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A20037	That the pope is that Antichrist: and An answer to the obiections of sectaries, which condemne this Church of England Two notably learned and profitable treatises or sermons vpon the 19. verse of the 19. chapter of the Reuelation: the first whereof was preached at Paules Crosse in Easter terme last, the other purposed also to haue bene there preached. By Lawrence Deios Bachelor in Diuinitie, and minister of Gods holy word.	Deios, Laurence, d. 1618.	1590 (1590)	STC 6475; ESTC S118248	84,851	202

the poyson of their doctrine and his mightie defence against all their manifest terrors and secret conspiracies This the God of all might and comfort graunt vnto vs through Iesus Christ our Lord and Sauiour To whome with the Father and the holy ghost three persons and one God be all honour and glory world without ende Amen The second Sermon vpon Apoc. cap. 19. verse 19. I Deuided this verse into two parts The one is of those that doe oppugne the other of those that doe defend I haue spoken alreadie of them that giue the onset They were the beast the kings of the earth and their armies I shewed that the beast is the Pope of Rome the kings of the earth are they that yeelde obedience to him their armies are first the spiritual and learned sorte that striue to maintaine the popedome by witte learning and secondly the warriers and other people that by sword and force do fight for him Now it remaineth to speake of the parties the are oppugned and doe defend themselues They fight against him that sitteth on the horse against his armie For armie some translations reade souldiers But it doth not so well aunswere to the Greeke The word signifieth an armie pressed forth and set in order to battel He that rideth on the horse is vnderstoode to bee Christ His armie are they that beleeue his gospel obey it These are assalted oppugned by the beast his armies Two thinges must bee obserued in this onset made against Christ and his people by the enemies First that Christ and his people haue the right and lawfull possession of the Church and the trueth of heauen of earth and of all things and that they would thrust both Christ and his out of this possession Christ sayeth of himselfe All power is giuen vnto me in heauen and in earth and his people are made the heires of the world for to thē it is said all things are yours and againe He that ouer commeth shall inherite all The beast then and his armies labour to thrust Christ his armie out of all Which they could not doe if Christ and his people had not the right and possession of all And Christ hath suffered them to besiege him and his people and to thrust them into verie great straites for a season For they haue bene constrained to flie into the wildernes and there to ly hid But now Christ will vp on the white horse and raise the siege and bee shut vp so straite no longer That is the first thing that followeth of this that the beast is he that maketh the assault The second thing that followeth thereof is this that the enemies euer seeke their owne destruction or els it would not come vpon them It should seeme reason that Christ and his people should set vpon the beast his armies For is it meete that they holding that which belongeth vnto Christ frō him should not be suffered to liue and to enioye it But Christ dealeth not so he suffereth thē quietly to withdrawe thēselues from him and letteth their fury increase till they go about to roote him and his people from among them He giueth them scope to shewe their malice Now when Gods people seeme strangeliest assaulted and are in danger of greatest bondage then is their deliuerance neere at hand A prouerbe was made of the dealing of Pharao with the Israelities Quando duplicantur lateres tum venit Moses When the brickes are dubled thē Moses commeth When the enemies armies are greatest and best furnished then are they most neere their ouerthrow It is a thing worthie to be marked how Antichrist still giueth the onset and all his attempts for the most part haue turned to his losse This much of the beast his assaulting and of Christ and his being assaulted and defending thēselues It followeth to shew what it meaneth that Christ is described here by riding vpon a horse The horse that he sitteth vpon is said to be a white horse And that it is Christ that rideth vpon him there can be no doubt For the discriptiō that goeth before can agree to none other Thus Iohn saith of him I sawe heauē open and behold a white horse and he that sate vpon him was called faithful and true and he iudgeth and fighteth righteously his eyes were as a flame of fire on his head were many crownes he had a name written that no man knew but himselfe he was clothed in a garment dipt in blood and his name is called the word of God and out of his mouth went asharpe sword that with it he should smite the heathen For he shal rule them with a rod of yron for he it is that treadeth the wine-presse of the fiercenes wrath of almightie God All these thinges agree to Christ alone He is faithfull and true in his promises hee iudgeth fighteth righteously in punishing the wicked defending his people while they continue in obedience to him his eyes are as fire he seeth searcheth all things yea the hearts of men He reigneth ouer all and hath obteined many crownes by many victories and kings and princes subdued vnto him his garment was dipt in blood to redeeme vs and he hath dipt it againe doth now dayly in the slaughter of his enemies his name essence is such as none knoweth but God that is himselfe And hee is the word of God which was in the beginning which is God by whome all thinges were made Out of his mouth commeth the sharpe sword of Gods iust decree which cōdēneth the enemies last of all he executeth gods vengeance vpon thē and as it were presseth them in the winepresse of his wrath Christ therefore is vnderstood by him that sitteth on the horse But why is Christ said to sit vpon a horse that a white horse What meaneth this horse It is well knowen to all men that the horse is a warlike beast as it were made for warre He is strōg to carry bold to come vpō the face of the enemie he is swift to make speede fit to be turned this way that way So he was apointed to warre But for priestly actions and persons he was not thought meete Therefore the priests of Egypt might not ride vpon a horse It was thought among them a thing prophane Neither might some of the heathen Romane Flamines so much as touch a horse And euen now it is thought an vnseemely thing for the Pope to bee seene to ride vpon a horse within the citie of Rome except onely vpon one solemne day in the yeare when he rideth to the Laterane and all his prelates with him vpon white horses For otherwise in Rome he is caryed vpon mens shoulders for the most part Once a yeere he would like Christ ride vpon a white horse yet hee neuer rideth on the horse whereon Christ rideth he can not abide that white horse What then is this white horse

