is the meanes fore-told and prescribed by the A∣postle, who fore-saw him in his rising. 2 Thes. 2.8.
The Lord will consume him with the breath of his mouth, & destroy him with the brightnes of his coming, the preaching of the Gospel, and the bright comings forth of Jesus Christ in the spirits of his people shall both consume & destroy him:
As it is not a humane wisdom that shall discover him, so neither is it a humane power that must destroy him: for all humanity in the things of God; whether wisdom or power, it is Antichristi∣an: Therefore, not that which shall destroy Anti∣christ; but that which will uphold him untill he be destroyed: the ruine of Antichrist is farther held forth,
Rev. 14.6. The Angell flyeth through the midst of heaven, preaching the everlasting Gospel; & verse 8. Another Angel followeth, saying, That Babylon, is fallen that great City, &c. The prea∣ching of the Gospel is the means you see, of Anti∣christs ruine: and the Sermon is, feare God, and give glory to him. This Sermon is that will ruine Antichrist both in the letter and in the spirit;
give glory to God, that is, let God be all, and in all: let God be your enjoyment in the spirit; see you live upon nothing below him, give not glory to Creatures, duties, actings; any thing ei∣ther of the first Adam, or Antichrist: give glo∣ry to God in the Letter, give not glory to man, set not up man in the roome of God; do not cry the voice of Man, and not of God, in any of the