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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

may acknowledge the filthines of his wickednesse and so beeing made ashamed may repent For this is not the ende of excommunication to depriue and sequester for euer men from the flocke of Christe but rather to call them home agayne to the same which were wandring out of the way But if the malice of him that hath sinned be such that hee will not repent then let deliberation be had by what meanes the obstinate sinner may best bee holpen that eyther he himself do not wholy perish or els that hee doe not corrupte others with his scab 16 Nowe the Lorde of peace giue you peace alwayes by all meanes The Lorde bee with you all This is his farewell by which he first wisheth vnto them peace aswell externall as internall from God the authour of peace then he wisheth vnto them the helpe of God against the assaultes of Inuasions of Christianisme Last of all hee desireth that they may haue saluation and good successe of all thinges through Christe our Lorde Hee calleth GOD the Lorde of peace because hee is the authour and giuer of concorde of lenity and of charity euen as Sathan is the Prince and authour of discorde contentions brawles of enuy and of dissimulations The Lorde bee with you all By this petition hee wisheth to the Thessalonians the protection and defence of the Lorde As if he shoulde saye The Lorde bee your guide and gouernour who protect and defende you and so prosper all your affayres dispose order and direct al your doings that they may bee to the honour of his name and profitable to you and to the whole Church 17 The salutation of mee Paule with my owne hande which is the token in euerye Epistle So I write Heere agayne the Apostle prouideth for that perill whereof hee hadde made mention in the seconde Verse of the seconde Chapter goinge beefore leaste those Epistles of the false Apostles beeinge falselye intituled myghte bee craftielye conueyed into the Church For this was an old practise of Sathan to thrust in false forged writinges to discredite those which were in deede true And further that by the false titles of the Apostles he might spread abroad wicked errors to corrupte holesome doctrine But it came to passe by the singular goodnesse of God that his subtill deceits being made frustrate the holsome and pure doctrine of Christ by the ministerie of Paul of others is come vnto vs. Paul therefore very prudently prouided by that subscription of of his owne hand that the certaintie and truth of the Apostolicall letters might be approued to all men That no man afterward might complaine that he was deceiued and bring the sacred scriptures into doubt Thus I write That is to saye this is the order and forme of wordes of the which I am wont to frame my salutatiō the which I vse as a certaine signe and token of my Epistles And for so much as he did constantly teach all nations that mankinde was saued by grace he taking his signe or subscription from that principall point of religion subsigned the same note of faith at the ende of all the Epistles writing as followeth in the 18. verse The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ be with you all Amen Prophesies prouing the Pope to be Antichrist Apocalips Chap. 13. verse 11. AND I behelde another beaste comming vp out of the earth and he had two hornes like a lambe and he spake as did the Dragon And he doth al that the first beast could do in his presence and he causeth the earth and them that dwell therein to worshippe the first beast whose deadly wound was healed And he doth great wonders so that he maketh fire come downe from heauen on the earth in the sight of men And deceiueth them that dwell on the earth by the meanes of those signes which he had power to doe in the sight of the beast saying to them that dwel on the earth that they shold make an image to the beast which hath the wound of a sworde did liue And he had power to giue a spirit vnto the image of the beast that the image of the beast should both speake and should cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed And he causeth all both small and great riche and poore free and bond that he should giue them a mark in their right hande or in their foreheades And that no man mighte buy or sell saue he that had the marke or the name of the beast other the nomber of his name Here is wisedom Let him that hath wit count the nomber of the beast for it is the nomber of a man and his number is sixe hundred sixtie sixe ALthough the Popes friendes doe applie this Prophesie to Mahumet and the Turkes yet it shall appeare by certaine reasons following that it doth necessarily appertaine to the Bishop of Rome and none other The first reason is for that this beast is discribed to beare the hornes of a lambe By the which lambe no doubt is ment Christ By the hornes of the lambe is signified the outward shewe or resemblance of Christ which shew or resemblance can haue no relation to Mahumet for that he taketh himselfe to be aboue Christ and Christ as an excellent Prophet of God sitting at