A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin, Book 2 · Conclusion
¶ The concluſion or Epyloge.
AL thys hauehave I done (Good Chriſtē reader) brotherlie to admoniſhe theMarc. 12. Philip. 3. Ioan. 1. 2. Theſ. 2. to be ware of thys cruell enemye and ſoche other, which ſeketh by ther dailye craftes to robbe the of that life which thu haſt in Chriſt Ieſu. Parauenture thu wilt be moued, not bycauſe the māne of ſynne ys thus ſett forth in hys right colours, but for that yt ys done here with ſoch extremyte Conſydre for that the erneſt veyne in the1. Ioan. 3. Eſaie. 1. 2. Pet. 2 Iude. 1. ſcripturs ageynſt thys wycked generacyō frō the begynnynge. Both ded the holye prophetes and Apoſtles euermore fercely reprehēde the blaſphemie of the lordes name ād veryte. Full are all ther prophecyes ād writynges of terryble rebukes ād thret tenynges. Yea, Chriſt owr moſt gētyll ād pacyēt redemer, ſpared not to call thē ſtraungers,Ioan. 10. Matt. 23. Luce. 16. Apoc. 17 hyrelynges, theues, wolues, murtherers, dogges, ſwyne, adders, lyars, deuyls, hypocrytes, ſerpētes, oppreſſers, deſtroyers, tiraūtes, abhominaciō, ā whores brode, ād manye other names of great indignaciō. Moche better ys yt to the Chriſtē beleuer that Sathā apere Sathan, ād the deuill be knowne for the deuil, thā ſtill toApoc. 2. 2. cor. 11. Act. 26. Proue. 14 Math. 24 lurke vnderunder a faire ſimilitude of the āgell of lyght, For whā he ys ones knowne, he maye ſone be auoyded, where as vnderunder a glitterynge couert he maye leade to deſtrucciō, yea, the verye elect veſſels, were not the lorde to thē more merciful. Thow Ieſꝰ Chriſt mekelie ſuffred the aduerſarie to remayne vnrebuked ī hys owne cauſe, yet with ferceneſſe ded he reuyle hī ī the … ̄ rell of hys euerlaſtynge father, and baddeMath. 4. Marci. 1. Luce. 4. Apoc. 9. hym wyth no ſmall dyſpleaſure, auoyde Sathan. All that thys Boner doth here, and other lyke lecherouſe locuſtes of Egipt, y… to obſcure the glorye of God▪ and to demynyſhe that peple whych daylye ſeketh yt to ther power. But ther cruell enterpryſeEccl. 34. Exod. 1. Sap. 18. Deut. 10. Act. 7. ys now all in vayne. The more Pharao commaundeth the mydwyues to flee the menne chyldren of the hebrues, the more they increaſe ād multyplye. The more the peple of the lorde are oppreſſed, the more they proſpere and floryſhe. The more theLuce. 18. Marci. 10. Math. 13. poore blynde māne by the waye ſyde frō Hierico ys forbydden to ſpeake, the more he cryeth vponupon Ieſus the ſonne of Dauid for mercye. The ſmall grayne of muſtarde ſede whych ys caſt into the garden, wyll growe into a great tree, though all the deuyls of hell ſaye naye to yt. The lorde whych commaunded Iohan in the begynnynge☞ Nota. Apoc. 1. Apoc. 10. Apoc. 22. of hys reuelacyon to wryte that he ſawe, ād in the myddes therof to ſeale vp the voyces of the .vii. thonderynges, charged hym ageyne in the ende to ſuffre them to paſſe at large. In the prymatyue churche was the goſpell gredylye receyued of theMarc. 16. Apoc. 20 1. Tim. 4. Act. 20. vnyuerſall worlde. In the myddes therof whan Sathan was at lyberte, was yt in a maner contempned of all menne, and hypocreſye takē vp in the ſtede therof. Now in the latter ende are menne ageyne verye deſyerouſe of yt, and doubtleſſe yt ſchall be receyued both of the Iewes and paganes,Roma. 11. Eſa. 59. Math. 2… ▪ Iohel. 2. withſtande yt the aduerſaryes neuer ſo ſore. If the Iewes tare ther outwarde veſturs whan they harde ther God blaſphemed, moche more ought we owr inwarde hartes, ād to ſuffre owr fleſhe to be torne of thoſe terryble termagauntes of Babylon. Rather ought we to dye, than toTobie. 