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A51123	Antichrist unvailed by the finger of Gods power and his visage discovered by the light of Christ Jesus, and his ministers, members, works, and lying wonders, manifested by the spirit of God, a manifestation whereof is given to every man (and woman) to profit withal : with friendly and serious invitations, exhortations, and warnings to all professors of Christianity, to beware of that antichristian spirit that leadeth to destruction, and of those teachers, who are influenced by it / written in the love of God by a prisoner (at Lancaster castle) for the testimony of truth, and one of the people called (in scorn) Quakers, Henry Mollineux.	Mollineux, Henry, d. 1719.	1695 (1695)	Wing M2393; ESTC R13417	147,325	285

Judgments Rev. 18.10 God will judge this Scarlet-coloured Beast full of Names of Blasphemy which is ascended out of the Bottomless Pit and shall go into Perdition and also he will judge the Whore the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth who is drunken with the Blood of the Saints and with the Blood of the Martyrs of Jesus that sitteth upon the Beast and is arrayed with Purple and Scarlet Colour and decked with Gold and precious Stones and Pearls having a Golden Cup in her Hand full of Abominations and filthiness of her Fornication And God whose Judgments are true and righteous is judging this great Whore Rev. 19.2 which hath corrupted the Earth with her Fornication and he will avenge the Blood of his Servants at her Hand And this great Whore that sitteth upon the Waters which Waters are Peoples and Multitudes Rev 17.15 18 and Nations and Tongues is the False Church that is called Babylon which signifieth Confusion which is that great City which hath Reigned over the Kings of the Earth and certainly all People that are gone a Whoring after any other Lovers from the Teachings Leadings and Guidings of the Light and Spirit of Christ in their own Hearts are within the Empire of this great Whore or of the Beast that carrieth her whatsoever they profess or whatsoever Names and Titles they be distinguished by or whatsoever their Professions be called for all that dwell upon the Earth whose Names are not written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the Foundation of the World they all Worship the Scarlet-coloured Beast which carrieth this great Whore Rev. 13.8 Rev. 17.7 16. which must be Burned with Fire and how should their Names be written in the Book of Life of the Lamb whose Life is the true Light in the Heart John 1.4 9. John 12.36 Rev. 21.24 and Conscience in which all ought to believe and to obey it who rebel against his true Light in their Hearts and will not obey it nor walk in it that they might be saved And let all beware of receiving Rev. 13.1 or retaining the Name of the Beast which is written upon his Seven Heads which Name is the Name of Blasphemy which he causeth all to have that sell and buy for he causeth that no Man might buy or sell save he that hath the Mark or Name of the Beast or the Number of his Name so he Excommunicateth out of Church and Market as their saying is all that will not receive his Name of Blasphemy and so he hath caused those that are erred from the true Light in all their several Professions which are his Heads Rev. 17.9 and the Mountains on which the Whore sitteth to Blaspheme against the Light and speak evil of it and to give unto it many Blasphemous Names and Titles and so his Name is a Name of Blasphemy which those receive that are erred in their Hearts from the Light of the Lamb wherein the Nations of them that are saved must walk And they shall have no true rest Day nor Night who Worship the Beast and his Image and whosoever receiveth the Mark of his Name And so it is a dangerous and destructive thing to Worship the Beast Rev. 13.7 15. to whom power hath been given over all Kindreds and Tongues and People or to Worship the Image of the Beast which hath both spoken and caused that as many as would not Worship the Image of the Beast should be killed And yet all the World hath wondred after the Beast and worshipped the Beast Rev. 13.3 4. saying Who is like unto the Beast Who is able to make War with him And so all that disobey and rebel against the Light of Christ in their Hearts they Worship the Beast and wonder after the Beast and beastliness and filthiness and believe that there can be no overcoming of the Beast nor true cleansing from filthiness before their Bodies possess the Grave which is as much as to say who is able to make War with the Beast And likewise all that receive or pay for anything of that which is called Religion or Worship in any sort of Profession whatsoever for fear of the Threatnings of Men or in Disobedience and Unbelief of the Light of Christ in their Hearts they thereby Worship the Image of the Beast whose Image is Disobedience and Darkness and Cruelty and so all who in any manner disobey the Light of Christ in their Hearts for fear of the Cruelty of Men they Worship this Image of the Beast and must drink of the Wine of the Wrath of God For the Day of God's Power is come in the Light whereof many have believed which hath taught them the fear of the Lord and hath led them in his Way which is strength to the upright Prov. 10.29 Prov. 29.25 where Cruelty of Men cannot hurt them and therefore they fear not Man for the fear of Man bringeth a Snare but whoso putteth