436 ARervelation ofthe Apocalypfe. C A P.13. Primacy, Noahfor thygovernment, Abraham for thy Patri.arck -ftïp, Melchifedech for thy Order, Aaron for thy dignity , Motes for thy authority, Samuel for thy judgement, Peter for thy power, Chrijtfor thine anointing, &c. Book. a. of Confiderat. Cer.ainly thou frail+ waxed mad at this time ( ô Barnard) with too much attonifhment. And yetI dare not fet thee among thofe that admire after the Beaft, feting I do hear thee reproving the impiety of the Pope, C.+rdinalls, Bujhops,and others of the Clergy fo freely and lharply in other places. The times deceived thee but there was as I beleeve fomewhat in thee that Wad born of God, which did at length overcome tie World. But after what faihion may we think that others did admire him , who had far more blindnefs of minde, and leffe godlinefs then this man had ? Markhow the Embaffadors, of the Empour of Sicily cryout unto him lying groveling on the ground, Thou that tallfl away the fins of the World, have mercy upon us, thou that takef aWay the fins of he World, grant ses peace , Paul. Aemyl. Book. 7. As alto what Sìmoi Begint2s the Bilbop of Modrufium faith fpeaking unto Pope ,Leo in the Ceuncell of Laterane, fede.6. Behold the Lyon of the Tribe of luda, the roote of `David, We have Waited for thee ( ô molt blefted Leo) to be our Saviour. Unto thefe we may joyn Cornelius the Bi- ¿hop of Bipcmum, who laid open his blockifhnefs in wondring at the Beaft in the Councel of Trent with thefe words ; The Pope is come a light into the World, and men have loved darknefs , more then light, every one that nil' doth,hateth the light and cometh not to the light,out upon you, ye blafphomous clawbacks, is it not enough for you to adorn the Man of fin with the praifes of the Saints, unleffe ye do al- ío. heap ztpon him the praifes which ye have robbed Chrift off? But learn bji thefe men who fpeak in thename of all others in their univerfall Councells, what was the voice of the whole. earth. The iefuits are among this: crue of admirers at this day, and fo are all the Dapifts. Neither can it be otherwife , but they fhould think that he is to be followed in all things, and fhould adore him like a God,..whom they hold certainly to be free from poffbility of erring, had not Angl o s forne caufe to celebrate him in his Poetry , O Pope, the Wonderof the World. We fhall finely think fo if we will fet the Emperour before our eyes leading the Beafts Horfe by the bridle,and holding h "s [tirrop while theBeaft mounteth onhorfoach. VerC4. Andthey Worfbïpped the Dragon.That is,men acknowledged, that the power of the Beall- was tbe greateft, and that worthily, be- raufe of the ancient Majefly ofBome,which the heathen Emperours which
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