priestes with the Popish clergie but the three vncleane spirites like frogges that came out of the mouth of the beast can be no other but the Popish spiritualtie for the father and the number and the qualitie and the comparison and the worke and effect agreeth to none other The beast is said to be their father for the pope did beget and nourish all that spiritualtie as it standeth and is Popish for by his commandement they had their beginning and still haue their being and therefore it is sayd that these spirites come out of his mouth There was no order among them of cardinalles bishops priests of monks and friers but they were all in number and forme by his appoyntment and confirmation They vsed no ceremonie but it was ordeined by him Their priuileges and exemptions from the secular power were all granted by him Their liuing and maintenance was all held of him and to him in token thereof the payed the first fruites of their liuinges Hee inuested the bishops and by his authoritie the bishop made all the rest so they came out of the mouth of the beast It were long in particular to prooue all these thinges The qualitie of vncleannesse and filthinesse is praedominant in them for they are vncleane in their soules as not being washed in the blood of Christ nor with the pure water of Gods word And they are vncleane in their bodyes for the most part of their monkes and friers tooke a pride in their slouenlinesse And they are vncleane in their actions as being defiled with adulteries and Sodomiticall sinne because they condemned marriage They are aptly also reduced to the number of three for their bishops and priestes and such as haue the actions of all their religious matters make one order and their friers and monkes and scholasticall students which are sequestred from action and placed as it were in contemplation make another order and their canonists and lawyers with their other officers make their third order All these together make the beasts spirituall armie And these are fitly compared vnto frogges for as frogges lie in the mudde so these tumble in worldly things and humane speculations and can not lift vp their mindes to that which is heauenly And as frogges haue but one tune so they sing onely obedience to the pope and as frogges cry most fiercelie about the time of raine and tempest so these when they come crying ouer the sea vnto vs alwayes giue a most sure token that there is a tempest comming These frogs delight not by any meanes with calmenesse and quietnesse their delight is to haue the world all kingdomes troubled Therefore their worke is this to runne from one prince to another from one noble man to another from this gentleman to that gentleman to persuade them to warre Thus is their spirituall armie described To set forth how they fight with scriptures and fathers wrested from their true meaning with decrees of councels of their owne making with promises of great successe and victorie with lyes and slanders against princes and preachers and all professours of the Gospell with conspiracies and treasons and murthers and poysoning of great persons with contributions of money all that they can make to the maintenance of these warres with indulgences and pardons from all sinnes past to come with incantations coniurations inchantments for they are the spirits of deuils with promise of heauen it selfe to all that take sword in hand for them it were infinite Our experience in this age teacheth vs enough too much if it so pleased God that we cannot be ignorant of their most deuillish and desperate maner of fighting Thus much of their spirituall armie and of their fight They haue also other armies of warlike souldiers and captaines The pope neuer yet attempted any matter so wicked against any prince or for his owne estate but he had kings and dukes and noble men that woulde alwayes be readie at his commandement to fight in his quarell and if other things failed yet Peters patrimonie in Italie is so great and the summes that haue and do come in by first fruits other infinite taxes both of his clergie and laitie that it was easie for him to raise an armie at any time in this later age One while Charles the French emperor fought for him another while Henry the third emperour of Germanie Sometime he hath them of Italie at his commandement as in times past the dukes of Hetruria of Florence and almost any other The king of Sicilie was euer as his seruant France hath fought for him against the emperour and against England against the Italians and against one pope for another Pope England hath not wanted in this kinde of seruice for him Our kings he hath set against France and France against vs and our nobles against our owne princes both of old time and of late And this thing still he doth attempt God confound his enterprises in this behalfe as hee hath done hitherto in her Maiesties reigne Now he hath but fewe in comparison that wil take armes at his deuotion The Spaniard not in any regard of his Religion but in hope of a Monarchie vnder his title hath stepped forth as his champion in this age to fight his warres for him By him the armies are renewed and supplied in the Lowe countries by him the warres are holden vp in France through his meanes Geneua hath bin besieged and he hath sent his inuincible nauie to subdue vs but God bee thanked that hath drowned it in the seas We may not thinke that either the beast or his champion will so giue ouer For it is against the nature of the enemies of Gods people to desist although they see Gods hand neuer so manifestly against them Not ten plagues will keepe Pharao from pursuing the Israelits Not the Angel destroying an hundred and fourescore thousand in one night will feare the Babylonians but they will come against Ierusalem It is fatall to the beast to bid battell so long till he procure his owne ruine and the fall of thē that would hold him vp They will fight againe The frogs these vncleane spirits that come ouer to vs are a most sure token that we must looke for a tempest It will come most certainely but when it will fall we are not certaine God turne it vpon their owne heads when so euer it commeth as he did that which is past I haue spoken longer then I thought I should of the first part touching the beast and his kings and their armies We can not speake too much against thē that neuer thinke they do ynough against vs. It is good for vs to haue our mindes armed against them and to be perswaded that they are not only enemies to vs but vnto God and Iesus Christ and his gospel and the saluation of his people God graunt to our Queenes maiestie and all our nobilitie and the whole people his spirit and grace against