C AP.13. ./fevelatioft ofthe Apocalyple. 433 Kingdome of the Cjoths did darken the glory of the Topes digni- ty ; neither would any man now acknowledge him to have any prirnacie over others, who was the hindmoft and Weft of all at home, and the [lave of the Barbarians, that had fcarce any place wherein to make their abode. For as the Emperors when they lived at Rome of old, in the time wherein the Apoffles fourifhed, did keep Antichrift in, from coming out in open view : So this new Kingdome of the Goths, that was erefted in Italy, was another ito7 , v, withholding, 2Thef. 2. 6, 7. which made him keep in his horns for a time, that had been thruft out fo high before, and compelled him to hide him- felfe again within his (hell like a poor Snail'. Now therefore might his head be thought to be wounded to death, and that up- on good reafon, becaufe he could not poffibly (hake off the yoke of bondage, by any power of his own, and he had no hope of help out of the Eaft, feeing the Emperor had given over Italy to the Goths, ofhis own accord, as the which he defpaired to be able to hold in his own poffeffion. What could he expel from the weft, when as every countrey wanted help; fo far off were they from being able tohelp others ? This wound of thine therefore (0 Pope ofRome 1) was a deadly one, whereof there was no remedy to be feen. Bat his deadly Wound was healed ; That is the third condition of theTeaft confining in the recovery of his dignity by the healing of hïa head. And this cure was begun at the yeer 55o. when as the Goths were deftroyed in Italy, during the raignof Iuflinian, by means of the proweffe and valour of Bellifarias and 2NZáafes. The Emperor plaied the Phyficians part in good earrieft : For he fifft took away bad humors, by repre[ïing the Barbarians, yea, by deftroying them utterly, and then he powred in WineandOil. That Decree in the Novel confutation of IuJinian, being the 13 t. in number, was in ftead of a molt foft and healingplainer. Wee decree according to the Decrees of the Holy Synods, that the ?Prof Holy Bifhop ofold Rome, is the f rft and principali of all the Priefis. How greatly was the wound healed up by this Decree, which feeming to be a deadly wound to other Bifhops, gave them oe- caflon to ítrive with the Bifbop of Rome about the `Primacie. But Phocas that came to the Empire by murthering of his Sove- raign, made the Wound perfectly Whole, bound it up, and drew;a fcar over it fome fifty yeers after this, more or leffe, that is, in
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