his feete Wherefore seeing Mahumet commeth neither as equall to Christ nor as vicar vnder Christ this prophesie cannot agree in him but onely in the man which openly and in plain words protesteth that all Christes lambes and sheepe not singularly but vniuersally through the whole worlde are committed to him as vicar of Christ and successor of Peter and that al men must cōfesse the same of necessity or else they are none of Christs sheepe Wherin it is easie to see where the pretenced hornes of the lambe doe grow The second reason And he spake like the Dragon c. A lambes hornes and the mouth of a Dragon doe not agree togeather And as they doe not agree togeather in nature so neither can they be found in any one person either Turke or other so liuely as in the Bishop of Rome When thou hearest him call him selfe the Apostolicall Byshop the vicar of Christ the successor of Peter the seruaunt of Gods seruauntes c. Thou seest in him the two hornes of a lambe and woulde thinke him to be a lambe indeed and such a one as woulde washe your feete for humilitie but heare him speake and mark the behauiour condition and propertie almoste of all the Popes which haue beene these sixe hundred yeeres and what Dragon or serpent coulde be more viperouse then their owne doinges and woordes can speake agaynst themselues The thirde reason And hee doth all the power of the first beaste presently before his face and causeth the earth and all the inhabitantes of the earth to honor the first beast the stripe of whose deadly wound was cured c. In this prophesie two thinges are to be noted

First what the first beast is whose power the second beaste doth execute Secondlie what this seconde Beaste is which so doth exercise his power in his sight The first of these beasts in this thirteenth chapter hauing seuen heades and ten hornes must needes signify the city of Rome which may easily bee prooued by two demonstrations First by the e●position of the seuenteene Chapter of the same Apocalyps where is declared and described the sayde beast to stande on seuen hilles and to contayne ten kinges hauing the whole power of the Dragon giuen and also the same City to bee named the Whoore of Babylon drunken with the bloude of Saynts All which properties ioyned together canne agree in no wise but onely to the Heathen Empyer of Rome which Citye at the time of writing these prophesies had the gouernment of the whole worlde The seconde demonstration maye bee brought out of the number of the moneths assigned to this Beaste For it is written in the aboue named Chapter that this Beaste had power to make that is to worke his malice against the members of the Church of Christe forty two moneths Which moneths counted by Sabbates of yeeres that is euery moneth for seuen yeeres maketh vp the iust number of those yeares in which the primitiue Church was vnder the tenne terrible persecutions of Heathen Emperours of Rome Which thing thus standing prooued and confessed that the first Beaste must needes signify the Empyre and Cyty of Rome then must it necessarilye followe that the seconde Beaste with the Lambs Hornes must signify the Byshoppe and Pope of the same City of Rome The reason whereof is euident and apparent by that which followeth in the prophesy where it is declared that the seconde beaste hauing the two hornes of a Lamb receiued and exercised all the power of the first Beaste before or in the sighte of the sayde Beaste Whiche cannot bee verified neyther in the Turke nor in any other but onely in the Pope of Rome who receiueth vsurpeth and deriueth to himselfe all the power of that City and Monarchie of Rome insomuch that he sayth that when Constantine or Ludouicus yeelded vnto him the rule and kingdome of the city of Rome he gaue him but his owne and that which of right and duety belonged to him beefore And this authority or power ouer all the Empyre of Rome hee worketh not in Asia or in Constantinople as the Turk doth but in the sight of the beast which gaue him the power that is in the City of Rome it selfe which is the first beast in the beginning of this 13. Chapter described The fourth reason is And hee causeth the earth and all the inhabitants therein to worship and honoure the first beaste which had a deadly wound and was cured c. The interpretation of this part as also of all the other partes of the same Chapter standeth vppon the definition of the first Beast For beeing graunted as it cannot be denied that the first beaste signifieth the City and Empyre of Rome It must consequentlye followe that the Byshop whome wee call the Pope of the same Citye of Rome must bee vnderstande by the seconde Beaste forsomuch as neyther Turke nor anye other but onely the Byshoppe of Rome hath holden vp the estimation and dignity of that city which began to be in ruine and decay by the Vandalians Gotthes Herulians and Lombardes about the yeare of our Lorde fowre hundred fiftye sixe But afterwarde by the Byshop of Rome the pristine state and honoure of that City reuiued againe and flourished in as greate veneration as euer it did before And that is it which the