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A14107	The figure of Antichrist with the tokens of the end of the world, most plainly disciphered by a Catholike and diuine exposition of the seconde epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians, collected out of the best and most approued diuines, both olde and new, very profitable for all men in this age to reade: published by Thomas Tymme, minister.	Tymme, Thomas, d. 1620.	1586 (1586)	STC 24417; ESTC S102039	69,608	190

vnder the name of Antichrist This Phocas to aspire to the Empire killed his maister Mauritius the Emperour and then to make his seate more sure he graunted to Boniface 3. whatsoeuer he would giuing him the supremacie and name of vniuersall Bishop ouer all Christian Churches Thus the first declining of the Church began in Anno Domi. 610. or there about but one kingdome which extendeth it selfe into many ages For the defection hath continued openly to be seen of all men from the time of Phocas Emperor of Rome and Boniface the third which was about the yeere of our Lorde 610. vntill this day Moreouer although the Apostle meaneth heere a secret working yet notwithstanding he rather vseth the name of misterie then any other alluding vnto the misterie of saluation of the which the Apostle speaketh in his Epistle to the Romans Chapter 16.25 For he doth diligently note the conflicte of repugnancie betweene the sonne of God and the sonne of perdition Also this word misterie teacheth that it is no marueile if neither our predicessors nor we our selues vnderstood the impietie of Antichrist because it was a misterie and because he secretly practised his wickednesse Onely he which now withholdeth shall let till he be taken out of the way These words are without al doubt to be referred vnto Antichrist For the Apostle addeth this for the cōsolation of the faithfull that the kingdome of Antichrist shal be temporall to the which God hath appointed an ende For the faithfull might haue obiected to what end is the Gospell preached if Sathan now beginneth that tiranny which shall alwayes indure Therefore he exhorteth them to patience because God wil afflict his church but for a time onely and will after that deliuer it againe and on the contrary parte the perpetuitie of Christes kingdome is to be considered that the faithfull may rest vpon the same 8 And then shall the wicked man be reuealed whom the Lorde shall consume with the spirite of his mouth and shall abolish with the brightnesse of his comming He sheweth that the kingdome of Antichrist shall not be alwayes a misterie that thereby the faithful may receiue consolation For he shal be reuealed and shall arise manifestly he shal be mightie and shal bring to passe whatsoeuer he wil both in the woorking of iniquitie and also of error But when shall that be Euen then saith he when that let whereof mention is made in the sixt verse shal be taken away For the seuenth verse is included in a parenthesis So that he doth not appoint the time of reuelation when Antichrist is taken away of which mention is made in the seuenth verse but he hath respect vnto the sixt verse where he had said that there was a let which stayed Antichrist that he could not openly get possession of the kingdome afterward he added that he went about a priuie woorke of impietie And thirdly he ioyneth hereunto in the seuenth verse a consolation that this tirāny shal haue an end Now againe here he repeateth that he which as yet is hidden shal be reuealed in his time which repetition tendeth to this end that the faithful being armed with spiritual weapōs may fight neuerthelesse couragiously vnder Christ not suffer thēselues to be drowned what floud of impietie soeuer doth ouerflowe The wicked man The Greke worde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifieth him which will be subiect to no law which neither careth for man nor feareth God As if the Apostle should say that lawles deceiuer and most wicked man which will not be holden within the listes of good and godly lawes but rusheth headlong to the breath both of humane and diuine ordinances and boasteth himselfe to be aboue al men contemning al manner of persons and al things oppressing al mens libertie not suffering himselfe to be iudged of any and requiring this especially that all men obey his vniust constitutions without any regard had of profite or of honestie c. Whom the Lord shall consume with the spirite of his mouth Now followeth the ruine and distruction of Antichrist The ruine and fall of Antichrist Paul hath spoken in the seuenth verse going before of the disstruction of this kingdome now he describeth the manner how it shal be distroyed namely it shal be brought to nothing by the worde of the Lord. Notwithstanding it may be that he speaketh of the last appearing of Christ when he shall come a iudge from heauen for so the wordes may seeme to import Howbeit Paul meaneth not the Christ wil do this thing in a momēt For Antichrist shall not fall downe in a moment as wounded with one stroke but after many assaults and battels he shal at the last perish But he shal not be destroied with the hand of man with the multitude of an hoast with the valour and courage of souldiers nor with the thunderclaps of Canon shot but with the hand power of God Therefore we must be well assured that Antichrist shal be vtterly abolished and brought to naught when that last day of reformation of all thinges shall come Notwithstāding Paul doth giue vs thus much to vnderstād that Christ with his bright beames which he will send foorth before his comming will driue away the darknesse in the which Antichrist shall raigne euen as the Sunne before it shyneth vnto vs doth driue away the darknes of the night Therefore this victorye of Gods worde shal be in this world for the spirite of his mouthe signifieth no other thing but his woorde as also in Esay where it is said He shall smite the earth with the sword of his mouth Esay 11.4 and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked To the which place Paul seemeth to allude For there the Prophet by the sworde of his mouth and breath of his lips vnderstandeth al one thing which weapons he giueth vnto Christ therewith to distroy his enimies For the worde of God is more sharpe then any two edged sworde and it is that sworde of might which shall cut of the head off this proud Goliah For Antichrist pleadeth the cause of the most high and saith that all his power and authoritie is grounded vpon diuine lawes vnder the pretence and colour wherof he hath hetherto raigned in securitie But so soone as the light of the Gospel began to shine by by the darke cloudes of this deceiuer vanished away For it is manifest to all men which will see that this man of sinne is cleane contrary to Christ both in manners and also in lawes Therefore it is come to passe that all which feare God knowing his truth do loath and abhor that Antichrist and do forsake him Wherefore the sword that doth kill him is the worde of God For then he is most euidently slaine when his nature and disposition is manifestly knowne by the doctrine of truth The reuelation and knowledge of him doth wound him to the heart and cast him downe and contrariwise

