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A49487	Dr. Martin Luthers prophecies of the destruction of Rome and the downfall of the Romish religion. And how the Papists for treachery and hypocrisie shall at last become hated, and contemned [sic] by all nations. Here are likewise some of the eminent prophecies of that most learned mathematician and prophet Michael Nostredamus, concerning England and France, and those strange occurrences which are likely to happen to both those countreys in these later dayes, with an account of some of the prophecies of Michael Nostredamus which have been fulfilled here in England already. Luther's motto writ by himself. Licensed, May 7. 1679.	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Nostradamus, 1503-1566.	1679 (1679)	Wing L3514; ESTC R211089	4,798	10

deslowred the Virgin Mary or Crucified Christ yet the Pope for money would undertake to pardon and forgive the same Therefore his Dominion is but short and will be brought to ruine according to the time signified by the number of the Beast in the thirteenth of the Revelations Page 306. Again saith he Popedom must fall for that it hath been alwayes managed by wicked persons and correspondent to the impiety of their Doctrine for as the Creator is in this case such must be the Creature Pope Alexander was a Moran that is a Baptized Jew he believed nothing at all he had a Concubine called Lucretia to whom he after espoused his own Son The Pope that succeeded him was so great an Enemy to him that he caused all the Windows Gates Doors c. whereon his Name or Armes were fixed to be demolished or pulled down When God speaketh the word Rome be destroy'd and lye in Ashes Pope come down from your Throne the word of God will be obeyed and must be immediately brought to pass L. Colloqu 302. Pride again saith Luther must undoubtedly have a Fall and consequently so must the Pope Another of his remarkable prophecies to the same purpose is exprest in Lu. time p. 314. to this effect The Pope and his accomplices presuming on their great power that they shall never fall do thereby hasten their fall and God will overthrow him and that suddenly if our own Secureness and contempt of Gods word does not hinder it Let us pray therefore that the same misfortunes they design us may light on their own heads they have Burned Hanged Drowned and Banished those that were amongst us they will in no wise be recalled from their Devilish Practises To conclude we have great hopes these Prophecies of Luther may accordingly come to pass as well as some others of his prediction have been accomplished already though upon other occasions as plainly appears in his Tom. 2. Epist p. 10. 207. where he foretold the Combustion which arose in Germany as likewise the Death of Frederick Elector of Saxony Tom. 2. Epist p. 10. he also in the same Book prophesied the Dearth or Famine which happened in Germany according to his prediction And now I shall detain you no longer about this Excellent person but only present you with a small Manuscript written by his own hand and not unproperly called The Generation of Theological Corruption or a Pedigree of Popish Principles By Dr. M. Luther THE Devil begat Darkness Darkness begat Ignorance Ignorance begat Errour and his Brethren Errour begat Free-will and Presumption out of Self conceit Free will begat Merit Merit begat Forgetfulness of God Forgetfulness of God begat Transgression Transgression begat Superstition Superstition begat Satisfaction Satisfaction begat Oblation of the Mass the Oblation of the Mass begat Vnction Vnction begat the Priest the Priest begat Mischief Mischief begat Misbelief Misbelief begat Hypocrisie Hypocrisie begat Trading with Offerings for gain Trading begat Purgatory Purgatory begat yearly solemn Vigils yearly Vigils begat Church-Livings Church Livings begat Mammon Mammon begat Superfluity Superfluity begat Excess Excess begat Rage Rage begat Licentiousness Licentiousness begat Dominion Dominion begat Pomp Pomp begat Ambition Ambition begat Simony Simony begat the Pope and his Brethren the Pope begat the Mysterie of Iniquity the Mysterie of Iniquity begat Sophistical Divinity Sophistical Divinity begat rejecting of the Holy Scriptures the rejecting of the Holy Scriptures begat Tyranny Tyranny begat Murdering of Saints Murdering of Saints begat Abomination Abomination begat Desolation Desolation begat Anguish Anguish begat Questioning Questioning begat the searching out the Grounds of Truth out of which the Pope called Antichrist is Revealed Ex Luthers Prophecies pag. 12. I Shall now according to my Title give you a brief account of Mich. Nostredamus and then present you with some of his Prophecies which particularly concern England and France He was Born in St. Remy a Town in Provence on the fourteenth of Decemb. 1503. he was bred up in all the Learning in France and having betaken himself to the Study of Physick grew so excellent therein that at last he became Physitian to three successive Kings of that Countrey I shall give my self the less trouble to demonstrate to the Reader that this learned person was endowed with the Spirit of Prophecie because I could instance above a thousand Prophecies of his which have already come to pass but before I give you one or two which concerned our Nation as an Instance I shall give you the Judgement of one of the greatest wits in our last age who in brief sayes thus God Almighty has chosen out Mich. Nostredamus to impart to the world many prodigious and extraordinary things which shall happen for the Future again sayes he next the Apostles and Canonical Prophets Nostredamus is to be preferred before any other in these four things viz. in the Certainty the Infallibility in the Generality and Quantity of his predictions of which here 's an example written as he did all his other in old Law French of which I shall only give the beginning and then set you down the English of them Trente de Londres secret Englished thus Thirty of London shall conspire against their King The Plot shall be made on London-Bridge What could appear more perfect in number place and substance to any one that can remember the Plotters against King Charles the First of blessed Memory whose Conspiracy was contrived at the Bear on the Bridge foot this he foretold almost a hundred years before it came to pass he also prophesied that a King of England should appear on a Scaffold without his Doublet that he should be taken off and that in the place where he was to be beheaded another had been killed three dayes before all which Circumstances were sadly made true by the Lamented Catastrophe of that most pious Monarch and Martyr I shall now proceed to those Prophecies which as yet are unaccomplished Pag. 231. 5. A quarante huit dei●●● c. At the Clymacterical year of 8. 40. at the end of Cancer shall be such a Drought that the F●sh in the Water shall be boyled to a Consumption Bearn and Bigorre by heavenly Fire shall be in distress I shall say no more but that Bearn and Bigorre are two Provinces in France of the rest let the Reader judge Another Paix uberté long temps on ne louera c. Thus Englished Peace and plenty shall not long be praised before the end of his Reign the Flower de Luce shall be Deserted bodyes shall dye by water Earth shall be brought but therein they shall not be buried By Flower de Luce is meant France expound the rest your selves Proph. 82. pag. 141. de Nostredamus But afterwards he ends his tenth Century pag. 444. with this Prophecie concerning the future Welfare of England Le grand Empire sera per L'Angleterre c. England at last the Worlds Empire shall be And so shall remain for Three Hundred and three Great Armies shall pass both through Land and through Sea To which the proud Spaniard shall Strike and give way THE END