Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London

First of all, if that there be such a deal of anger and wrath in the hearts of men against the Saints and people of God; wonder not at it, be not offended when you see it: it was always so from the beginning: God hath put enmity, and the enmity that God hath put between the seeds, shall stand; Cain began betime, and as Luther saith Cain will be killing his Brother Abel to the worlds end: It hath always been so, and do you think there shall be less anger in the hearts of the men of the world against ⟨p. 178⟩the people of God now in the latter days: No, rather more; in Rev. 12. 'tis said, The D• vil is come down, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. The shorter the Devils time is, the more his wrath will be in his Instruments: Why now we are fallen in the latter times, and therefore his anger must be greate• now. Austin thinks that the anger, and wrath, and persecution of the wicked, will be greatest at the last: saith he, The persecution of the Primitive times was very sharp: But afterwards there followed the persecution of the Arians, and that was sharp: But the last persecution, is the Persecution of Antichrist, and that shall be the sharpest: And we find in the 11th of the Revelations, speaking of the latter days, That the Nations are angry, verse 18. And the Nations were angry, and thy wrath is come. That's well, Gods wrath goes with their anger: But the Nations were angry, speaking of the latter days. There are three or four things that will raise the anger and wrath of Antichrist in the latter days.

First of all, if that there be such a deal of anger and wrath in the hearts of men against the Saints and people of God; wonder not at it, be not offended when you see it: it was alwaies so from the begining: God hath put enmity, and the enmity that God hath put between the seeds, shall stand; Cain began betime, and as Luther saith Cain will be killing his Brother Abel to the worlds end: It hath alwaies been so, and do you think there shall be less anger in the hearts of the men of the world against ⟨p. 178⟩the people of God now in the latter daies: No, rather more; in