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A91072 A prophecie of the life, reigne, and death of VVilliam Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury: by an exposition on part of the 13. and 15. chapters of the Revelation of John. Wherein the summe of all his actions are foretold, his name nominated, his correspondency with the Pope, his cruelty to the Church, and the strange wonders declared, which in his time should be done by fire from heaven: and his courts, seals, marks, yea the very monopolies all clearly forshewed: also how by the supreme councell he shalbe put to death; after which they shall rejoyce, and obtaine a finall victory over the Papists in armes against them. Perused and allowed. 1644 (1644) Wing P3682; Thomason E18_8; ESTC R210009 4,981 8

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A PROPHECIE Of the Life Reigne and Death of VVILLIAM LAUD Archbishop of Canterbury By an Exposition on part of the 13. and 15. Chapters of the REVELATION of JOHN Wherein the summe of all his actions are foretold his name nominated his correspondency with the Pope his cruelty to the Church and the strange wonders declared which in his time should be done by fire from heaven and his Courts Seals Marks yea the very Monopolies all clearly foreshewed Also how by the supreme Councell he shal be put to death after which they shall rejoyce and obtaine a finall victory over the Papists in Armes against them Amos 3. 8. The LORD hath spoken who can but prophesie Perused and Allowed Printed for R. A. 1644. A Prophecie of the Life Reign and Death of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY in an Exposition on part of the 13. and 15. Chapter of the Revelation of John THis Prophecie begins in an Exposition on the 13 Chapter of the Revelation of John Verse 11. where he saith I beheld another beast John saw the Antichristian Bishop of Rome rise out of the sea that is the great Beast Vers 1. but this is not that Beast but another and yet a very Beast another Antichrist Coming out of the earth The other Beast was to be raised out of those Cardinalls that are in the Sea of Rome but William Laud this Beast was to come up out of a Protestant Church where Popery was buried and to act in the raising of those dead ashes to life to bring in Popery againe And he had two hornes Those two hornes are the two seats wherein he sate Judge the one in temporall matters and the other in spirituall and thus by the High-Commission the Spirituall Court the Starre Chamber and other places where he sate in Judgment he pushed and caused to be imprisoned whipt pillori'd stigmatiz'd and the eares to be cut off of divers godly people that came before him Like a Lamb Thus 1. As a Lamb is little so the Archbishop is a little man As a Lamb is of a meeke nature so he hath alwayes made a shew as if he had been a meek man 3. As a Lamb couples not with a Ram but followes the Ewe so the Archbishop would not marrie but followes the Church And lastly as a Lamb pretends to be a type of Christ so hath he alwayes pretended to do all things in the name of Christ And he spake as a Dragon At the opening of the Dragons mouth comes forth poyson and thus the poyson of Asps hath been alwayes under his tongue and in all his actions were great cruelty against Gods people and the Saints that came before his Judgment-seat became like a prey to the Dragon Vers 12. He exercised all the power of the first Beast before him The first Beast that is the Pope sent the other Beast that is William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury a Cardinalls Hat and approved and authorized all his doings particularly to those Jesuites and Priests about the Queene to the new Book of Common Prayer to be sent into Scotland and those things which were of greatest moment he usually had the approbation and authority of the Pope of Rome for the doing of them just as Johns Revelation foretells And caused the earth and them that dwell therein to worship the first Beast Thus he caused Altars of earth and stone to be set up Ceremonies to be brought in and the people to be compelled to idolatry and superstition according to the Popes Decrees Whose deadly wound was healed This wound was given not to the Archbishop of the Protestant Church but to the Pope in the Reigne of King Henry the eight and healed again by Queen Mary but Queen Elizabeth gasht open that deadly wound here by setling the Protestant Religion again and this deadly wound the Archbishop had healed in part so as he made the Popish Church to look up again and live but not perfectly to cure her wound for it is deadly Vers 13. And he doth great wonders The Archbishop hath not onely done wonders but made England a wonder to all Nations So that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men The idolatry and superstition and other wonderfull things by which he caused the Church to sin against God provoked the Lord to send downe fire from heaven on the earth in the sight of men particularly Vers 14. And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth The Archbishop hath been a notable deceiver for whilest he did alwayes pretend to cast out Popery and faction he endeavoured nothing more then to bring it in and settle it amongst us By the meanes of those miracles he had power to do in the sight of the Beast The miracles which he hath done are many in the eys of Rome and all the Popes Dominions of whom he was admired 1. For procuring of so many Priests and Jesuites to live in England by toleration 2. That he brought in Popery so fast and by so great a power 3. For over-topping so many Parliaments and causing them to be dissolved 4. For establishing of such strange Canons as were by him authorized after the Parliament was dissolved and many other things that he did which were very wonderfull in the sight of the Pope Saying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make an Image to the Beast That is to those of the Archbishops owne mould who came up out of the earth Vers 11. That is the Popish and Prelaticall Convocation and there it was where he took such paines to frame those wicked Canons which were the very image of the Popes own Canons Which had the wound by a sword and did live Although the wound was deadly Vers 12. yet the Beast had breath again here by the Archbishops meanes and did live and he did all he could to heal this wound Vers 12. that so the Beast might come to that vigour and strength againe in England as in Queene Maries dayes And in that this wound is said to be given with a sword it may have relation to that sword sent by the Pope to K. Henry 8. since which the Kings of England are called Defenders of the Faith Vers 15. And he had power to give life to the Image of the Beast And thus the Archbishop had authority from the King for the establishing of the Canons the image of the Popes own Canons as is before exprest on Ver. 14. procured contrary to the Lawes of the Land That the image of the Beast should both speak and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the Beast should be killed By what those Canons speake and the Archbishop in them it is plaine that he intended to put to death all that would not submit to the said Canons Boyes rose against those Canons against his owne house and for that Bensted was hang'd drawn and quarter'd men opposed them in the High-Commission and for that M.