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A08269	A theatre wherein be represented as wel the miseries & calamities that follow the voluptuous worldlings as also the greate ioyes and plesures which the faithfull do enioy. An argument both profitable and delectable, to all that sincerely loue the word of God. Deuised by S. Iohn van-der Noodt. Seene and allowed according to the order appointed.; Theatre oft Toon-neel. English	Noot, Jan van der, ca. 1538-ca. 1596.; Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.; Roest, Theodore.; Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374. Rime. English. Selections.; Du Bellay, Joachim, 1525 (ca.)-1560. Visions. English. Selections.	1569 (1569)	STC 18602; ESTC S110162	92,217	282

is not greased with Crisome or Creame which they cal Confirmation of the Bishop cannot be counted though he be baptised and beleue in God and Christ neuer so faithfully for a right christian but for aboue al they are marked graffed in the trust confidence ●f their owne merites and deseruings● For as the right mark of an vpright christian is the faith working through charitie and loue for the pledge of the childrē of God is faith vnfained euen so is the true mark and seale of the Popish Antechrist to bragge and trust in their owne workes and deseruings as Masses Pilgrimages shrifts Buls and Pardons to be buried in a gray Friers coat so many Pater nosters and Aue Maries and an hundred more such dreames And that no man might bie and sell saue he that had the marke or the name of the beast or the number of his name Whosoeuer doth not confesse or allow that which the Pope teacheth or cōmaundeth but is contented and willing to obserue so much as in him lieth al that which Christ teacheth commaundeth and promiseth is to haue no regarde to the Pope nor his trumperies nor his Masses of Requiem Diriges absolutions and other abhominations those may neither bie nor sel amongst them Yea they are excommunicated persecuted and condēned to fire sweard gibbet or water But they that beare his mark are al good children especially those that haue the double marke and Caracterem indebilem as they cal it namely his greased and ●hauen troupe Those I say may traffique and occupie fréely practising Simon●e chaunging and selling of Bene●●ces Prebendaries and all other of their Romish pedlary and peuish trash Iesus Christ cast out of the Temple the biers and sellers but Antechrist bringeth them into his Temple there to vpholde them Here is wisdom The true and heauēly wisdom consisteth in well vnderstanding of things and iudging aright of the same for when we doe not vnderstand things we are fooles and not wise men Therefore the Lord dothe admonish his auditors diligently to serch of Antechrist to y e entent that they might kepe them selues from him For these which receiue the marke of the beast and worship his image shal drink of the wine of gods wrath But al those which detest his Popedom from the very heart folow and embrace Christ Iesu and his holy gospel shall drinke altogither with him on his table the drink of life and of the gra●● of God in his kingdom Héereby we may cōclude what great wisdom it is through which we escape the wr●th of God and attaine to euerlasting blessednesse For the holy Ghost sayth here incontent by S. Iohn He that hath wit count the number of the Beast That is they which are not altogither foolish and deafe let them count and cast ouer the number of the beast let them studie and meditate continually on the thing find fault with it abolish that which seemeth maruellous in the sight of the world Count sayth the Lord for it is the number of a man that is such a number as the carefull and dilygent man may easily finde out God commaundeth heere expresly that we must search and count Therfore they may wel keepe their peace saith Aretes which blame and slaunder our godly studie diligent labor and great paines which we take to wryte against the Pope and his adherents and his false detestable doctrine saying that the time is not wel imployed when we goe about to cast ouer the time count the number For they may euidently sée and perceiue here that the holy Ghost doth commaund vs to search out to trie and to make an accompte to know whom to hold for the right and wicked Antechrist him namely which hauing dismissed and put down three Kings is of nothing come vp and exalted aboue all and especially to the subuersion and throwing downe of Christes true religion hath begon to raigne and rule And his number is six hundred three score and sixe For so many make these letters in the Greeke tong 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The name Latinos Latinus comprehēdeth the number of sixe hundreth three score and sixe And it is well and very credible sayth the holy Martir Irene that his name should be so called for so muche as hys dominion hath that name and are all Latinists that rule and gouerne there We sée héere of a truthe that this godly teacher being full of the spirit of god hath not failed to foretel the true mening of the holy Ghost in this behalf For it is euident that the Romish church is called the Latine church and the Pope soueraigne and supreame head of the same Wé sée also y t all things in this Church are done in Latine And in their spirituall courtes as they call them nothing but Latin is vsed and spoken no man may serue in this church except he be a Latinist Moreouer they call Hebrue to be Iudaike or Iewishe and the Greeke erronious or heretiquish yea they holde the Hebrue and Greeke Bible to be suspected and straightly charge and commaund their Latine falsly called Ieromes translation to be of euery one imbraced and holden for the best Which thing is so manifestly known that it hath no néed of any further exposition This number of 666. is signified by some Greeke wordes for this Prophesie was written first in the Greeke tongue as Anthemos that is against the glory of god Also it is signified by Aruine wherby is noted a denier or forsaker of God And Titan that is the sonne or the name of Nemroth the tirant These thrée names or wordes although they sound diuers yet they do comprehēd no more nor lesse than the iust number and all thys may be made agreable and approued by scripture and reason For he that is not with Christe is agaynst him Some expositors leauing y e Greeke wordes haue practised to their own aduauntage a Latin woorde namely Lux containing the numbre aforesayd with the coūtyng letters whych signifieth as they name it them selues the lyghte or a spirituall companie where in deede they resemble nothing lesse for they are very darknesse which in no wise wyll receyue the light but séeke to extinguish the light with al maner of crueltie and torments We might bring in here besides these names two other names of Antechrist namely Diabolus incarnatus and Filius perditionis which signifie Deuill incarnate and childe of perdition Where as in the one lacke but foure of the numbre and the other six coūting those letters which are commonly numbred But amongest so many words aboue mētioned is none fitter and better to the purpose than the word Aruine cōtaining a great mistery an● is asmuch to say as I denie or I forsake It is manifest then that these haue receiued the mark and signe of the beast or else are sealed with the numbre of hys name which when they hear Gods truth reueled vnto them say I will not heare of