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A pistle to the Christen reader The revelation of Antichrist. Antithesis
A pistle to the Christen reader The revelation of Antichrist. Antithesis, wherein are compared to gather Christs acts and our holy father the Popes.A pistle to the Christen reader The revelation of Antichrist. Antithesis, wherin are compared to geder Christes actes and oure holye father the Popes.
At Malborow in the land of Hesse i.e. Antwerp : the. xij. day of July, anno. M.CCCCC.xxix. by me Hans luft i.e. Johannes Hoochstraten, 1529At Malborow in the lande of Hesse i.e. Antwerp : the. xij. day of Iulye, anno. M.CCCCC.xxix. by me Hans luft i.e. Johannes Hoochstraten, 1529
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And Daniel is indifferent to be taken .ij. ways. Other to understand those great and marvellous things / which this king shall invade to corrupt them. Or else his works that he doth / exercise in corrupting other things / signifying that his acts be marvellous and incredible / And this latter sense doth our interpreter follow / whom also we will follow / all though the first sense be even as true / for / no doubt / they are great and marvellous things which he doth corrupt / but they are only known and attained by faith. Therefore the sense shall be / He shall corrupt marvellously / and shall be as a great ⟨p. lxij⟩and incredible corruptor / he doth not describe what evil good things / shall suffer of him / But what great abomination he should work against good things / showing his fortune and prosperity.
And Daniel is indifferent to be taken .ij. wayes. Other to vnderstond those great ād mervelous thinges / which this kinge shall invade to corrupte them. Or els his workes that he doth / exercyse in corruptinge other thinges / signifiinge that his actes be mervelous and incredible / And this latter sense doth oure interpreter folowe / whom also we will folow / all though the first sense be even as true / for / no doute / they are greate and mervelous thinges which he doth corrupte / but they are onlye knowne and attayned by faith. Therfore the sense shalbe / He shall corrupte mervelouslye / ād shall be as a great ⟨p. lxij⟩and incredible corruptor / he doth not describe what evill good thinges / shall suffer of him / But what great abominatiō he shuld worke against good thinges / shewinge his fortune and prosperite.
Therefore he speaketh not of violent corruption and destruction / as tyrants spoil and destroy kingdoms and countries through wars and violence of armour / for such a king as he is / such a destroyer is he also / that is to say he shall do all things with faces and riddles / which shall not be strengthened by armour / wit / nor learning / but through a strange and outward power as the next verse doth specify / which sayeth. And he shall prosper / and shall do / and shall corrupt strong men / and the people that are holy / and deceit shall prosper in his hand. It followeth therefore that he destroyeth not Cites and provinces / but rather those things which are wont to be suppressed of these faces / riddles / and deceits / and which are clean contrary to them that is to say the trueth and word of trueth the spirit and plain simpleness / which is the faith in Christ / and kingdom of good consciences / and that Christ calleth the kingdom of God / the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of trueth. For so before pilate he confesseth and knowledgeth that