his Trust in the Lord shall be safe for in the fear of the Lord is strong Confidence and his Children have a place of Refuge and the fear of the Lord is a Fountain of Life Prov. 14.26 27. to depart from the Snares of Death and from the fear of Man that bringeth a Snare who can but kill the Body and therefore they whose Hands God had taught spiritually to War Psal 18.34 2 Cor. 10.4 Mat. 10.28 and their Fingers to Fight without Carnal Weapons they will only fear God who is able to destroy both Soul and Body in Hell for God's Salvation is nigh them that fear him and the Name of the Lord is their strong Tower into which they run Prov. 18.0 and are safe from the fear of evil And so the Care of the Children of God who have good will to all Men is not to please Man but to please God and faithfully to follow the Lamb Christ the Captain of their Salvation in whose Light they walk Psal 99.3 and in whose great and terrible Name their Confidence is strong and so they are ready and willing to follow their Captain having on the whole Armour of God Rom. 13.12 the Light even the Helmet of Salvation and the Sword of his Spirit and the Breast-plate of his Righteousness Eph. 6.11 to 18. and their Loins girt about with Fruth and their Feet shod with the Preparation of the Gospel of Peace and above all taking the Shield of Faith wherewith they shall be able to quench all the fiery Darts of the Wicked And so when the Beast and the Kings of the Earth and their Armies are gathered together to make War against the Lamb Rev. 19.19 20 21. and his Army then shall the Beast be taken and with him the False Prophet who had deceived them that had received the Mark of the Beast and them that worshipped his Image these both must be cast alive into a Lake of Fire burning with

Waters are Peoples and Multitudes and Nations and Tongues so Tongues or Languages is one part of her Seat And this Woman is the great Whore with whom the Kings of the Earth have committed Fornication and the Inhabitants of the Earth have been made drunk with the Wine of her Fornication and this Woman is that great City that reigneth over the Kings of the Earth and she is become the Habitation of Devils and the Hold of every foul Spirit and a Cage of every unclean and hateful Bird for all Nations have drunk of the Wine of the Wrath of her Fornication and the Merchants of the Earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her Delicacies But how much this False Church this City Babylon hath glorified her self and lived deliciously so much Torment and Sorrow must be given her for she saith in her Heart I sit a Queen and am no Widow and shall see no Sorrow therefore shall her Plagues come in one day Death and Mourning and Famine and she shall utterly be burned with Fire for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her and the Kings of the Earth who have committed Fornication and lived deliciously with her shall bewail her and lament for her when they shall see the Smoke of her Burning standing afar off for fear of her Torment shall say Alas alas that great City Babylon that mighty City for in one Hour is thy Judgment come And the Merchants of the Earth shall weep and mourn over her for no Man buyeth their Merchandize any more a great number of Priests and covetous Preachers will be at a great loss then and that Day is now drawing near for fear of her Torment weeping and wailing and saying Alas alas that great City that was cloathed in fine Linnen and Purple and Scarlet and decked with Gold and precious Stones and Pearls for in one hour so great Riches is come to nought But Heaven and the holy Apostles and Prophets shall then rejoyce over her when God hath avenged them on her Rev. 18. for by her Sorceries were all Nations deceived and in her is and will be found the Blood of the Prophets and of the Saints and of all that were slain upon the Earth And if this false whorish Church had not had a large and splendid Profession of Christianity and Religion she could not possibly have magnified her self so much nor by her Sorceries could she so have deceived all Nations and if it had not been a Golden Cup that she handed forth to the Nations being full of Abomination and Filthiness of her Fornication probably she cōuld not have allured the Inhabitants of the Earth so freely and generally to have drunk of it as they have done with which they have been made drunk brutish and ravenous so that as Wolves they have preyed upon the Sheep of Christ true Christians who loved their Enemies and Persecutors and in killing of them they thought they did God good Service as Christ foretold being drunk with the Wine of the Whore's Fornication Joh. 16.2 And so they were far from the Nature of Christ and from his Teachings who came not to destroy mens Lives but to save them and taught and by his Spirit teacheth all his Disciples to love their Enemies but they are far from loving their Enemies who kill or persecute their Friends for witnessing to the Truth though it reprove them for Sin for Sin may cause them to be destroyed but it will never do any of them any Good thus all Persecutors are acted by the Murthering Spirit of the Man of Sin and drunk with the Wine of the Whores Cup. And so as Cain who was the first Persecutor about Religion had a Mark set upon him lest any finding him should kill him so all Persecutors about Religion have a mark set upon them for their Persecuting is an infallible