r 555 J . § x. We mufl not take the Qyefiion, \\;hethet the Pope be Antichrifl: as m~e necefiary than it is ; Nor make the Decilion an Article ofFaich, nor lay more of the firefs of our differe·nce on it than we ought : For we have many fi1r clearer Arguments againft tbem ft·om plainer Scriptures. §. XL Therefore we mu!t not force.the vulgar to Difputes with Papifts, witbout caufe , on forced ExpoGtions and Suppolirions that tum the Revelations againfi: Rome Papal as the Baky.lon and Antichr.iH there meant , when [o much may be , faid, and is by fome Proteflants·to make it likely tlut it is .but Rome Pagan that is there meant. We rnuft not give their Difputers the advantage of Challenging us 5efore the Vu1gar , to name one Man for a Thou(~md Y'ears and more after Chrilt, that expounded the Revelation as we do, or rha ~ took the Pope to be Antiahrift. · § XII. We muft not imitate the great Novel Expofitors ·9f the Revelation , that m_ake the~ feven Churches to be feven States and Ages of the u ·niveri11 Church ~ and two of rhem to be in . the World to come afcer the Conflagration ; and con[eqtlently, that if by the Angelbf eaqh Church be meant the BHhop (either alone or with his El– ders; as moft think old a'nd new Expofitors) then an Univerfal Humane Head is ofGods lnftitution. And ifrhat be true/ thenP.,pery ,~·ill. be right in its Effemials, and we in the \Vrong. · Vve muft take heed 'therefore of tbe ignorant factious Zeal of over-doers, that mal).e men Papifrs by falfe oppoGngthem ~ · · § XIII. We muft take heed left we q1ake any one . falf11ood a part of the ·Proteftant Religion and Reformation (rnuch lefs man}' plain faHhoods · Mm 4 • as
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