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spirit_n	ghost_n	holy_a	sin_n	21,269	5	5.1366	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12095	A sermon preached at Paules Crosse laying open the Beast, and his marks. Vpon the 14. of the Reuelations, vers. 9.10.11. By Richard Sheldon, a conuert from out of Babylon. Doctor in Diuinitie, His Maiesties chaplaine.	Sheldon, Richard, d. 1642?	1625 (1625)	STC 22398; ESTC S117172	45,770	62

now shew it selfe to be Church-Recusants dreaming after we cannot tel what what though there be such shadowes of vaine hopes The words of God must be accomplished and ere it be long hypocrites in all States Churches being to their shame discouered The man of sinne and sonne of perdition will bee brought to vtter ruine and Change of Religion royally impossible perdition Come Lord Iesus come quickly I said in the third place that such a change was Royally impossible For how possible that our Religious Dauid should not bee Semper Idem alwayes the same How possible but hee who hath gone in and out before vs in this holy warre Yea more Cecinit classicum hath sounded out his most Christian learned Alarum wherein the Papall State is most liuely and Praemonit reg learnedly declared to be the State of the Beast and wherin there is more learning and Diuinitie then can iustly be refuted by all Papall Rabbins I adde or by any of their dissembling Fauourites How possible I say that he who hath so happily begunne in the spirit should end in the flesh Shall any of vs dare to be so irreuerent against Maiesty so Christian a Maiesty as once to thinke that he will doe ought against the knowledge of his own conscience a sin against the Holy Ghost or that he will suffer that truth to bee imprisoned impugned which his Royall Pen hath so learnedly and Christianly defended and maintained Far be all such surmises from the hearts and tongues of all dutifull Subiects who also euer will as they ought interpret Arcana Regni Secrets of State in the best sense But if we will not perswade our selues that such a change is Royally impossible in regard we haue a Religious Learned Resolued Prince in all points of Christianitie yet let vs be perswaded that such an alteration is Royally impossible in respect we haue an Intelligent and a Politick wise Prince for who cannot but know that with such a change he must put on lugum exactoris The very yoke of the Exactour and that he and his Successors must of Absolute Monarchs Soueraigne Commanders become blind deuouts to Papall Breefs and liege Seruants also to the Soueraigne Lord of all Lords the Pope For in Papistry it is an Axiome that the Nation and Kingdome which shall not serue the Pope shall must and ought to perish Let vs then rest resolued that such a change is altogether both vnlikely and impossible Let vs cast off such feares rather take heed that our Aduersaries do not thinke that we haue conceiued any such feare for vpon such conceptions they will begin new stratagems and will think the day to be halfe theirs if they once apprehend that we are afraid of their preuailing I sum vp this my discourse and aduise thus let euery soule here present feare lest through demerits of our sins we may be drawne from the stedfastnes of our profession let vs also in deuor by force of truth and firmnesse of perswasions to draw the Papist from the Idolls of his Heresies Superstitions and Impieties Vlisses his followers stopt their A necessary caueat eares so to escape the charmes of Circes Vlisses himselfe his eares being vnstopped binds himself fast to the Mast of the Ship that so hee might escape her veneficious charmes Yee that are but weake in zeale or not fully instructed stop your eare against Romes Charmers charme they neuer so gloriously but yee who are better instructed and who dare to heare their disputes their conferences their arguments tye your soules inuiolably to the Mast of Christ his Ship his sacred Word with the cords A true rule of Catholicisme Vincent Litiuensis contra Hereses of the rule of Faith which rule is no other then that forme of doctrine which is Catholike that Quae semper quae vbique quae ab omnibus credita fuit That doctrine which alwayes which in all places and of all persons hath beene beleeued Vnder this Mast only Gods sacred Word Catholikely not Popishly interpreted shall yee bee safe and secure against all the nouell vanities and vaine nouelties against all the impious blasphemies and blasphemous impieties against all the arrogant presumptions and presumptuous arrogancies of the Antichristian State of Rome Let vs then O Christian soules be resolute constant for the testimony of Iesus he who lookes backe hauing put his hand to the plough is not fit for the Kingdome of God neither is he fit for the religious chase zealous pursuit which is to be made after so execrable a Beast who may either looke backe by returning or withdrawing his first works like some Godlesse Dalmatian Apostata or who like some profane Helcesaean dissembling his Faith may shake hands in somewicked communion with the Beast or with these sworne champions of the Beast or finally who like some Godlesse Adiaphorizer may either say in his heart or speake with his mouth that any man so he professe Christ beleeue on Christ may bee saued in such his faith and profession be it Popish be it Muscouish be it Pelagian be it Donatian be it of any other falsly named forme of Faith whatsoeuer O Christ what times doest thou suffer when wee are thus enforced to speake against such an excesse of impietie and irreligiosity I conclude the God of Gods hath spoken Mercy and Iudgement belongs to him mercy from him for all those who shall sincerely serue and worship him iudgement against all those who shall worship the Beast or the Image of the Beast mercy for euer for all those who vnder the Lamb are called chosen and faithfull iudgement against all those Who shall receiue the mark of the Beast in their hands or on their foreheads mercy for all those Who may dye in the Lord for they shall rest from their labours which God of his infinit mercy grant to euery soule here present iudgement against all those who shall admire after the Beast for they shall drinke of the cup of Gods wrath and indignation From vs who worship the Lamb but abhorre the Beast who onely adore Gods Word but execrate the Beasts Traditions From vs who haue in hate all the markes and Characters of the Beast and who are signed with the Spirit of the holy Lamb in the day of our Redemption From vs I say to our God together with the Lamb that sitteth vpon the Throne and their euer blessed Spirit be rendred benediction Claritie power wisdome honour thanksgiuing vertue and obedience from this time forth for euermore Amen Laus Deo