Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

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approach to be " after the working of Satan,
" with all power."
But the coming of the man of sin was also
to be accompanied with " signs and lying won-
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ders." Any person who reads the legendary
lore of the Romish Church, will readily perceive
to whom this prediction ought to be applied.
Pretended miracles, the most absurd
and ridiculous, have been sanctioned by that
See, and palmed upon the credulous minds of
the simple, as a confirmation of these doctrines
which established its power.
The " doctrines of devils'* is another pai'ticular
attending the appearance of the m^an of
sin. By consulting the original text, the R,.
will see, that it is the doctrine of demons ; and,.
if he be at all acquainted with antiquity, he
must 1 now, that demons were not viewed by
the ancients as a distinct order of beings, but as
deified dead men, to whom divine honours
ought to be paid. The coming of. Antichrist,
this apostle assures
us,would be attended with
a revival of this heathenish doctrine; and the
canonization of saints and martyrs constitutes
a material part of the fabric of the Romish
Church.
But when St. Paul has mentioned the concomitant
circum.stances which mark the appear--
ance of the man of sin, he has also delineated
h*o character :
" He exalteth himself above all
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