XVIII sermons on the second chapter of the 2d Epistle to the Thessalonians containing…

Secondly, The other notion is, [Greek or Hebrew], we render it, or is worshipped, the Greek word is, whatever is held in the highest degree of reverence, whatever is August, or Illustrious, as the Emperors of Rome were called [Greek or Hebrew], Acts 25.21. Paul appealed to be referred to the hearing of Augustus; it is [Greek or Hebrew], not Augustus Caesar, who was then dead, but his successor. Well then, here is the Character of Antichrist: That he exalteth himself above all Civil Authority, Auth•••ed and permitted of God, not only above ordinary Magistrates, but Kings and Emperors. Now we find in History no less than twenty Kings and Emperors, trampled under foot by the Pope of Rome, some of whom he had excommunicated, and deposed from their Kingdoms, and their people dispensed withal, in denial of their subjection to them; others brought to cruel shameful Deaths, and their Kingdoms miserably rent and torn, to the destruction of Millions of men, by their means. He that hath any knowledge of the Histories in Christendom, cannot but know these things; how he treadeth on their necks, kicketh off their Crowns with his Feet, and hath brought them to the vilest submissions. And if Kings and Emperors have received more spirit and ⟨p. 88⟩courage, and the Popes of Rome learned more modesty now adays, thanks is due to the light of the Gospel, which hath shined so far, and to such a degree, as to the consuming of Antichrist, though not to his utter destruction.

Secondly, The other notion is, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, we render it, or is worshipped, the Greek word is, whatever is held in the highest degree of reverence, whatever is August, or Illustrious, as the Emperours of Rome were called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Acts 25.21. Paul appealed to be referred to the hearing of Augustus; it is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, not Augustus Caesar, who was then dead, but his successour. Well then, here is the Character of Antichrist: That he exalteth himself above all Civil Authority, Auth•••ed and permitted of God, not only above ordinary Magistrates, but Kings and Emperours. Now we find in History no less than twenty Kings and Emperours, trampled under foot by the Pope of Rome, some of whom he had excommunicated, and deposed from their Kingdoms, and their people dispensed withal, in denial of their subjection to them; others brought to cruel shameful Deaths, and their Kingdoms miserably rent and torn, to the destruction of Millions of men, by their means. He that hath any knowledge of the Histories in Christendom, cannot but know these things; how he treadeth on their necks, kicketh off their Crowns with his Feet, and hath brought them to the vilest submissions. And if Kings and Emperours have received more spirit and