forewarde stil and gaue not ouer till he hade obteyned of the emperour Phocas that Rome shoulde be called the head of all churches In this behalfe we must note welbeloued brethren in Christ what a man this Phocas was Euen he that kept the Empire by treason and robbery For he toke Mauricius the emperour being a good man and a godly and than his wife and his children by sedicion and in his wicked manfulnesse slewe furst his wife and than his children before Mauricius owne face and last of all he also slewe the Emperour him selfe being a man of good age as a man is that is aboue three score and three yeares This man was the furst I saye that ordayned the Bishop of Rome to be head of the churche and graunted to those ambicious and insolent Bishoppes of Rome the tyrannous power that they hade long wished for Those most holy fathers therfore haue to boast goodly of in the Deuilles name in that they are promoted to so highe dignitie and power by suche a mannes autoritie who lyke as he caryed an heart infected wyth treason and falsehead euen so he was not afrayde to defile his handes also in the

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