3. Sapien. 5. Pſal. 118. Eſa. 11. 2. Theſ. 2. leaue thoſe Antichriſtes vntounto wched, that ſo depelye blaſphemeth hys wholſome wayes and withſtandeth hys godlye teſtymonyes. Not by the power of prynces nor yet by the workynge of mēne, but by the onlye breathe of hys mouthe (whych ys hys worde by Chriſt alredye taught) hath he erneſtlye promyſed to ouerthrowe in thys latter age that fylthye and falſe generacyon. Sonner ſchall heauen andApoc. 18. Luce. 21. Geneſ. 15. Amos. 2. earthe paſſe, than that promes paſſe by vnfulfylled, truſt vponupon yt ſurelye. The inyqytees of the Amorreanes are almoſt fulfylled, ther vtter deſtruccyon at hande. In non other mynde am I concernynge the reproche of thys enemye, than was Helias whan he brought Baals preſtes to the broke of Cyſon, ſauynge3. Reg. 18. Deut. 32. Ezech. 9. Roma. 12. onlye that I wolde not cutt of ther heade…, nor yet anye other bodylye harme vntounto them, the lorde ys my iudge, but as hys pleaſure ys. But in dede I wolde as manye menne more wolde, rather Gods honour to regne, than ther fylthye Idolatrye. Hys glorye rather than ther ſpyrytuall vayne glorye. Onlye couete ILeuit. 19. Iudith. 8. Oſee. 11. Luce. 11. in thys ther amendement yf yt myght be▪ referrynge all vengeaunce vntounto God. I wolde they ded ones ceaſe from ouerloadynge the peples conſcyences with ther wretched beggerye. For doubtleſſe as yet they hauehave done nothynge in all ther ſpirituall ſyttynges, but renewed ageyne thePſal. 2. 2. Theſ. 2. Zach. 11. decayed myſterye of inyquyte. Loke yf thys written worke of thys holye byſſhop ſheweth anye other here. The lerned menne of Germanye demaundeth manye tymes of ther merchaūtes as they be returned home ageyne from Englande, the frutesThe frutes of ther newlye broched chriſtyanyte. of ther newe chriſtyanyte or newlye preached goſpell there. And they delyuer vntounto them with no ſmall laughter the folyſhe treatyſe of Iohan Standyſhe ageynſt Barnes, the frātyk Genealogye of hereſye made by Iohan Hontyngton, and the. ij▪ draffyſhe Declaracyōs of my lorde Boner,The dyrtye dryſelynges of ther olde with ſoche other dyrtye dryſelynges of Antichriſt. By that meanes came I by thē firſt of all. For fewe other hauehave they elsthe re no… vndre the kynges preuylege, A… imprimendū ſolū, but ſoche fylthye dreggesAntichirſt. Abac. 3. Deut. 23▪ Eſa. 28. Hie. 11. of the deuyl, the eternall father be mercy full to that peple, and holde from them the promyſed plage for ſoche vnthankefulneſſe. For neuer was the worde of the lorde yet ſent to anye nacion. ād ſo blaſphemouſlie ordred, but wōderfull deſtruccyōs hath ſolowed thervpon. ConſydreIone. 3. Nahū. 1. Mich. 10. Math. 23. for an example the great cyte of Niniue preached vntounto by Ionas, Nahū, ād other holye prophetes. Hieruſalē alſo whō owr ſauer Ieſus Chriſt in his owne perſone called vntounto repentaūce, And ye ſchall fynde ther afflyccions moſt terryble ād fearfull. If ſoche warnynges had be geuē to TyrusLuce. 10. Math. 11. Ezec. 26. ād Sidō, or to Sodom ād Gomor as hath of late dayes bene geuē vntounto Englande, they had receyued thē to the amēdemēt of lyfe and not bene ſo deſtroyed. Praye ther for vntounto God feruētlye, that yt wyll ones pleaſe hym to putt yowr prince in minde (as the hart of a kynge ys in the handes ofProue. 21 Eccle. 