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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

stones and other gaye gaire as they can not denye seyng all the hole god seruice that they occupie them selues withal is as I saye For bicause thou must serue this God Mayzim a right ther must nedes be a chalice of golde and a patine of golde or elles gilt at least Ther must be also vestimentes and copes of silke or velwet dashed wyth gold and precious stones Ther are tapers sticked on euery post and light lampes hanged rounde about the churche And the roofe of the churche maketh a dynne wyth their synging organe pyping so that if a man marke euery one of their knackes in the right kynde all their god seruice is rather like the ruffling and ioyly swashing of a princes courte than the forme of religion Now this is the thrid worke manship of Antichrist which the most excellent prophete Daniel ascribeth vnto him Fourthely He shall not care saithe Daniel for the lust of women that is 4. Antichrist shal not care for the lust of women he shall haue no laufull affection of loue towardes women For Daniel speaketh not here of the vnhonest filthie loue and beastly lecherous lust but he meaneth that naturall lauful loue which almightie God graffed in to mennes heartes at the furst original beginnyng of thinges for the generacion and preseruacion of mankynde and did therwythall by his grace ordayne the holy bande of matrimonie mynding that man should not lyue alone but in the lawes of wedlocke or matrimonie which we call the laufull coupling together of one man and of one woman according to Goddes institucion The lust of this loue that is to saye the loue of wedlocke saithe Daniel Antichrist shall not care for nor shall haue any mynde vnto it Well now like as I haue shewed that the sayenges of Daniel doo hitherto agree directly to the B. of Rome euen so shall I be hable to proue this no lesse manifestly For furst of all this kynde of men speake of the holy state of wedlocke which the autoritie of all the hole scripture declareth to be Goddes owne ordinaūce after suche sorte that they deme it a prophane an vncleane state For how shall they chose but thinke it a prophane and an vncleane state seing they will not haue the Ministres of the churche in any wise to meddle with it forbidde them in their open lawes frō mariage And bicause we should vnderstāde that this is the very propre workemanship of Antichrist he went about this by and by at his furst entraūce seing it was he that should by leasure worke the mysterie of iniquitie For as the historie writours make reporte in the dayes of Emperour Constantine the great ther were some at the coūsail of Nice which thought it good to bynde bishoppes Ministres and diacones from mariage Howbeit their sentence was at that tyme repressed by Paphnutius a man bothe of a singular godly life and of a notable constaunt faithe For he confessed mariage to be honourable and that it is chastitie for a man to lye with his owne wife and persuaded the Counsail that they should not make such a lawe as might ministre occasion either to thē or to their wyues to cōmyt fornicaciō Neuertheles albeit the furst waye spedde not yet they went to their bulynesse an other waye neuer ceassed till wyth alluring now these men now those men to saye as they said they obteyned their purpose and yet it could not be brought to passe amōg the Germanes vntill it was almost to late that is to saye about CCCCC yeares agoo in the dayes of Emperour Henry that 4 it was brought about by helhounde hildebrande called Gregorie the 7. the varlet of all wickednesse and mischief But to tell what frutes haue proceded of this law it nedeth not much rehearsal For in this case though no mā speake a worde their owne beastly lustes tel their owne hooremonging declareth their owne cuckolde making wherwyth they haue defiled the hole churche cryeth out vpon them Well if we take here this worde lust either for the only loue to womē or for the desire of womanes cōpany we must speake that of these most holy and most blessed fathers God before that is to filthie to badde to be spoke yea no christiane cares could abyde it but that the playne truthe of the mater wolde force mē to speake For we must saye that these mē are not so muche enamoured with the lust naturall cōpany of womē as they are mare woode vpō the abominable beastly lust of buggery which synne God reuenged in tymes past with flamyng fire frō heauē commaūded it to be punyshed with like correctiō And yet these helhoūdes so haūt it are so rageing madde vpō it that it is manifest bothe they and theyr courtyers committe it and no man saithe blacke is their eye In this behalfe I wil take recorde to as many as by any euil lucke haue euer ben brought to that Sodomitical stewed state and haue hade to doo in Popes Cardinalles and bishoppes courtes retinues Fyfthly Daniel saythe that Antichrist shal also rewarde them with his 5. Antichrist geueth rewardes to suche as obeye him treasures that wil be content to serue to honour to acknowlage that God Mayzim of his And Daniel maketh menciō here of three maner of rewardes For furst he sayth that he shal aduaunce them to honour that is to say with glorious titles and names Secondly he shal make them lordes ouer many people Thirdly he shall distribute the lande vnto them with rewardes Which thinges yf we wil searche the dedes and stories of bishoppes of Rome we maye fynde to be euen as Daniel tolde before Furst the very tricke of their owne workmanship is to set vp those that be of their secte with highe honourable titles to aduaunce their names with glorious gaye stiles So in tymes past he adourned Pipine with the stile of Most christian Kyng bycause The stile of most christian king geuē by the B. of Ro. to pipine the traitour he ayded the sea of Rome and delyuered the God Mayzim from the power of Lumbardes enriched him also with great landes exceding great priuileges And the Frenche kynges beare them selues highe vpō the honour of that stile euen at this present daye Lykewyse mynding to decke the king of Englande also with a new stile Defendour of the faith he gaue him aboue 20. yeares agoo the name of Defendour of the faythe in so much that he made a great a do without regarde of the kinges regal estate to haue set the king bycause of that stile agaīst Lutere the most earnest aduersary of the sea of R. most inuincible beater downe of the Popes tyrānie But what nede we to make rehersal of kinges other folkes of whom some are called most renowmed some catholike some defendours of the sea Apostolike whan we see before our eyes a mightie rable of popishe prelates that bragge