Ver. i 2. the t7th Chapter of Si-. J O H N. 17i. others faid, He is like him. The Pope boafteth, that his Seat is Apoftolical, and that he is the Succeffor of an .,poftfe . If we grant ir, and he will needs be a Succeffor of an ..fpofile, there is an Errot in the Perfon, it is not Peter, but Judas. Let us fee the Parallel. >. 9 udar was not a Stranger; but a pretended Friend, and an .40file, A&s r. r j; He was numbred with we, and obtained part of this Minifiry. So the Pope obtained part of thisMiniftry. Turks and Infidels are Enemies to Chrilt ..Lntichrift mull be one that feeketh to undermine Chrift, under a pretence of Friendthip, 'AV sX(2esi5, for and àgainft Chrift. He maketh War with the Horns of the Lamb, Rev. 13. r t. If he were a profeffed Adverfary, what Myftery were there in it ? Now it is a Myftery of Iniqui- ty, 2 Theft. 2. 7. A falfe Prophet; Rev. 16. 53. It is wifdom to difcern him. Rev. 33. 18. Here is Wifdom. Let kin, that bath underfianding count the Number of the Bea fi. 2. JneLtS fold Chrift for a fniall Matter : So, Omnia Rome venalia, Pardons, indul- gences, Freedom from Purgatory, all to be bought at Rome. The Antichriftian State maketh a Market of Religion : Truth is made to yield to Intereft and Profit. 3. Judas betrayed Chrift with a Kifs. .fntichr: is a true Adverfary of Chrift, and yet pretendeth to adore him : He pretendeth to be his Servant and Vicar, and is his Enemy ; not an Enemy without the Church, but within the Church, that betrayeth Chrift under a colour of adoration. 4. 9:udas was a Guide to them that came to take Jefus. Chrift is in Heaven, Death bath no more dominion over him, his natural Body is above abufe ; but in his myfti- cal Body, he fill fuffereth. Abis g. 4. Saul, Saul, why perfecutefi thou me ? The °Pope is the Head of the Perfecutiog State ; others are his Emiffaries and Agents, to perfecute Chrift in his Members. It is a Politick Religion, carried on with Cruelty. 5. Judas was qós ebsrAbicee, the Son of Perdition, as deftroying himfelf, and involving Others in the fame Condemnation. So is ,Aertichr f called in the Revelations, 'A7 IJ úue, Rev. 9. r 5. and 'AirtilAucijAkvg,, the Defroyer of Souls, of himfelf and others. Vfe. Let all thefe things open our Eyes, that we may behold the Man of Sin : One Egg is not more like another, than Judas and Antichrifi. 3. Obferve 5 That Carnal Praílices will end in Perdition. Becaufe Judas is called the Son of 'Perdition, let us fee what courfe he took to undo himfelf. Let us look upon his Sin, and Punifhment. 1. For his Sin. In the Story of Judas, four Sins are moo remarkable, his Cove- toufnefs, his Hypocrify, his Trèafon, and his Defpair. (i.) His Covetoufnefs. This was the Root of all, as indeed it is the Root of aß Evil, r Tim. 6. ro. Chrift had made him his Treafurer ; and carrying the Bag, is a fhrewd Temptation to a Carnal Heart. John 12.6. This fpake he, not that he cared for the Poor; but becaufe he was a Thief, and had the Bag; and bare what was put therein. He was a bad keeper of the Stock, appropriating it to his own life, to make himfelf a Store and a Subfiftence ; having a mind to forfake Chrift, becaufe he had fo often heard him fpeak of his Sufferings, and the Perfecution of the Apoftles. And mark, he pre- tends Piety and Religion, to difguife his Covetoufnefs, when it was his own private Intereft. There was a Woman that took a pound of Ointment of Spiknard, very cefily, and anointed the Feet of yefue, Verf g. And Judas aid, Why was not this Ointment fold for three hundred Pence, and given to the Poor? But this he faid, not that be cared for the Poor ; but was a Thief, and had the Bag. At length love of Mony, joined toge- ther with Spleen, prevailed on him fo far, that he fold his own Matter. He that loveth the World, hatéth God ; he that is greedy of Gain, will fell his Soul, and Heaven, and Chrift, for Mony ; there is nothing fo vile but he will yield to it. There was foniewhat of Envy and Revenge in it : Mat. 26. 14, 15. Then one of the twelve, called Judas Ifcariot, went unto the Chief Priefis, and faid unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you ? and they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of Silver. Then ; When was it ? When Chrift had checked him for rebuking the Woman ; he ftomached the Difappointment ; as Carnal Men will form when their Hypocrify is diC covered, and their Carnal Ends difappointed. Chrift, by commending the Woman, enraged him. (2.) His
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