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kingdom_n	heaven_n	key_n	shut_v	2,799	5	9.3206	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19294	Sathan transformed into an angell of light expressing his dangerous impostures vnder glorious shewes. Emplified [sic] specially in the doctrine of witchcraft, and such sleights of Satan, as are incident thereunto. Very necessary to discerne the speciplague raging in these dayes, and so to hide our selues from the snare thereof.	Cooper, Thomas, fl. 1626.	1622 (1622)	STC 5701.3; ESTC S116346	125,396	405

growne in the Church For euen thus it befell with the deare Spouse of CHRIST that as her former afflictions had now fitted her to some rest which shee attayned by the meanes of Constantine so this rest and ease accompanied with outward honour and acceptance with the greatest instead of Godlie simplicitie brought in carnall pompe and wisedome of the flesh And the wisedome of the flesh being once aduaunced and grounded in the hearts of men banished presently all godlie seueritie of life and zeale for the honour of Almightie God And instead thereof brought in wil-worship and prophanenesse And did not carnall wisedome strike the chiefe stroake heerein Yea surely the Church being now taken into the Court of the Emperour and warming her selfe well by his fire as she forgets her former affliction so is she not vnwilling to remit also of her sinceritie as not being so sutable to the place and persons that now shee hath to deale withall now shee must a little become all vnto all that so shee may eyther winne others or holde her owne somewhat must be yeelded to her Patrons to shew her thankefulnesse and some Corruption must be swallowed vp to maintayne credite Now chistian liberty must be strained to be an occasion to the flesh and Authority must be deified to maintaine the same Thus the poore Church of Christ being freed from the malice of heathenish Idolatrie is corrupted by prosperitie to set vp spirituall Idolatrie Not onlie aduauncing her Patrons and Benefactours aboue what was meete but aduauncing also her selfe by their helpe aboue all that was called God and so by degrees hauing well feathered her neast and strengthned her selfe by the arme of flesh ouerthroweth cunningly the same euen with it owne weapons and aduanceth it selfe gloriously vpon the ruines and wrecke thereof And thus the Church flies into the wildernesse vpon Eagles wings by the fauour of earthly Princes being first highly aduaunced and so thereby growing to loosenes and profanenes and so iustly left to grosse errors both for the conceiuing as also for the iustifying thereof whereby it cometh to passe that corrupters of doctrine in the end preuailing sincerity is banished and so Antichrist by degrees exalted aboue all that is called God not onely in wil worship and bodily seruice tyrannizing ouer the consciences of the faithlesse and rebellious generation but aduancing himselfe by lying signes and wonders thereby to maintaine the opinion of that arrogated trueth and so to subdue and hold in captiuitie the deceiued world And so as profane pompe succeeded godly simplicity so barbarous ignorance also came in place of pure and sauing knowledge that not onelie the third part of the earth was killed therewith but euen the verie Sea of Doctrine was so corrupted by that mountaine of worldly pompe and glorie cast into the same that euen the third part also of all things therein were vtterly destroyed yea Heauen it selfe euen the church of God escaped not this infection but that the Taile of the Dragon euen drew downe the Starres from Heauen Reuelation chapter 12. verse 1. Yea the Dragon himselfe set vp his very throne of darkenesse in the Temple of the Lord. That his darling the whore of Babylon might bee aduaunced thereupon aboue all that is called God and did not Satan furnish his minion at all assaies that so shee might prosper and preuaile ouer the children of vnbeliefe yea certainely it was not enough for that man of sinne to strengthen himselfe from the vsurped power of Heauen chalenging the keyes to open and shut at his pleasure but he must also wrest into himselfe all power on earth disposing of Kingdomes and deposing the mightiest at his pleasure And that hee might appeare to be the true Antichrist in all things opposing the kingdome of Iesus Christ. Behold as all things vnder earth doe bow vnto the Sonne of God the very diuells tremble and are subiect vnto him Euen so doth this Abaddon assume the power of the Dragon and so by Coniuration and Enchantments attaineth to and confirmeth his supreame authoritie And thus Witch-craft became an especiall proppe of Antichrists kingdome And that in diuers respects accordingly as that man of sinne by diuerse meanes aduaunced and confirmed himselfe And these were 1 Opinion of diuine power 2 Presumption of perfect Holinesse and so of merites 3 Maintenance of Idolatrie and 4 Outward greatnes and soueraigntie To the furthering of al which this diuelish Art stood him in great steed As For the first As Antichrist intruded into the seate of the Lord both fitting in the Temple of the Lord and raigning in the consciences of men and so exalting himselfe in voluntary worship aboue all that is called God So was hee much furthered heereunto by this Art of Negromancie As both heereby through fayned myracles and lying wonders 1 Gaining from the conceit of the deceiued people the Reputation of diuine power 2 And by the power of Satan confounding his enemies attaining to a cōceit of supreme immediate iustice As 3 Hereby relieuing extraordinarily his fauourites and so arrogating the conceit of diuine mercie And thus also by this Art gayned he an opinion of perfit Holinesse As not onelie hereby being able to bleare the eyes of the world not to discerne or not to dare to discouer his abhominable wickednesse But especially heere by being furthered to performe many glorious outsides of well-doing that hee might be applauded as the mighty power of God Acts 8. And so Withall by this meanes bewitching the hearts of the ignorant to admire the beauty of the strumpet and so to fall downe and worship her And By this Art furthering also that Deuice of canonizing of Saints for their perfect Holinesse by such forged miracles as hereby were made shew of to that end Which as it was an especiall ground and foundation of that Idolatry which beginning of a reuer end estimation and affection to holie men grew at the length not onelie to a worship of their persons being dead but of their Statues and Images also which at the first being onelie erected in memoriall of their well-doings by a thankefull world grew at length to be adored and exalted also aboue all that was called God and that especially by meanes of this diuellish Art For by this meanes these Stockes and Stones beeing made to speake and doe wonderfull things as it confounded the Image-makers who by this practize condemned their Doctrine of Images Teaching that they were but otdayned as meanes to remember the people of those persons whom they did represent and yet by this practize making the people beleeue that they were the Saints themselues so were the ignorant and heartlesse people hereby grossely deceiued and detained in this idolatrie euen by those lying wonders and signes that were wrought at these Images And thus as that man of sin attained to exceeding credit and riches in the world So that he might further exalt himselfe