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| | The Man of Sin, the Son of Perdition |
 | | The revelation of Antichrist: and that man of sin shall be revealed, the son of perdition; where two things are notable: (1.) His rise and appearing; (2.) The names and titles given to him. |
 | | Now, how much open sin is practised, allowed, and maintained in the Papacy, I do not wish to proceed into; their own stories speak enough; the sodomy, blasphemy, incest, adulteries, sorceries, murders, treasons, parricides, which they have authorised and countenanced. |
 | | So this man of sin doth not note a single man, but a succession of men, a body politic or corporate, under one opposite head to the kingdom of Christ: so the 'man of God' is put for all faithful ministers, 2 Tim. |
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