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A69171	A treatise, touching Antichrist VVherein, the place, the time, the forme, the workmen, the vpholders, the proceeding, and lastly, the ruine and ouerthrow of the kingdome of Antichrist, is plainly laid open out of the word of God: where also manie darke, and hard places both of Daniell and the Reuelation are made manifest. By Lambert Danæus.; Tractatus de Antichristo. English	Daneau, Lambert, ca. 1530-1595?; Swan, John, d. 1617.	1589 (1589)	STC 6229; ESTC S111048	137,818	208

A TREATISE TOVCHING ANTICHRIST VVherein the Place the Time the Forme the workmen the Vphoulders the Proceeding and lastly the ruine and ouerthrow of the Kingdome of Antichrist is plainly laid open out of the word of God where also manie darke and hard places both of Daniell and the Reuelation are made manifest By Lambert Danaeus Meete in these dayes to be considered where-in the kingdome of the Beast is by force and trecherie sought to be reuiued And published for the encouragement of those which ioyne in the intended actions against the Spaniard and otherwise for the further ouerthrow of Antichrist and enlarging of Christ his kingdome with the pure preaching and sincere gouernment of the same Reuel 18.4 Go out of her my people 1. Cor. 10.11 These thinges were written to admonish vs. Vppon whom the ends of the world are come LONDON Imprinted by Thomas Orwin for Iohn Porter and Thomas Gubbin 1589. ¶ To the Right Honorable his verie good Lord Sir Christopher Wraie Knight Lord Cheife Iustice of England a liberall benefactour and worthie founder in Magdalen Colledge in Cambridg Ihon Swan wisheth such condition as hath promise both of this life and of the life to come WHat may be thought meete to be spoken in the behalfe of this booke right Honorable I suppose may bee found sufficient in the preface ensuing made by the Author himselfe and addressed vnto his Lord the Lord Casimire But what occasions moued me vnto the translation of the worke and to offer it to your Honour it may perhaps bee looked for that my selfe should signifie VVe haue seene Antichrist euen in this our Realme as well as in many other places of Christendome to haue taken a notable both fall and foyle Jn so much as who so had liued in the daies of the famous King Henry the eyght VVhome it pleased God to vse as the chiefest instrument to dismount the monster and giue him his deadly wound to haue seene then the zeale and forwardnes that was in the Nobilitie the painefulnes of the Cleargie both by pen and in pulpit the triumphes and ioyfull acclamations of the people he would haue thought that neither Antichrist himselfe would euer haue looked back with hope to haue set foote in amongst vs againe nor that in the heart of any one true English-man especially after so long a farewell hee might finde any residence or fauourable entertainment But tantae molis erit Romanam euertere gentem it fell out otherwise For not long after it appeared that it was an easier matter to hurle out the Pope then poperie at a suddaine In so much as * Ould Docter Turner one in a prety pamphlet intituled The hunting of the Foxe by the industry of such hounds as there he set on worke and by print of the Beasts footing which in many corners he obserued he descried withal cried out that the Foxe was still in the land And as for our time late and that daungerous experience hath toulde vs both in respect of Rome and Rhemes abroade and of Jesuites and Seminarie Priests sent ouer vnto vs and of hollow harted and trayterous subiects fostered amongst vs who all haue made waie to this late cruell attempt of the Spanyards that both the Pope himselfe hath long since cast more then a glauncing eye toward England and that many amongst vs yea such as haue bin borne in time of her Maiesties most happie Raigne haue liked and longed for that vnhappie euent of that vngratious aspect But long may they looke in vaine as hetherto they haue done by Gods mercifull prouidence ouer vs and by the carefull gouernment of such as are our Magistrats VVhose labour and watchfulnes as it becommeth eache christian in loue of the Churche to support and further by al such good meanes as where-with God hath enabled him So J being not able otherwise haue endeuoured hereby to do the best I maie not for the helpe of the learned who are able themselues to consult with the Author in the originall but of such as to whome without such helpe this worke might seeme to bee a treasure hid in the ground And they be the men that be most endaungered as not being able to discearne the Beast though daily they see his footing before their face and therefore had most need of a Mithridate to withstand his infection And in my simple opinion there is no one booke among many that hath bin