Mark or Token whereby all may know that their Religion is vain and that they are no true Christians but false Pretenders to Christianity For the Apostle Paul said All that will live Godly in Christ Jesus 2 Tim. 3.12 shall suffe Persecution and so they are no persecutors but persecuted and can Pray for such as persecute them And when Paul was called Saul he was a Persecutor and consenting to the Death of Stephen who prayed for his Persecutors and Murtherers Rom. 8.10 but when he believed in the Light the Word of Faith in the Heart and ceased to kick against the Pricks of it and obeyed the Teachings of it then of a Persecutor he became a Preacher of the Cross of Christ which he bare through much Persecution even unto Death 2 Cor. 4.17 and could say This light Affliction which is but for a Moment worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory and said he I reckon that the Sufferings of this present time Rom. 8.18 are not worthy to be compared to the Glory that shall be revealed in us So he changed for a better condition And so all Professors of Christianity of what sort soever that are Persecutors are within the compass of the false Church Mystery Babylon in whom is found the Blood of all the Righteous that are slain upon the Earth And though such differ among themselves one Preaching this and another that different Doctrine and often go to Wars and kill one another about their pretended Religions and Doctrines and Tenets and which of them can get the upperhand prey upon vex and trouble the others yet none of them all can endure to be persecuted themselves but when they are under they creep into Corners and hide or run or seek to save themselves by joining with the Worship of their Persecutors in Hypocrisie and being at difference thus among themselves like Herod and Pilate yet they can all agree to set at naught and mock and persecute Christ in his Members But true Christians Children of the Light are Children of God and God is their Friend and therefore they fear not what Man can do unto them for they know that God their Father will preserve his faithful Children and they are Members of Christ the Truth and the Truth is precious in their Eye and their Faith in it is worth contending for and worth suffering for and for it they can suffer what God their Father seeth meet and Man can inflict no more and so true Christians are freely given up to suffer Persecution for Christ the Lord their Righteousness knowing it will be to the glory of God if he so please and also having an Eye to the Recompence of Reward And now is fulfilled that which was prophesied by the Prophet Isaiah saying In the Day when the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious Isa 4.1 2. and the Fruit of the Earth excellent and comely for all them that are escaped of Israel then seven Women shall take hold of one man saying We will eat our own Bread and wear our own Apparel only let

which none can obtain the Crown of Life and Salvation and those Crosses that are made of Silver or Wood c. that any Child can carry or those that are made with Water in the Foreheads of Children or others which some Pretenders to be Reformed from Popery yet use And concerning the Invention of their outward Crosses it is Recorded That before the Name of Pope was given or the Bishop of Rome Entituled Universal one Mocarius Bishop of Jerusalem See Socrat. 1 Cap. 6 9. Plat. Polid. Deborus c. was the means with one Helena that the Cross was found in the Year 310. so it seemeth the Apostles and Primitive Christians made no stir about the outward Cross otherwise it would not have been neglected Three Hundred Years And Agapetus Bishop of Rome first commanded People to go a Processioning to follow the Cross in the Year 533. this is contrary to Christ and his Apostles And as the Power of the Man of Sin prevailed those Crosses and other Inventions were more and more esteemed so that in the Year 569. King Conwell had always a Silver Cross carried before him and caused Crosses to be set first upon every Steeple in England And the Days of the Invention and Exaltation of the Cross are to be found in most Almanacks or Kalenders Plat. Pan. Bec. fol. 355. the one being on the Third Day of the Third Month called May which is called Invent. Crucis or holy Cross or Helena's Day because they say she helped to find it and the other is on the Fourteenth Day of the Seventh Month or September which is called Exalt Crucis or holy Cross or holy Rood so they may see not only the Year but the Month and Day of the Invention and Exaltation of their Crosses It were large to write of all the Signs Ceremonies and silly Superstitious Practices which the Apostate Christians upon whom the Power of the Man of Sin prevailed have by degrees as the Apostles Prophesied that they should brought into their Churches so called some instituting one thing and some another in the fallen Wisdom for their outward Gain part of them being derived from the Jews and part from the Heathens and the Inventions or Introductions of them are largely to be found upon Record notwithstanding the strict Inquisitions and Search that hath by the Papists been made for the destruction of such Books where is to be found the Authors Names and the Times when they were first imposed upon and received by and amongst them called Christians witness Eusibius lib. 5. Aug. lib. de Haeres Becon's Works Hospinian de Orig. Temp. Pageon