Mr. Boltons last and learned worke of the foure last things, death ...

192 A SERMON.-»fc_fomc mght,and dangerous fogs ofPopery;,and begungratioufly to inlightca many thoufand foulcswhich lay indarkcacfe, and under the fliadow.ofdcarh, with vrbat flrangc and prodigious rage didthe great Dragon prcfently afcend out of his bottomk/rcpit.EfeRi ef the Sin€c that time what furious martyring of theSaints,^V^lf/-^'^"'what horrible murthering ofKings, what''^"'^jbloody MafTacres, what invincible i^rmadoeSywhat heliifli powder-plots, what devouring ofMaityrs, by thatblood-thirfty monfter the 5panifhJnquificion, what hatefull imprifonings^whatdefpcrate confpiracies, whatadeale of hell hathvext and rent the face of ^/^r/j/c^, and fliaken thepillars ofthis part ofthe world; as though all thefiends in Hell, and whole armies of thole damned/pirits were broke loofe, to caft the Chriftianworld into a new Chaos of darknefTccombuflionandconfufion.And ail this hath bcene the Divclsdoings ofpurefpight and malice againft the lightofthe Gofpcll,& power of the Word .The Pope,Jefuites, and their wicked adherents have bceneindeed the inftruments and executioners of allthefe bloudy miferies,but Satan himfelfe was thepiincipall agent. The curfed influence of all thiswrath and rage was infpir'd from hira, and everyparticular and circumftance ofal! thefe mifchiefcswas firft plotted in hell,bcfore they were adlcd uponearth.pmy againft 2. In GUI' ownc Kingdome alfo his fpitc and%tlT^ ^ malice againftthclight of the GofpcU hathbecflenotorious and trai3ccndcnt fince the Word oftruth