penned of late to this purpose which more fitly and effectually perperformeeh the same then this doth in thwarting the enterprise of the Rhemist and cracking the credit of this Romish maister which also might daunt the desperat attempts of his fauourites amongst vs considering the Beast vnder whose banner they fight This little labour of mine being finished considering with my selfe the place which your Lordship sustaines to the seruice and saftie of her Maiesties person hir country and common-weale and good of the Churche J was easely induced to presume to make offer of the same vnto your honour And in so doing withall J conceiued hope to compasse that which the Author himselfe affected in making his dedication vnto Prince Casimire namely that vnder your Lordeships name and patronage it may be the more willingly accepted and the more safely passe through the handes of men The which J beseeche your good Lordeship in such fauourable sorte to accept as you did the former The Lorde of Lords preserue your Lordship to see the happie and ioyfull returne of many a newe yere and prosper your Honorable endeauours tending to the aduauncement of his glorie and supplanting his and her Maiesties enemies to the good of the Church the safety of the Realme the furtheraunce of Religion and learning and your owne endles comfort in Christ Jesu Amen From the Colledg of Wye in Kent the first of Ianuary 1589 Your Lordships most bounden Iohn Swan To the famous and mightie Prince and Lord Iohn Casimire Countie Palantine of the RHINE Duke of BAVER c. his verie good Lord and Maister WHereas in these our daies wherein the light of the glorious Gospell begins to reuiue and spring a fresh there be many poynts called into controuersie there is not among them any one Most noble Prince more difficult or lesse agreed vpon by such as write then that question which concerneth Antichrist The knowledge whereof although it be most necessarie both for the vnderstanding of that truth which God himselfe hath reueiled exceeding profitable for the staie of the Church yet in this poynt the opinions of the auncient Fathers haue bene so variable and diuers that we are almost altogether to seeke what we are to follow and hould in this behalfe And this diuersitie of theirs came to passe by this meanes partly for that they liued in those dayes wherein all the marks and tokens of this Jniquitie the which notwithstanding the Spirit of God bewraied and poynted out beforehand were not manifest as not come to light for as yet

the midst of this defection although notwithstanding the number of them as I haue said was alwaies little themselues dwelling in deserts and being such as were vnknowne among other men for then was accomplished that which was prophecied of by Iohn namely that The Church of God should flye into the wildernesse Reuel 12.16 and there should lye hid for a season VVhat iust cause the Lord had to punish the world with this plague of blindnesse that it should admit of this miserable state of the Antichristian kingdome and further what monstrous contempt of Gods word went before this state of Antichrist The 39. Chapter FVrthermore why God would haue these wicked and rebellious wretches to slip and fall into that so grieuous an Apostacie Paule yeeldeth a reason and that a verie sufficient and iust one For although the Lord hath alwayes most vpright inducements for all his decrees and iudgements For all the wayes of the Lord are truth and iudgement Psal 25.10 and though it be not necessarie that we should be made priuie there-vnto yet to the end that The wisedome of God should be iustified by her children Matth. 11.19 and that they there-by might be the more strengthned it pleased the Spirit of God to yield a reason and cause of this so great and fearefull a iudgement of God vppon the whole world which afterward insued And this was it because the world through disobedience and vnbeliefe had deserued that heauie wrath and those grieuous punishments at the hands of God For was not this a verie foule and monstrous kind of ingratitude towards God that his sacred Gospell where-of they could not be ignorant but had already heard it before preached yea and had well perceiued the power and maiestie of it should notwithstanding be loathed by them and trampled vnder foote and that in stead there-of the deuises of men the errors of Heretikes impieties and superstitions of all sorts against the holy word of God him-selfe should publikely be brought in and with the great liking and approba●ion of all sorts of men admitted into the Church defended yea and preferred before the truth of God it-selfe What impietie could be greater what iniurie I pray you more excessiue and hainous could there euer be offered by mortall men vnto the liuing God who is iealous