Irr Ep11leofS. Pod to T'itur. CHAP.3.1 flament,how haue Chriflians (landingour for the lawesofChrifl again( 547 Antichri(l; beene alwaies charged, that they were the onely fubuerters of the place where they liued,and thedire& contradi&ors of thedecrees of theCzfarsvòder whom they hued ? How oftenwas Paul accufed by the Stocks in Athens, by Demetrius, by Tortullus, that he was a petit- ábaodaaynS lent fellowe, a moouer of (edition among all the Iewes thorough the world, and a fe&-mafler. And it is no maruell lithemembers andmini., Satan bath ewer laboured to flers of Chrifl be chusdealt with in the world,feeing the Head himfelfe, iming Chift ati was not onelyaccurfedand condemned,but executed,for that he was an religion into enemie to Cefar , and a moouer offedition. Our eyes haue feene and ÿ; hatred he read, and our cares bane heard, how Popifh fpiritshaue euer beene rea- grearcí enemy die to charge the Proteflants in feuerall countries, to haue attempted to r°rhea cttacq wreff the (word out of the Princeshand : HeIrding charged) Locher, to haueanimated Thomas Masnzer, therebels preacher in Thuringia;wher- as Larther plainlycalieth him, the preacher of Sachan : fo the Rhemitls cali c./1t'.Calaain, one of the principals rebells of his time, and affirme the Proteflants con6flories the fhoppes of rebellion. This bath euer been the cunning of Sathan, topreuent the accufationof others in the things wherein himfelfe is moll guiltie : for thole that know Popifh do&rive, can eaGly difcouer it to be noneofChrifls nor his Apoales, becaufe it wrefleth all Princes authoritie out of their hands,& rnooueth their fub ie&s to rebellion : and fuch as know the (late of Rome and Rhemes, knowe where the fhoppes Eland in which confpiracies and rebellions I haue beene, and are daily forged : and thenwhere would they lay them but vpon Proteflants? who hence fhewethemfeluestaught by Chrifl, becaufe if Sachan himfelfe (hotald come toaccule , yet could he not fay truly, that euer any fuch thingwas found in their hands.Didnot Charts Annorrya. the ninthof Franceglue out, that the moil bloody maffacre that euer the fume fawe, was done for the confpiracieof the Protellants againil him, and thekingdome ? whereas it we:: onely a Popifh and perfidious plot, longbefore laidagainll the lines of thole Beare childrenof God. And where fhould the gunpowder rreafon haue beene laid , if the blow had beenegiuen ? hadnot Saran deuifed (houlders, which had borne a many fuch malicious imputations before?Bur notwithhandingfuchbug- beares,wherby Satanwould fcare men from the fincereiníhracing of the truch,and entertainingofthe ordinácesofChrifl,as the greaten enemies offiaces andkitígdorns;let vs bewifehearted, & bold toglueSatan the lie: feeing the fincerea preachers andprofefforsof the Gofpel, are fò far from denial ofthe right of Princes,asthat thedo&rine which they bring el}ablifheth their power in their hands rather : like the workemen of Salomon, whobuilt the Temple, andbuilt his throne too. And let Pro- Mm z reflant Anno r6o;.
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