(lt) wherein he brings up lt!l the Prophetic~tltexts in lfaiah, Da~-· niel, &~.·. which thefe men ufe, tt?Jd l.tboureth t, jhew whA~ A. goldm Age is cGming, in which divifims jball ceafe, 11nd u»ity 6eoome the jlro;g-tb a.ndbeaut7 of the world, And this h) the Univerfa/ rtign~of chrift : AtJd 1vlmt a· happy pe{lp/e the SaiJ·JtJ will be, -and how they'fhalithen jNdge 'imd rule · the wor.fd (.and, 0 the eomfort ! the time is near; }And juft Juch wordJ he ubth'f()r his fifth moll: glorious univerfal Monarchy, tU 6thennDw. do-: B11t when ~tll comu tiJ·All, the myflerie unveiled is bttt thirs ; that Chrifi, mufl reign hy the Pope his Deputy; and that a!t Princes and No~tions muft {ubmit and fleop; and iheir I<ingdormmuft alt become the Kingdoms of the Lord tmdof his chr.jl, to hegovermd hy,, his Deputy the Pope : a-nd (the powerfidfl1 called fPiritMal;, .being ftrft wdlJettled) the other Key or sword a!fo (the .temporal ) mufl f()r unity fake he pu't into the fame hand : The Heaverts therefore fhou!drejoyce, andrhe earth be glt~d.., for th.eLord thui cometh to judge the world : Tbe jiftb Mo~ narchy isat hand : The Univerf.t! ho!J rtign of Chrift·, not by propbane Princes, hut by his Holinefs the Pop-t, andhy the Saints ( the Fryars, {efuitu, Monks, and'Cltrgy ) .that foal/ .. judge the wa-rld, t.·Qwho.m.ere hmg,alt knees [halt bow. · But yo~ will fay, We arc (o far from joyning with theft: Fryars , th.tt we ba.te the Pofe mr~ch more then you .do; I – ttn[wer, Tou· h4ve received their frame of' dotlrim of the tlniverfal fifth Monarchy tbat is at hand~ : there is-·hut cne t:hing to de, andysu are theirs ~ which -is to cMvince you thAt Chrift is not to come and'reign here · perfonally , but by hiJ Gr~at .Vicegerent. Andthey that couldbringyou to helieve . things more-improbable, ma1 more t~tft!r- ea.fily...brirJg you– t·othem from J'Ul'' unreafonable conc-eic-. Pardon this Digrefsion; I thought meet to tell yol$ that Godlinefs lyeth not in break~ng the Lawof' God, nor in obey· #fig Pr~dt, nor being.. th~, enemics of Government A·nd ord~r t 13.;.
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