horror The like description of the comming of Christ is set downe by the prophet Esay Esay 66.15 Behold the Lord will come with fire and his charriots like a whirle winde that he may recompence his anger with wrath and his indignation with the flame of fire c. The Lorde Iesus to be reuealed from heauen with Angels of might in the flame of fire signifieth that the Lorde Iesus shall come to iudgment with great power and maiestie in fire Mat. 24.30 For they shall see the sonne of man come in the cloudes of heauen with power and great glorie Gen. 7.21 2. Pet. 3.7 God hath once already destroyed the world with water the second time he will destroy it with fire But what manner of fire that shal be and of what matter cōpounded I leaue it to be disputed of by such mē as are foolishly curious It shal be sufficient for vs only to note this that Paules purpose was to teach that Christ will be a seuere reuenger of all those iniuries which the reprobate do vnto vs For the metaphor of flame and of fire is very common in the Scriptures where the wrath of the Lord is intended Rendring vengeance vnto them which do not knowe God Now it followeth to shew what the Lord Iesus will doe when he is reuealed from heauen with angels of his might in the flame of fire namely he wil take vengeance of the wicked and vpon such as know not God that is to say he will plague them in his wrath which wold not know God but following the world and seeking for worldly things neglected the commaundements of God And which obey not the Gospell By these two titles he noteth the vnbeleeuing who knowe not God nor obey the Gospel of Christ For if men do beleue the Gospell through faith Rom. 1.5 and .16.26 vnbeleefe is the cause of resisting the Gospell He condemneth them also of the ignorance of God For the liuely knowledge of God doth beget of it selfe reuerence but incredulitie is alwayes blind Not that the vnbeleuing are altogether void of light vnderstanding but because they haue their minds so darkned that in seeing they cannot see Esay 6.9 Our sauiour Christ doth not without cause pronounce that this is eternal life Ioh. 17.3 to know the true God and Iesus Christ whom he hath sent Therefore of the defect of this most holesome knowledge followeth the contempt of God and at the last death And as it is the office of Christ one day to punish those which haue not knowne God so also it is his office to reward those which haue knowne God and which haue obeyed the Gospell of Christ 9 Which shal be punished with euerlasting perdition from the presence of the Lorde and from the glorie of his power These words appertaine to the amplification of those punishments which persecutors and al the wicked in general shall one day feele that no man might thinke that they shal be light or easie or of some small continuance For he saith that the perdition shal be eternal that is without end a death immortall To the which saying of the Apostle agreeth also the sentence of Christ in his sermons where he saith that the torments of the wicked shal be perpetuall Mat. 25.46 euen as the felicitie of the righteous shal be euerlasting so that the reprobate shall go into eternall torment and paine Mar. 9.44 and the elect into euerlasting life And their woorme shall not die and their fire shall not be extinguished Therefore the wicked shall susteine the punishments of destruction for euer alwayes feeling them and neuer ceasing insomuch that the very punishment it selfe shal after a sorte as it were reuiue them to the end they may alwayes be consumed From the presence of the Lorde The perpetuity of death is proued hereby that it hath the glorie of Christ contrarie vnto it the which glorie is eternall and hath no ende Thereupon the horror of the terrible punishment may be gathered because looke how great the glorie and maiestie of Christ is so great shall their torment be Therefore al they doe deceiue and are deceiued themselues which doe promise after a certaine time a deliuerance from the torments of hell fire at which time Origens Error as Origen also thought the wicked and the diuels themselues shal be pardoned but how falsely and wickedly it doth hereby appeare And from the glorie of his power With the which power he shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead He alludeth to the forme of the comming of Christ to iudgment and to his might and power before the which the wicked shall not be able to stand By these woords also he sheweth how easie a matter it is for God to bring torment vpon the wicked For the Rebellious and obstinate shal be tormented with the terror onely of his countenance And contrariwise the presence of God shall bring to the saintes felicitie and glorie For he shall come with glorie and with power insomuch that neither his glorie shall want power neither shall hi● presence and power be without glorie 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints and to be made maruelous in al thē that beleeue because our testimony toward you was beleued in that day The Apostle hauing hitherto spoken of the punishment of the Reprobate returneth to the godly and saith that Christ shal come that he may be glorified in them that is to say that he may make them to shine with his glorie As if he should say when Christ shall come to punish the impietie of the wicked he wil then also shew himselfe glorious to the saints and will make their vile and corruptible bodies like to his most glorious body Philip. 3.21 Therefore he will not keepe this glorie to himselfe alone but will make the same common to al his saints This is the great and singular consolation of the godly that when the sonne of God shal be made manifest in the glorie of his kingdome he shall gather them into the same societie with him And there is in these words an Antithesis or Comparison between the present state vnder the which the faithfull doe labour and groane and that last restitution For now they are laid open to the reproches of the world they are counted vile and of no estimation but then they shal be precious and replenished with glory when Christ shall power his glorie vpon them Therefore to all the godly and saintes he shall not come austere or terrible but glorious and admirable that they may be led into an inheritance incorruptible 1. Pet. 1.4 In all them that beleeue This is added for an exposition For those whom before he had called saints he now calleth beleeuing signifiyng that there is no holines in men without faith but that all being deuoid of faith are prophane and vncleane Because our testimony toward you was beleeued That which