Little Timothe his lesson: or, A summary relation of the historicall part of holy scripture plainely and familiarly comprized in meeter, for the helpe of memory, and instruction of the ignorant in the writings of God. By E.G. Mr. in Arts, and practitioner in physicke for the Kings hospitall of St. Bartholomew, in the city of Glocester.

CAP. 9. 1

* 1.1 MOre at large and in this kinde, by his craft and strength &c.

He is called a starre fallen from heauen (or some notable person of great dignity in the Church: falling like Lucifer, from gi∣uing light vnto the world, and erecting a kingdome by a noysome packe of craftie and cruel vermine. He hath the key of the bottomlesse pit: (Or of hell it selfe, whi∣ther he sendeth and letteth in, thousands of soules, thorow the smoakie mists of darknesse, ignorance and superstition; out of which smoake, came those Locusts (or

Abbats, Cardinals, Monks, Friers, Priests and Shauelings) which sting like to Scor∣pions (or, with damnable errors and here∣sies,) al saue the greene ones of God. ver. 4. And these so stung, finding no comfort in pardons, masses, merits, dirges, crosses, and the like, shall in torment of conscience seek for death, and not finde it. verse 6.

These Locusts are strong and fierce as horses; and their crownes shew them to be conquerours. They haue the faces of men (or faire pretenses of holines) but haire of women (or hearts full of lust) teeth of Lions (to catch inough, and hold fast inough: witnesse the manie fat morsels they did deuoure where-euer they were seated.) Their King is a badde one or Abaddon: the Diuell, and his Vicar the Pope, the spoilers and destroyers of the Church of God. Their doctrine is set down, ver. 20. Worship of diuels and idols (or spirituall fornication) murder (both spirituall & corporall) sorcery (by reliques agnus deies, inchanting praiers, to preserue, from shot, sword, thunder, and the like.) Fornication (corporall, through inordi∣nate lusts, and lecherie, increased by idle∣nesse, and bellicheere, in both sexes, restrai∣ned

from holy mariage, to a filthy mona∣sticall life, as by many proofes hath beene made apparant,) theft, (robbing God of his Titles, and bestowing them on Anti∣christ: and cosening men of their goods, by pardons, Iubilees, iugling wares and mar∣chandise.

The description is ended, Cap. 10. 6. Where the Angel sweareth, Time shall be no more: and the next Angell or seuenth, blowing the seuenth trumpet, doth shew the mystery of God to be finished. ver. 7.

Notes

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  The secōd descriptiō,