of Popes Acts and Monuments and many others And at the dawning of the Day of God which is breaking forth upon the Nations Cant. 2.17 and the Shadows of the dark Apostacy are flying away many being Convinced by the Light of Christ in their Hearts concerning the Vanity of many of the Superstitious Popish Ceremonies as well as of their destructive Doctrines Tenets and Practices they in following and minding the Light which had Convinced them they upon good ground separated from the Papists and protested against their Abominations and so according to what they knew made a Reformation and were called Protestants And at that time great was the Work of God in bringing many in some measure out of Babylon the City of Confusion wherein many had long been held in Captivity and for bearing the same Testimony that the Protestants then bore against the Invented Idolatrous Ceremonies Signs and Superstitious Practices of the Times had suffered greatly under the Popes Usurped Exalted Power and under his Subjects the Apostatized Christians and many had been Murdered And those that in their Day and Time answered and obeyed the Light that in their Hearts convinced them of their own Sins and also of the Errour and Superstition of Popery and continued to the end in sincerity of Heart answering the Requirings of the Lord according to what he made manifest to them in their Hearts they laid down their Heads in Peace with God who preserved them in their Exercises to their endless Comfort and to his own Praise But many by negligence in not answering the Lord according to what he made known by his Light in them were prevailed upon by the deceit of the Man of Sin to rest as satisfied with the Form of the Protestant Worship and Religion and with the Pleasures Riches and Honours of the World and so rested short of the Possession of the Life and Power of Godliness and Christianity though they held the Profession and Name of Christians and Protestants and such rather went backwards towards Popery again than forward towards a full Reformation from it For though there was a denying and a protesting against many Popish Ceremonies and Superstitious Practices and a denying of the Pope their Head and the Head of the Romish Church which was well so far for Christ is the Head of his Church which is his Body and he ought to rule and sway by his holy Light Power and Spiritual Scepter in the Hearts of People yet many that professed Christ and Reformation from Popery they would not that he should rule over them but they desired to rule over others for when they that reckoned themselves Ministers of the Reformed Churches became setled in their Benefices Tythes and other Incomes then they assumed to themselves great Names and Titles as the Most Reverend and Right Reverend and Reverend the Archbishops and below them the Reverend Lord Bishops now the Title of Reverend implieth that they are to be scared and worshipped and honoured and Archdeacons Deans Doctors c. yea and every Parish Priest can claim or assume to himself the Title of Rector which is Governour or Ruler of his Parish and so they call themselves Governours or Rulers And how the Parish Priests which are but of the Inferiour sort have ruled by Force and Cruelty like the False Prophets and Shepherds of old Ezek. 34.2 to 17. who did eat the Fat and cloathed with the Wooll and killed them that were fed but fed not the Flock and how they have Persecuted Sued at Law and Imprisoned them that could not receive them for Ministers of Christ nor pay them for their Preaching though they heard it not and how Cruel they are and have been for their Tythes and Wages it is very manifest and well-known to many in these Nations But the true Ministers of Christ over and in whom he governeth by his Light and Spirit 1 Pet. 5.1 2 3 4. 1 Cor. 9.16 to 20. 2 Cor. 4.3 to 18. Mar. 10.42 43 44. Acts 20.35 they do not so but serve Christ their Master Ruler and Governour and are really Servants for his sake as he said to his formerly that they should not be as the Rulers of the Gentiles that exercise Lordship over them but said he Whosoever of you will be the chiesest let him be servant of all And said he Freely ye have

of People The Number of the Slain in the other Three Provinces not being upon Record with the Burning of Hundreds in England in the Reign of the Popish Queen Mary with the dreadful Cruel Spanish Inquisition and several others of Popish Massacres too large here to be inserted And so though the Popes of Rome have pretended to Christianity and have called themselves Vicars of Christ yet they and their Adherents have been as Cruel and as Bloody Persecutors of Christians as the Roman Emperors who hated Christianity were before them and have equalled if not exceeded the said Emperors in their Cruel and Barbarous Murders acted with all manner of Cruelty that possibly could be Invented which stands upon Record that all may see it read Clark's Martyrology and Fox's Acts and Monuments and a Book called Ireland's Tears and the History of the Churches of Piedmont Collected and Compiled by Samuel Morland in the Year 1658. And not only have the Popes been Persecutors where they could prevail by means of the Kings or Governours of the Nations but also they have Lorded it over Emperors and Kings Deposing and setting Up at their Pleasure whom they thought meet for their Purposes as the Apostle Peter never did And thus Mystery