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A89894	A perfect description of Antichrist, and his false prophet. Wherein is plainly shewed that Oliver Cromwell was Antichrist, and John Presbiter, or John Covenanter his false prophet. Written in the yeare, MDCLIV. By Abraham Nelson. And now published with an epistle to the Kings most excellent Majestie.	Nelson, Abraham.	1660 (1660)	Wing N416; Thomason E1044_13; Thomason E1055_8; ESTC R203043	18,065	28

clearly by setting forth and shewing the Dignities of Christ First as the Son of GOD. Secondly as a King Thirdly as a Priest and as the Son of God had before his appearance a Fore-runner a great Prophet a Messenger to goe before his face to prepare his Way So the Son of Perdition shall have a great Prophet a Fore-runner a Messenger to goe before him to prepare his Way And as the Son of God was sent from Heaven by his Father endowed with Kingly and Priestly abilities to redeeme his people So the Son of Perdition shall come out of the Earth from his Father the old Serpent the Devill And shall usurpe to himselfe both the Kingly and Priestly Dominions to seduce a people from the true Worship of God to worship himself and the Dragon But first of all I will compare together Christ's true Prophet Forerunner and Messenger that came before him And Antichrist's false Prophet that shall come before him Christ's Fore-runner his Name is John so named of the Angell Luke the 1. and 13. verse Hee is a Priest also And in verse 72 and 73. hee is said to come to performe the Covenant and the Oath which he sware to Abraham and his Seed Antichrist's Prophet and Fore-runner shall be called John Presbiter but more properly his Name is John Covenanter For he shall come with a Covenant and an Oath in opposition to the Covenant and Oath of God and shall pretend to doe the Offices that Christ's Fore-runner came to doe in Preaching Repentance and pretending to a Reformation The other Offices that Christ's Harbinger did performe was to make the Way straight and to turne the hearts of the Fathers to their Children and the Disobedient to the wisdome of the Iust And to make a people to be prepared for Christ the Lord Luke the 1. and the 17. But the Offices that Antichrist's Harbinger shall performe for all his pretences shall be to make the Way crooked and to turne the hearts of the Children from their Fathers and the obedient from the wisdome of the Iust And to make ready a Rebellious People prepared for Antichrist And as the people which John Baptist did prepare did accept of the Covenant and Oath of God and was distinguished from others and became Christians So shall the people which Presbiter Iohn shall prepare accept of a Covenant and Oath which was from his Father the Devill And thereby be distinguished from others and be called Covenanters This is the first Beast which Iohn saw like a Leopard which cannot change his Spots And first for his Name it shall be Iohn Covenanter and the number of the words in his Preamble and Covenant that makes his Name is the number of his Name let him that hath Wisdome count them for they are 666. mentioned Revelations the 13. Chap. and the last verse ☞ As it is to be seene in the originall Copie of the Kirk This Covenant shall combine all his Creatures in one and unite them for Lives and Estates to serve him The Enemy of God and all good Men. And as John Baptist came with a mighty Power so that all did muse whether he were the Christ So shall John Covenanter come with a mighty Power trampling all under foot Daniell the 7. th and the 7. And with such a false Zeal So that all shall muse thinking him to be the Truth of Christ though he shall be the Fore-runner of Antichrist I have now described the Name of Christ's Messenger and his Power and Office so that he is the greatest Prophet of God that ever was amongst the Sons of Men. And the Name of Antichrist's Messenger the number of his Name his Power and Office so that he shall be the greatest Prophet of all the false Prophets that ever shall be amongst the Sons of Men For hee and the Antichristian Beast with the Dragon shall worke wonders They shall throw downe the Starres Revelations the 12. th and the 4. verse and they shall cause Fire to come downe from Heav●n in the sight and presence of men the 13. th and the 13. verse This is nothing else but the pulling downe of the King the learned Clergy B●shops and Church Officers which is compared to Starres Fires in Scripture And it must be a mighty wonder to see this done Now it is necessary to shew unto you the Offi●es of CHRIST the Lord of Life and his Power his Way being prepared his Name and his Marke Also the Offices of Antichrist the Man of Death and Destruction his Name and Marke his way being prepared before him First for the Offices of Christ he is a King Mathew the 27. th and the 11. and Hebrewes the 1. and the 8. But unto the Son he saith thy Throne O God is for ever and ever the Scepter of thy Kingdome is a Scepter of Righteousnesse He is a Priest also being the Priest of the most high GOD and of the Order of Melchisadec Hebrewes the 5. th and 6. verse and his Name is Jesus so named of the Angell And his Marke or Ensigne is the Crosse which we take in Baptisme and which Christ saith all that will follow him must take up Now the Power of Christ in the exercise of Kingly Office is proved Psalme 2. and 9. verse Revelations the 19. th and 15. verse Out of his Mouth goeth a sharp Sword and with it he shall smite the Nations and he shall rule them with a Rod of Iron And shall tread the Win●presse of the fiercenesse of the Wrath of God And of his Priestly Office Hebrewes the 4 th and 14. Seeing therfore we have a great high Priest that is past into Heaven Jesus the Son of God Let us hold our Profession Now I shall shew unto you the Offices of Antichrist his power his Name Mark in opposition to Christ his power his Name Mark. First he shall take unto him Dominion That is Kingly power Daniell the 7. th and 25. verse the middle of the verse And he shall thinke to change Times and Lawes both Civill and Ecclesiasticall and they shall be given into his hand He shall also take upon him Dominion over Episcopall Authority which is Apostolicall that is Priestly power to command Worship As in the 13. th Chap. and 4. verse it is said They worshipped the Dragon which gave Power to the Beast also Paul saith He shall set himselfe in God's Temple as God and against him to depose and set up whom he will without Law or Example Save only exemplified by his Type that is Antiochus the Type of Antichrist under the Gospell And for his Name it shall be equall with Christ's Name that is Jesus a Saviour a Protector to his people And for his Marke it shall be a Crosse wherewith all his shall be marked and commissionated to doe his workes in the World and that none shall be permitted to buy or sell or to doe any thing of Concernment without his Name his Marke or number of

