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The great Antichrist by J.V. ...
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Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652.
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their God and their King and looke upward for as it followes they are proud and heady and their councells shall be carryed headlong Fourteenth these Hypocrites are hasty in all their consultations without deliberation they pretended Reformation must be done in a day not considering the divers gradations of a Reformation Josiahs wonderfull Reformation was of the continuance of three hundred yeares the reignes of Asa Iosaphat Iehoiada Iotham Hezekiah Manasseth Iosiah and then also was * but fainedly and not with the whole heart and for punishment of Delinquents they are too hasty have they never read of e David what he said of the sonnes of Zerviah Ye are too hard for mee he would but could not punish these two great Delinquents except he had involved his whole Kingdome in a Civill warre as is now done lastly they are too hasty in their hostility have they not read that Israel f lost forty thousand in two dayes in a Civill warre through too much hastinesse and precipitancy not consulting with the Lord and surely in this respect these men have cause rather of mourning then rejoycing Fifteenth these are lovers of pleasures more then lovers of God whence come these warres and fightings do they not from their lusts and pleasures that warre in their members their pride ambition popularity avarice for hereby their portion who were beggarly is made fat g and their meate pleasant they live by warre therefore they burne incense to their net f and sacrifice to their dragge They cry nothing but warre and bloud digge they cannot and to begge they are ashamed therfore they resolve to kill steale rob rifle or doe any villany to satisfie their lusts which they love more then God Sixteenth They have a forme of godlinesse but deny the power thereof they have a h portraiture picture or delineation of godlinesse but no life at all therein Consider the particulars they i give almes but it is to be seene of men they make long prayers but to be heard of men they fast but k disgrace their faces appearing as sad when they are not what is this but a picture of godlinesse without life it was never knowne from the beginning of the world that a dead beast was offered in sacrifice to God but the Hypocrites present dead sacrifices to God Againe in their Sabbaths is a shew of godlinesse but no life for they say l When will the Sabbaths be gone and like the Pharisees their viperous progenitors abuse the letter of the Sabbath against doing good they sit m in Moses chaire to teach and to judge others according to the Law but doe the contrary and breake all Lawes they make long prayers to devoure Widowes houses they enlarge their phylacteryes of the hand and head there 's the letter but no power their heads are full of mischievous devices and their hands are full of bloud They n are ever hearing and learning there 's the shadow but are never able to come to the knowledge of the truth there 's no power except it be over silly women as the Apostle here saith These Hypocrites o intrude into houses and lead captive filly women laden with sinnes and led about with divers lusts This time is a plaine interpretation of this Prophesie Another power they have got likewise by the shew of godlinesse it is against the King like Janis and Jambres the two Sorcerers of Egypt that resisted Moses who was p King in Jesurun These sorcerers were Hypocrites for their miracles were but glisterings and delusions of the eyes The use of all this is First our Saviour saith q Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees which is Hypocrisie Hereby wee are most like the Devill who transformes himselfe into an Angell of light and hereby wee become limbes of Antichrist the first borne of the Devill who is the great Hypocrite r That hath two hornes like a Lamb but speakes like a Dragon The second use s From such Hypocrites turne away so saith Saint Paul avoid their society for they are selfopinionated selfwilled greedy of money proud unnaturall truce-breakers fals-accusers traytours heady fierce unthankfull t popular unquiet haters of all moderate men lovers of lusts and pleasures and deceiving the world by a forme of godlinesse so that they believe Rebellion to be Zeale and Treason to be Religion Depart from me yee Hypocrites yee bloudthirsly men The Lord give us grace to depart from them here lest wee have u our part with these Hypocrites hereafter in the lowest Dungeon of Gehenna from which good Lord deliver us by Jesus Christ to whom with the Father and holy Spirit be honour and glory for ever and ever Amen FINIS a {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} 1 Ioh. 2. 18. b {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} 2 Thess. 2. 7. c {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Chrysost. in 2 Thess. 2. 7. d Revel. 8. Nauclerus e Magdeburg Centurists Baronius Annal. circa 666. An. f Revel. 13. g Cap. 11. 7. h Dan. 12. 1 2. Revel. 11. 7 8. i Eccles. 12. k 1 Sam. 24. 13. l {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} David Kimch. m Kimchi in locum R. Solomon R. David ibid. n Syrian in Acts 17. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Arab. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} o {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} wise men p {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Epiphan. q Arab. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} r the holy bookes {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} 2 Tim. 3. 15. s {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} 2 Pet. 2. t {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Syr. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Arab. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} grievous times u Scelus fraternae â—â—ecis Remi in via Remoria Romae Horat. Suis ipsa Roma viribus ruit x Te saepe vocantiduram difficilis mane Horat. id est inexorabilis y Revel. 17. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} est confusio à {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Genes 11. 9. z Syr. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Arab. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} a 1 Tim. 2. 12. b Isay 3. 12. c 1 Tim. 6. 1. Rom 1. d Epiphan. e R. David Kimchi f 1 King 2. 8. Kimchi Rasi Ralbag g {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} 1 Pet. 2. 13. h Syr. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} i {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Arab. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} that is Divisions to separate from the Church of {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} to breake off Chrys. Theod. k 2 Tim. 4. 3 4. Sic Arab. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Syr. Chrys. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Ralbag in 2 Sam. 20. 23. l