Babylon the Great the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth hath Reigned over the Kings of the Earth who have given their Strength and Power unto the Scarlet-coloured Beast that hath carried her which ascendeth out of the Bottomless Pit and goeth into Perdition and this false Church this Woman this Whore this great City that hath made all Nations to drink of the Wine of the Wrath of her For●ication which she hath handed forth to them in a Golden Cup she hath been and is drunk with the Blood of the Saints and Martyrs of Jesus and her Sins have reached unto Heaven therefore shall her Plagues come in one day and she shall be utterly Burnt with Fire for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her Rev. 17 and 18 Chapters And all that err from rebel against and believe not in the Light the Manifestation of the Spirit of Christ in their Hearts they will be found in Babylon the City of Confusion and how great or large soever their Professo●● of Christianity may be yet in that great Day of the Lord which hasteth apace such will be found in an Antichristian Estate and Partakers of the Sins of Babylon and consequently must receive of her Plagues Rev. 18.4 And now the Light the Voice of God's mighty Power calleth unto all for Faithfulness and Obedience thereunto and that all that are in Babylon who have not yet quite out lived the Day of their Visitation may come out of her and may be no longer Partakers of her Sins lest they Eternally partake and receive of her Plagues And all that hearken to the Grace of God the Light and Voice of Christ Jesus in their own Hearts and Consciences and believing therein Tit. 2.11 12 13 14. continue in Faithfulness and Obedience thereunto such shall more and more come to know the Effectual Working thereof even to the redeeming of their Souls from all iniquity and the purifying of their Hearts and purging of their Consciences from dead Works to serve the Living God and they shall know the Ancient Prophecy fulfilled in them That the Lord will pour Ezek. 36.25 to 31. Heb. 8 9 10 Chapters or sprinkle clean Water upon them that they may be clean from all their Filthiness and Idolatry which is false Worship that is out of his Spirit and that he will give them a new Heart and put a new Spirit within them And such shall see the Sun Rev. 9.2 and the Air clear again which have been darkned by reason of the Smoak of the Bottomless Pit and shall know the Sun of Righteousness to arise upon them with healing in his Wings Mal. 4.2 Rev. 21.24 Rev. 22.14.17 2 Thes 2.3 to 10. and a walking with them that are saved in the Light of the Lamb and shall know to do his Commandments that they may have Right to the Tree of Life and take of the Water of Life freely and such will witness a growing up into him in all things who is the Head of his Church Christ Jesus from whom the whole Body fitly joined together Eph. 4.15 16. and compacted by that which every Joint supplieth according to the effectual working in the measure of every part maketh Increase of the Body unto the edifying of it self in Love And the Members of that Body are faithful Stewards of the Grace of God Tit. 2.11 12. Mat. 13.10 11 Mar. 4.10 11 Luk. 8.9 10. John 14.17 to 27. Joh. 7.16 17 Joh. 8.31 32 1 Joh. 2.27 which bringeth Salvation and teacheth them that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts they should live soberly righteously and godly in this present world And it is only they who are truly taught of the Grace of God which hath appeared to all Men that are true Ministers of Christ and Stewards of the Mysteries of God for they are the Disciples of Christ unto whom it is given to know the Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven but unto others it is not given but they are as Parables to them Now the Grace of God teacheth none to Persecute about Religion nor to make Merchandize of People through Covetousness with feigned words as the Popes and other sorts of Priests have done and so though the Popes have professed to be Peter's Successors and to sit in Peter's Chair and to have the Stewardship of the Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven yet they have been and are found not only out of the Faith wherein the Apostle Peter served God but to be such false Prophets as Peter Prophesied of 2 Pet. 2.1 to ●0 and so not faithful Stewards of the Grace of God being not willing to be taught by it in their own Hearts and so for all their Learning and for all their Talk and for all their Splendor of Profession they are ignorant of the Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven wherein they pretend to be Stewards For the Apostle Peter said to Simon the Sorcerer who offered Money saying Acts 8.18 19 20. Give me also this power c. Thy Money perish with thee because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with Money thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter so Peter was far from selling the Gift of God and Pardon of Sin is the Gift of God though the Popes and Priests for Money have pretended that they could Sell Pardons c. And so all the Offerers or Pretenders to Sell the Spiritual Gifts of God for Money as well as they who desire for any outward thing to Buy the same of any Man they have neither Part nor Lot in the true Stewardship of the Grace of God nor of the Mysteries thereof but all their Worship their Sacrifices Offerings and Prayers in that state are