head to be healed by electing another Nobility of his owne Tribe which is set forth unto us by the word Image And well may be called an Image in comparison of the other that was before it But however it must be Worshipped For in the 13. chap. the 15. verse He had power to give life to the Image of the Beast that the Image of the beast should both speake and cause that so many as would not Worship the Image of the beast should be killed And I will shew you more things that this Man of sinne shall doe expressed by Paul his 2. Epistle to the Thessalonians 2. chap. 4. verse it is said there That he shall oppose himselfe above all that is called Gods and are worshipped Now his fore-runner shall be a man of Worship as John Baptist was when he commeth But the Man of sinne shall be a meane Man and no man of Worship neither shall any be proper for him Therefore it is truly said When hee commeth and playeth his Pagents above Kings and great Men on the earth that he exalteth himselfe above all that is called Gods unto whom Worship belongeth And in the first of Paul to Timothy the 4. th and the 3. verse hee saith He shall forbid to Marry that is He shall alter the ordinary practise of the Church of GOD in marriage which was solemnly performed by the Ministers of CHRIST according to Gods word commanding it to be done by those that are no Priests which are Commissionated by his Marke and also upon a penalty of Disinheritance as Bastardizing their posterity Hee shall also command Fasting-dayes and prohibite Festivalltimes which the Church had celibrated as the time of CHRIST'S Nativity his Resurrection and Ascention and the like farre worse then any Pagan But it is more proper to Antichrist's fore-runner which shall come like John Baptist Neither eating nor drinking but with a great deale of temporance and Purity to deceive though it be proper to him what the People said of Iohn That he hath a Devill Now I will speake of Antichrist and his false Prophet joyntly being united to advance each other therefore first of their beginning and so of their growth And that I may make it plaine I will compare the Lord of life and this Messenger of Death together In the 2. of Luke the 46. th 47. and the 48. verses Christ was found of his Parents disputing amongst the Doctors in Gods Temple it seemes to me to be the Puritanicall Pharisees with which hee disputed and which hee calleth so often afterwards to his Disciples Hypocrites giving them command to take heed to them This was the time of CHRIST's beginning and increase to doe his Fathers businesse till he was Baptized in Iordain of John Then being in the full Exercise of his power after his Baptisme hee continueth therein till his Ascention 42. Moneths or thereabouts in all one and twenty yeares And a little before his Suffering Mathew the 21. chap. the 12. verse Enters into the Temple and overthrew the tables of the Money changers and those that polluted his Fathers house hee drave out saying that they had made his Fathers house a denne of Thieves The same time shall Antichrist have till he come to the height of his power that CHRIST had till he was Baptized after which time hee shall thinke himselfe lawfully Installed to his Jesus ship to him and his for ever And as Christ first began his most Gracious worke in the Temple and so continued till he whipt the Prophainers out as aforesaid So shall Antichrist and his false Prophets begin they worke to doe their Fathers businesse in disputing against the true Doctors Professors and worshippers of God in his Churches and Temples till they drive out of Christ's Churches his faithfull Officers and Professors and make them Stables Courts of guard and consequently a denne of Thieves Now it is requisite hee being so perfectly marked out that it should be made knowne what shall become of the Man of sinne and what shall be his judgment It is said in Daniel the 7. th and 11. I beheld then because of the voyce of the great words which the Horne spake I beheld even till the Beast was slaine and his body destroyed and given to the burning Flame And in the 26. th verse The judgment shall sit and they shall take away his Dominion to consume it and destroy it to the end And in the 19. th of the Revelation the 20. th verse John saith That the Beast was taken and with him the false Prophet that wrought Miracles with which he designed them that had the Marke of the beast and worshipped his Image these both were cast into the Lake of Fire burning with Brimston But seeing in the same Chapter there is mention made of a whorish Woman which I have a little spoke of before J will touch it a little as it lyeth in the way In the 3 verse John was carried into the Wildernesse and there hee saw the whorish Woman riding in the same Place and upon the same Beast which persecuted the most Glorious woman the Church John seeth a Cup of abomination in her hand and in the 5. verse We saw her Name written in her Forehead Mysterie Babilon the great the mother of Harlots the abomination of the Earth This Woman was drunke with the blood of the Saints and Martyrs of JESVS which made John wonder This Woman shall be the Royall City where the Man of Sinne shall make his Seat and in which the Antichristian Representative body of the Beast and Head of the beast doth Consult and giveth Antichrist that is the Horne his power In the last verse of that Chapter it is said The Woman which thou sawest is the great City which raigneth over the Kings of the Earth sor by their prevalent Power during their Antichristian compliance both by Sea and Land they are said to Raigne over the Kings of the earth And in the 7. verse of the 17. th chap. The Angell saith He will tell Iohn the mistery of the Woman and the Beast that carrieth her And in the 8. verse hee saith The Beast on which the Woman sate was and is n c and shall descend into the Bottomlesse pit and goe into Perdition and they that dwell on the Earth shall wonder whose lives are not written in the Booke of Life from the foundation of the World When they behold the Beast that was and Is not and yet is This Beast shall be Presviter John and the first great Assembly of Republiques that aydes him which was That is hee shall be in great Power when the Man of sinne appeares with his Toleration Hee shall lose his Power and Dominion when the Man of sinne is apparently come and therefore it is said He was and Is not And it is said hee yet is Seeing he shall give himselfe and his Power to uphold the Man of Sinne after which he shall recover his Power and being and