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The acts of Christ and of Antichrist concerning both their life and doctrineThe actes of Christe and of Antichriste concernyng bothe their life and doctrine
The acts of Christ and of Antichrist concerning both their life and doctrine: diligently gathered and now taken out of his works, by Thomas Becon.The actes of Christe and of Antichriste concernyng bothe their life and doctrine: diligently gathered and now taken out of his workes, by Thomas Becon.
London: printed by Ihon Daie. Cum gratia & privilegio Regiæ Magistatis per decennium, 1577London: printed by Ihon Daie. Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiæ Magistatis per decennium, 1577
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Antichrist, before he be borne, hath a gorgeous & richly apparelled house prepared for him, with all such furniture, as becometh such a wicked worldling.
Antichrist, before he bee borne, hath a gorgious & richely apparelled house prepared for him, with all suche furniture, as becōmeth suche a wicked worldlyng.
4 Christ, 1when he was borne, was not joyfully received of the world,2 no, not of them to whom he was promised & sent, but rather hated & persecuted most cruelly.
4 Christ, 1when he was borne, was not ioyfully receiued of the worlde,2 no, not of thē to whom he was promised & sent, but rather hated & persecuted moste cruelly.
Antichrist being borne, is most tenderly embraced, loved, kissed, and culled: and in all points warily kept, and circumspectly attended, that no grief or misfortune chance unto him, so dear is he