of his glorie Therefore this punishment brought vpon the world and the Church is a right 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is a most iust reuenge inflicted vpon the mockers of his name and word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 deriders and scoffers men that are set downe in skorners chaire Whence it is that Paule calleth the same punishment 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vers 12. a condemnation 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saith he that these contemners might be damned and committed to torture Therefore this seueare proceeding is a iust punishment of extreame wickednesse blasphenne and vnthankefulnesse of men towards God For the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 iudged doth in this place signifie not so much an examination which God maketh of the cause as a iudicial censure a verdict of condemnation and execution of punishment And herein assuredly the said Antich as well as the diuell himself was the executioner Againe we are with-all to take especiall obseruation of the vehemencie of the speache which the Spirit of God in Paule hath vsed to expresse these abhominable wretches for there-by it will the more appeare how excessiue the contempt was which they had of the Gospell and word of God the reuenge where-of is so horrible and indéede so great that it seemeth there could not possibly be inuented a greater To this purpose therefore appertaineth that which Paule addeth and that not idlie or to no purpose in these words 1. They receiued not then the Gospell was offered vnto them so that there-by their neglect and vnthankefulnesse appeareth so much the greater 2. The loue that is that sweete and comfortable doctrine so greatly to be desired which stirreth vp draweth to it and chéereth the hearts and consciences of men 3. Of the truth which is a thing of it-selfe worthy great price and estimation and to be preferred farre before the deuises of men what-so-euer The which truth Paule commending by the effect it hath saith By it men might be saued For that preaching of the Gospell is the instrument or meanes whereby they are brought vnto Christ in whome only our safetie doth consist Therefore the word Truth is in this place by way of preeminence set downe for the doctrine of the Gospell It was therefore a detestable and sauadge kind of vnkindnesse for men in that sort to set light by such great and precious giftes of God nay it was more then barbarous and beastlie carelesnesse and impietie which deserued this seueare punishment and sharpe reuenge Lastly Paule doth yet further amplifye this grieuous contempte of God although notwithstanding it is hainous inough of it-selfe least peraduenture it should seeme to vs a light matter or a small offence And he doth aggrauate the same both in regard of the manner how they embraced and of the height wherevnto like mad-men they aduaunced this their rebellious and blasphemous behauiour against God For he saith they did it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hauing pleasure in it with such a desire so willingly and in such greedie and earnest manner that therein they greatly pleased them-selues they liked and allowed of it they tooke great delight in it and wittingly and willingly made accoumpt of it as of a most pure and precious doctrine and lastly that they preferred it before the heauenly word of the Lord God him-selfe And assuredlie this is the highest step of madnesse that can be for men not only like sots to admit and approue of lies in stead of truth but to rest and repose them-selues there-in quietly contentedlie and in ioyfull sort yea with stretched-out armes to embrace the same to soothe and solace them-selues in it although in the meane time their consciences do there-in greatly grutch repine against it Lastly the same Paule addeth this as an vp-shot of this villanie and raging madnesse committed against God that the same matter which these men so greedely pursue and so entirely embrace is nothing else then meere Vnrighteousnes Where-in their condemnation was the greater and their punishment the more iust For it is most iust vpright that such as allow of and mainteine vnrighteousnes should be most seuearely punished Psal 94. And where-as he calleth this impietie simply Iniustice or Vnrighteousnes he thereby giueth vs to vnderstand that in this state of Antichrist which is the state of Popery God is not offended or his kingdome violated in one point or after one sort only but that all kinde of iniquitie being by them admitted is committed and done with great liking and allowance For as that is called righteousnesse where-by we yeeld vnto God and man that which is their due and shewe our selues conformable to the will of God in all our