H/t to Mr. Andy Underhile for the following report.
I came across this little piece by Anthony Gilby (1510-1585), one of the Geneva Bible translators. It is called The Book of the generation of Antichrist the Pope, the revealed Child of Perdition, and his Successors. (1570)
Gilby writes:
“The devil begat darkness. Darkness begat ignorance. Ignorance begat error. Error begat free-will and self-love. Free-will begat merit. Merit begat forgetfulness of the grace of God. Forgetfulness of the grace of God begat transgression. Transgression begat mistrust. Mistrust begat satisfaction. Satisfaction begat the sacrifice of the mass. Sacrifice of the mass begat popish priesthood. Popish priesthood begat superstition. Superstition begat hypocrisy the king. Hypocrisy the king begat lucre. Lucre begat purgatory. Purgatory begat the foundation of pensions, and the patrimony of the church. Pensions and the patrimony of the church begat the mammon of iniquity. Mammon begat abundance. Abundance begat fullness. Fullness begat cruelty. Cruelty begat dominion in ruling. Dominion begat ambition. Ambition begat simony. Simony begat the pope, and his brethren, the cardinals, with all their successors, abbots, priors, archbishops, lord-bishops, archdeacons, deans, chancellors, commissaries, officials, and proctors, with the rest of the viperous brood.”
I came across this little piece by Anthony Gilby (1510-1585), one of the Geneva Bible translators. It is called The Book of the generation of Antichrist the Pope, the revealed Child of Perdition, and his Successors. (1570)
Gilby writes:
“The devil begat darkness. Darkness begat ignorance. Ignorance begat error. Error begat free-will and self-love. Free-will begat merit. Merit begat forgetfulness of the grace of God. Forgetfulness of the grace of God begat transgression. Transgression begat mistrust. Mistrust begat satisfaction. Satisfaction begat the sacrifice of the mass. Sacrifice of the mass begat popish priesthood. Popish priesthood begat superstition. Superstition begat hypocrisy the king. Hypocrisy the king begat lucre. Lucre begat purgatory. Purgatory begat the foundation of pensions, and the patrimony of the church. Pensions and the patrimony of the church begat the mammon of iniquity. Mammon begat abundance. Abundance begat fullness. Fullness begat cruelty. Cruelty begat dominion in ruling. Dominion begat ambition. Ambition begat simony. Simony begat the pope, and his brethren, the cardinals, with all their successors, abbots, priors, archbishops, lord-bishops, archdeacons, deans, chancellors, commissaries, officials, and proctors, with the rest of the viperous brood.”
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