holye ghost seemeth heere to meane of the first Beast saying That hee had a wound of the swoorde and was cured For so it followeth The fifth reason And hee caused all the inhabitauntes of the earth to make the image of the beaste which had the stripe of the sword and liued And it was giuen to him to giue life to the image of the Beast and to make the image thereof to speake and to cause all them that worshipped not the image of the Beaste to bee killed forcing all persons both little and greate riche and poore bonde and free to take the marke of the beaste in their right hand or in their foreheads and that none mighte buye or sell but ●hey which had the mark or the name of the beast or the nūber of his name By giuing life to the image of the beast and making it to speake is to bee presupposed that the beaste was 〈◊〉 a neere poynt of death and lay speachelesse afore insomuch that the Citye of Rome beganne to loose and change his name and was called a while Odoacria of Odoacer king of the Herulians who by dint of sword surprised the Romans and yet notwithstanding by the meanes of this Romayn Prelate the sayde City of Rome which was then readye to giue the Ghoste so recouered her maiesty and strength agayne that it is harde to saye whether Rome did euer rufle and rage in her tyranny before in the time of Nero Domitian Diocletian and other Emperours more tragically then it hath doone since vnder the Pope or whether that Rome had all Kinges Queenes Princes Dukes Lordes and all subiectes more vnder obedience and subiection when the Emperours raigned or nowe in the raigne of the Pope And therefore it is sayde not without cause of the holy ghoste That it is giuen to him to giue life and speeche to the image of the Beaste causing all them to bee slayne which will not worship the image of the beaste c. As for example hereof who seethe not what number and multitudes of Christian men Women and Children in all Countries haue beene put to the fire and Sworde Stories of all times will declare what hauocke hath beene made of Christian bloude about the preheminence and maiority of the sea of Rome what Churches and Countries bothe Greekes and Latine haue beene excommunicated what Kinges haue beene deposed and Emperours stripped from their imperiall seate and all because they woulde not stoupe and bende to the image of the beast that is to the maiesty and tytle of Rome aduaunced nowe so highly by the Byshop thereof as it was neuer higher before in the reigne of Nero or Diocletian Wherefore taking the first beaste to signify the Empyre of Rome which cannot be denied it is playne that the seconde beaste must necessarily be applied to the Pope and not to the Turke forsomuche as the Turke seeketh nothing lesse then the aduauncement of that empyre but rather stirreth against it to plucke it downe The last reason is grounded vppon the number of the beastes name expressed by the holy Ghoste in the same prophesy by the Greeke letters χ ξ ζ. In which letters although there lyeth greate darknesse and difficulty to be vnderstoode yet the same is by certayne auncient Fathers expounded coniecturally to contayne the name of the beaste Of the which reade that which is alreadye expressed in the exposition going beefore vppon the Thessalonians Another prophesie out of Daniel Chapter 11. ver 28. HE shall returne and fret against the holy couenant so shall he doe hee shal return and haue intelligence with them that forsake the holy couenaunt And armes shall stande on his part and they shall pollute the sanctuarye of strength and shall take away the dayly sacrifice and they shall set vp the abhominable desolation And such as wickedly breake the couenaunt shall flatter with him deceitfully but the people that doe knowe their God shall preuaile and prosper And they that vnderstand among the people shall instruct many yet they shall fall by sword and by flame by captiuity and by spoil many dayes Nowe when they shall fall they shal be holpen vvith a little helpe but many shal cleaue vnto them fainedly And some of them of vnderstanding shall fall to bee tried and to bee purged and to make them white till the time be out for there is a time appointed And the kinge shall do vvhat him lyst hee shall exault him-selfe and magnifie himselfe against all that is God and shall speake maruellous thinges against the God of Gods and shal prosper till the wrath bee accomplished for the determination is made Neyther shall hee regarde the God of his Fathers nor the desires of Women nor care for anye God for hee shall magnifie himselfe aboue all But in his place shall hee honour the God Mauzzim and the God whome his fathers knewe not shall hee honour with golde and with siluer and with pretious stones and with pleasante thinges c. Verses prophesiyng the comming of Antichrist Cum fuerint anni completi mille ducenti Et decies seni post partum virginis almae Tunc Antichristus nascetur daemone plenus These Verses are thus englished A thousand two hūdred sixtie yeres from Christ his birth expired Then shall the monster Antichriste be borne with diuel ful inspired FINIS