C A P.13. A ¡Revelatiòn ofthe Apocalypfe. 439 prefly revealed touching the aft of Rome , Vi/ho cvi or dr We War With him. Verf.S. And there Was a mouthgiven himfpeakin;great things. So much of the honour of the Beaft , now of his blafpheming and do- ing. Of both which it is firft Paid , that there was power given him, and then followeth the execution thereof in blafpheming at the fixt verf.and in doing at the feventh. It is indeed profitable for us to underf?and that thefe horrible impieties do invade the wrid , not by the blind force of fortune , but by the moff juff judgement of God, whò Both thus takevengeance of our fins, and above the refl of the contempt of his Truth amongmen. Thepower to blafpheme is that freedom from errour, which the Pope of Rome challengeth to him- ftlfe,and to his State,and whichmen of a blind andperverfe mind do willingly grant unto him.\Vhat blafphemies may not he broach unto the world, each of whole decrees & doirines are held for oracles. The potter of doing here,;s an abfolute, molt lawlefle , and lufifull power to do what 'a man will, without being brought corám to give rea"fon of his doing to any other. In which regard the power of the Pope of Rome is notable before any other. For fado the decrees or- dain;. 2Yo man /ball iud4e the fìrfizSea,if it be el f roan to temper uftice. For the Judge [ball not be iadged, either of the imperour , or of all the Cléry, or of the Kin?s, or of the people. Again, God Would have all the caufes of men to 6e endedby men, but he loath referved thechiefego- vernourof thaitSea to his oWn at,bit ement, fö ab -he will have-no que= {lionof any thinghé doth. Yet more,:The Whole Church throughout the World knoWeth,- that the moil Holy Church óf Rome hath right to ioadge of allmen., anithat nö than m.iy ld'Wfuly ìndge,ofher fudge- mcnt , Caula. 9. and . Thls is called the pother of cling, for ex- relleñcy fake;being filch as'no Tmperour'hath,who donot refufe to be cóntained within the botinds -; and to be tyed rvi:h the bonds of laws and tohave all their actions ordered by the rule of t e wlüch is egttall and good. As for the words,Àretn.o readeth, and thcreWas powerrivenhim to mar War And fod&Mo iránaie,and the edition of Plantine;thevulgar readnth ir, po'àcer of doing ab1olutely.. So doTh. Be'za,and the reft of the Greek Copie,Which reàdirig is made good by the likenieof this word in the like matter.>iü-Daniel, héj6allcaft forth(faith he) the truth upon the earth, and /bal"lde, arìd (ballfucceed pro,!peroufly,éap.8. t 2.So V.24. Andbyfhall profper'axarvellóufly., and Malldo.So in ch.a i.28. 4nd-he fhall'do,& fha'llretuyninto hiè'oWn land;. In which places,acertain-free,&foveraign power of'¿ bingo's fignified, which fliouldnot be afraid ofany mans judgement, That
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