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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	confess_v	flesh_n	jesus_n	7,758	5	7.1789	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10719	A short suruey of Ireland Truely discouering who it is that hath so armed the hearts of that people with disobedience to their prince. With a description of the countrey, and the condition of the people. No lesse necessarie and needfull to be respected by the English, then requisite and behoouefull to be reformed in the Irish. By Barnabe Rych, Gentleman.	Rich, Barnabe, 1540?-1617.	1609 (1609)	STC 20999; ESTC S115962	34,330	68

heat is now well allayed and as men begin to wax wise so the scorching fire doth daily more and more abate Thus you may see the Pope and his sects are content to giue Christ his name but they rob him of the effect and take the signification of his name to themselues and they make of him but an Hypocrite as they themselues be as though he forgaue vs our sinnes but not the paine due to our sinnes and then who shall be saued for the paine due to euery sinne is eternall damnation These therefore as the Apostle saith are right Antichrists and deny both the father and the sonne for they deny the witnes that the father bare vnto his son and depriue the sonne of the power and glorie that his father hath giuen him CHAP. X. The second marke whereby to know Antichrist A Second marke giuē vs in the Scriptures wherby to know Antichrist is likewise left vs by S. Iohn as followeth Hereby know ye the sp●rit of God ener● spirit that confesseth that Iesus is come in the flesh is of God and euery spirit that confesseth not that Iesus Christ is come in the slesh is not of God and the same is that spirit of Antichrist of whō you haue heard that he should come Whatsoeuer opinion any member of Antichrist holdeth the ground of all his doctrine is to destroy this article of our faith That Christ is come in the flesh for though the most part of all heretikes confesse that Christ is come in the flesh in their maner yet they deny that he is come as the scriptures testifie the Apostles preach him to become for the whole studie of the diuell and all his members is to destroy the hope and trust that we should haue in Christs flesh and of those things that he suffered for vs in his flesh and of the Testament and promises of mercie which are made vs in his flesh for the scriptures testifie that Christ hath taken away the sinnes of the world in his flesh and that the same houre that he yeelded vp his spirit into the hands of his father he had fully purged and made full satisfaction for all the sinnes of the world But that Christ hath done this seruice in the flesh all the members of Antichrist doe deny and hereby saith the Apostle thou shalt know them All doctrine that buildeth thee vpon Christ to put thy trust and confidence in his blood is of God true doctrine and all doctrine that withdraweth thy hope and trust from Christ is of the diuell and the doctrine of Antichrist Let vs now examine the Pope by this rule and wee shall finde that all that he doth is the destruction of this article he wresteth all the scriptures and setteth them cleane against the hai●e to destroy this article he ministreth the very sacraments to the destruction of this article and all his other ceremonies as his absolution penance purgatorie dispensations pardons vowes with all his other disguisings is to that purpose The Pope preacheth that Christ is come to doe away sinnes yet not in the flesh but in water salt oyle candles ashes Friers coates and Munkes cowles and in the vowes of them that forsweare matrimonie to keepe harlots and sweare beggerie to possesse as much riches wealth ease and pleasure as this world may afford them and haue vowed obedience to disobey by authoritie all lawes both of God and man and these hypocriticall and false sacrifices teacheth he vs to trust vnto for the forgiuenesse of sinnes and not in Christs flesh CHAP. XI The third marke whereby to know Antichrist S Paule againe in his second epistle to the Thessalonians giueth this third marke whereby to know Antichrist where he saith that Antichrist shall sit in the Temple of God shewing himselfe that he is God By this it may euidently appeare that Antichrist shall come in the name of Christ and shall be a counterfeit christian for otherwise he should haue beene an open and expresse enemy vnto Christ A Turke a ●ewe an infidell o● heathen whose temples are the temples of Idols and therefore not to be called the Temple of God and so S. Augustine doth vnderstand the Apostles words for saith he The Temple of an Idoll or a diuell the Apostle would neuer call the Temple of God But Antichrist shall sit in the Temple of God hee shall not defy the name of Christ but he shall call himselfe Christs v●car the most catholike father the seruant of Gods seruants by these meanes he shall be exalted in the eie of the world he shall win the hearts of the people he shall sit in the consciences of men he shall make Kings and Princes to become his subiects he shall deceiue the learned and wise he shall cast himselfe into a colour of holinesse he shall fast he shall pray he shall giue almes hee shall walke as if hee were a disciple of Christ he shall go before and the world shall follow him they shall run to him out of all parts of the earth they shall fall downe before him they shall say vnto him thou art the comfort of the Church thou art the light of the world thou art most holy all law and all knowledge is hid in thy breast we beseech thy holines shew vs thy way expound thou the scriptures vnto vs teach vs how wee may bee saued thou hast the key of knowledge thy word is the word of truth thou canst not erre Thus shall Antichrist deceiue the world thus shall he dwell in the consciences of the people thus shall he sit in the temple of God but the Apostle saith further that he shall shew him selfe that he is God The Apostle doth not say that he shall call him selfe God for that were too broad and euery man would then beware of him and would say this is but a mortall man borne as other men be of father and mother and they likewise both mortall and againe he shall die and returne to the earth from whēce he came but God had no beginning neither shall haue ending Antichrist him selfe knoweth all this and therefore will not dea●e so openly to call himselfe God but yet will shew himselfe a GOD and will be contented that other men should so repute him as Pope Nicolas saith It is well knowne that the Pope of the godly Prince Constantine was called God Againe in the Extrauagantes in the same Canon Lawe it is written Dominus Deus noster Papa Our Lord God the Pope And Christofer Marcellus in the counsaile of Laterane said to the Pope Thou art another God vpon earth CHAP. XII How the Pope doth shew himselfe that he is a God BVt he shall shew himselfe that he is a God saith the Apostle he shall receiue all reuerence as if he were God The Pope hath done this you see he hath compared his lawes with the lawes of God hee hath said that his word is the word of God and whatsoeuer he saith it must