A survey of the spiritual antichrist opening the secrets of familism and antinomianism in…A survey of the spirituall antichrist opening the secrets of familisme and antinomianisme in…

Omnipotency of Divine Justice further interposeth a revenging hand from heaven, for at Boston, 1637. October 17. When God was beginning to take vengeance on persecuting Prelates and their adherents in Scotland, (for the Assembly of Glasgow was convened the end of the next year, Anno 1638.) in which the Prelates of Scotland were excommunicated, and the morning of Britons Reformation was dawning, at this time the Wife of William Dyer, a proper comely young woman, was delivered of a large woman child, (as the Story saith, Rise, Reign, p. 43▪ 44) it was still-born, about two months before the time, the child lived a few hours. The child was a fearful and rarely prodigious Monster: It had no head, but a face which stood so low on the breast, as the ears, most like an Apes ears, grew on the shoulders, the eyes and mouth stood far out, the nose was hooking upward, the breast and back was full of sharp prickles like a Thornback, the Navel and all the belly, with the distinction of the sex, were where the lower part of the back and hips should have been, and those back-parts were on the side the face stood, the arms and hands were as other children's, but instead of toes, it had upon each foot three claws, with talons like a young foul, upon the back above the belly, it had two great holes like mouths, and in each of them stuck out a piece of flesh, it had no forehead, but in the place thereof above the eyes four horns, whereof two were above an inch long, hard and sharp, the other two shorter.

Omnipotency of Divine Justice further interposeth a revenging hand from heaven, for at Boston, 1637. October 17. When God was beginning to take vengeance on persecuting Prelates and their adherents in Scotland, (for the Assembly of Glascow was convened the end of the next year, Anno 1638.) in which the Prelates of Scotland were excommunicated, and the morning of Britans Reformation was dawning, at this time the Wife of William Dyer, a proper comely yong woman, was delivered of a large woman childe, (as the Story saith, Rise, Reigne, p. 43▪ 44) it was still-born, about two moneths before the time, the child lived a few houres. The child was a fearfull and rarely prodigious Monster: It had no head, but a face which stood so low on the brest, as the eares, most like an Apes eares, grew on the shoulders, the eyes and mouth stood farre out, the nose was hooking upward, the brest and back was full of sharpe prickles like a Thornback, the Navell and all the belly, with the distinction of the sex, were where the lower part of the back and hips should have been, and those back-parts were on the side the face stood, the armes and hands were as other childrens, but instead of toes, it had upon each foot three claws, with talons like a young foule, upon the back above the belly, it had two great holes like mouths, and in each of them stuck out a piece of flesh, it had no forehead, but in the place thereof above the eyes foure hornes, whereof two were above an inch long, hard and sharpe, the other two shorter.