11. Apoc. 9. God) to take frō yow theſe dyrtie donge Hylles which neuer will geue other ſauer than yſſueth frō the bottomleſſe pytte. Alredye hath he takē from yow by the auctoryte of Gods worde, Mōkes, ChanonsTher deuyliſhne… ſtyll re mayneth. Nōnes, ād Fryres, but ſtyll yet remayneth all ther doctrine of deuyliſhneſſe ī ā other bloſpher…uſe uſe brode, Babilon ys there yet an habita…on of deuyls, and a lodgynge of vncleane ſpretes. Yet ſtyll contynuethApoc. 18. there a fylthye cage of hatefull and vene mouſe byrdes, with all ſuperſtycyōs lurkynge, and waytynge ther tyme to hoppeThey loke toregnea geyn ageyne at large, wolde the worlde ones applye to ther myndes. Do but marke the craftye cloynynge of wyncheſter whan he eyther preacheth or dyſputeth, how he clowteth the olde brokē hooles with patcheswyncheſter clowteth olde holes wit new ſubtyltees. of olde papyſtrye, ſowynge them to gyther with newe ſubtiltees and wyles. Hys chatterynge charmers a brode doth folowe the ſame ſelfe trade alſo, ſauynge that they want moche of hys craftye conueyaūce, as all mēne maye beholde in the aforeſeyd boke of Standyſhe a wyſe lerned chaplaine of hys. Hontyngtō an otherHontyngton can fynde no heretyke a monge papyſtes. of hys retynewe, can not amonge all hys heretyques fynde one Pope of Rome, nor one falſe Byſſhopp, nor one ſcyſmatyk Preſt, fryre, monke, nor chanō, of ſo manye as be in the cronycles. He can not fynde out one traytour nor one ſturdye Papyſt, as manye as hath bene of them ād areHis ſyght ſerueth hym but vponupon the one ſyde yet to thys daye. Though he behelde Barnes that was brent in Smythfelde for beynge the popes enemye, yet coude he ſe neyther Powell, Abel, nor Fetherſton which were Gods enemyes and the kynges, though they were at the next dore by. No hys eye ſyght wolde not ſerue hym vponupon that ſyde, for hys holye fathers ſake. But IHe ys proued a promoter of moloch. thynke hys popyſhe poeſyes ād ſcripturs moſt deuylyſhlye peruerted, are metelye wele tryed where as yt ys, to the manyfeſtacyon of ſoche a ſhameleſſe Antichriſt and preſumptuoſe Idyote. The lorde gyde all faythfull hartes in the louelove of hys he2. Theſ. 3. Dani. 2. auenlye worde ād pacyēce of Ieſus Chriſt amonge thoſe deceytfull workemenne, and ſhortlye remoue the cloudes of darkeneſſe with the clere lyght of hys commynge. Amen.
¶ Thus endeth the Manne of ſynne wyth hys Dyſcloſynge, collected by Iohā harryſō in the yeare frō Chriſtes incarnacyō. M. D .xlij. ād imprented at Zurik by Olyuer Iacobſon Anno Domini. 1543. the .x. daye of Decēbre
¶ Fawtes through neglygence of the Prynter.
REade fo. 3. pag. 2. lin. 21. of thers. fo. 4. in marg. conueyaunce. fo. 5. pag. 2. lin. 2. hart. fo. 6. pag. 1. Ioyne Credidi propter to the. 29. lin. fo. 7. pag. 1. lin. …2. enterpryſes. pag. 2. in marg. 1. Ioā. 5. fo. 10. pag. 1. lin. 27. conſciences. fo. 13. pag. 2. in marg. Hierem. fo. 15. pag. 1. in marg. Pſal. 36. fo. 17. pag. 2. lin. 29. thynge then to ſe. fo. 29. pag. 1. lin. 25. mercyfull? Vpō. fo. 30. pag. 1. lin. 8. ther Idell. lin. 27. daylye. fo. 31. pag. 1. lin. 11. Thus. fo. 33. in mar. Ezech. 34. fo. 37. pag. 1 .li. 21. for he taught Item in marg. Marci. 16. fo. 41. pag. 2. in marg. Pſal. 115. fo. 52. pag. 1. in marg. Hier. 50. fo. 53. pag. 2. in marg. Eſa. 56. Math. 13. fo. 57. pag. 1. lin. 19. Iohan Eckius. Itē pag. 1. in marg. Gene. 19. 1. Mach. 1. fo. 59. pag. 1. in marg. Ezech. 13. Hiere. 10. Ioan. 9. fo. 60. pag. 1. lin. 4. othe. fo. 67. pag. 2. lin. 17 yf we. fo. 74. pag. 2. in marg. Galat. 5. fo. 76. pag. 2. in marg. Zach. 1. fo. 80. pag. 2. lin. 19. wythout. lin. 30. are to be allowed, ſo longe as they agre to. Item in marg. Math. 19. fo. 84. pagi. 2. in margi. Act. 8. Synodo. 1. And other more.