420 fIevelattonofthe Apocalypfe. C A P,13. commanded to to obey him, bygivimCæfar thole things Which belong to Ca'far, Matth.z2.zz. Seeing then the defcription of theBeall. in this Chapter,cannot at all agree to the Emperor, it muff needs be that rin- richrifl is fignified thereby;whofe one & the fame perfon is defcribed under a double refemblanceoftwo Beafis, as it may be manifeff out ofChap 17. where the Holy clhoft intending to explain this Chapter more Fully,. maketh no.mention at all ofthe fecondBeall, but only of thefirfl;Why fo,I p ray yee? was it not neceffary for us to be through- ly informed touching thefecondBeaft, as which all men think to be either Astichrifl, or at leaff yeoman of his guard,little better then he No fuchmatter ;.hut only becaufe he that knoweth one of them can- not but know both,and the fécondf'othnot make a new perfon,but ex- preffeth the fame portraiture,that fets the colours a little morelively upon the rude draught and feature of one and the fame thing. But why should therenot be a double Beaff, feeitag one Anrichrifh alone is adouble brad, thefeventh andeighh, the former whereof an- fwereth to this grit Beaff,the later to the fecond ? The reafon why a double type is framed,is becaufe there is a notable varietyofconditi- on in Antichrifl, whichcould not be pourtrayed conveniently enough in one type. This benib hach a double place, whence he arifeth, one out ofthe Sea, and another out ofthe Earth; he hath a double power alto, Civili and Spiritual/. In refpeftof the Civill,he is thefiril bean, in regardofthe Spiri+ tteall,he ù the fecond. Whichdouble tyrannie is moil dearly to be teen in the Pope ofReme alone; fo that we cannot doubt,but that he is both the bajls.It is well known,how Bonifacc the eight did make an open bragging Thew ofhimfelf inahe Templegf`Peter &Paul, at the time of hisfirii lubilee,whenhe came forthone day,having á fword girt to him,aud the Emperors Coat,armor put upon him; on the next day he carne out in his-Pontificals, and with his Key , crying_ with a great vnyce,Behold, here are tWo S * ords, that is,behold, here is that twofold beaii Ipoken of in the Revelation ; which double power ofhis,Man- tuvn, expreffedelegantly in verfe : He is mighty and very ftrong, With the two (lordsgirded,. Magnificent Keyfers and Kings, Have hjs feet kiffed. Let this then be the conclufion of this firff point, That. the Pope-of Rome is this double Beath, becaufe of bù double 6eQinnita1, andpower, and that notfo muchfet out Withour mens Words, 44With the Wordsand deeds ofthe Popes themrelves; as it (hall be made more clear out of the expofition thatfolloweth. The
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