C A.P.I3.. 4Kervelation oftheApoc lypfe. 4441. the moneths o.f theWanoan,andthe Prophets, fo he takes his end alío together with them. This opinion is confirmed by the mention of the war tvith the Saints,ofwhich we (hall hear after, verve 7. 'Vh h we have fhewed that it fell into the end of there monethr,Ctiáp. i 2.7. And by this interpretation the Beat is- laid to have power of work- ing two and for.y moneths;for the greater part of there moneths ; becaufe that little refpite of time wherein hee (hould keepe in his horta becaufe his wounded head, is little to be reckoned of, in re- fpecî of the whole number. Neither is his power , which fhall be afterwards like that of his former time , as experience;fheweth at this day, wherein wee fee the `Popes pot;er'to be made to languiíh, and to be weakned much from the time of"his profcfled and pit- ched batten, that is , from theCouncell of Trent, fo that his power is, now almoff none at all to that which it was in former Ages. This latter is more fimple, in which regard I like it better. Yet.I would not conceale any thing as much, as lay in me ; where I flaw the 1,aí doubt to arife, to the intent, that either I my felfe might find out the truth, or I might at leaff fir up others to fearch it out. Verf 6. And he opened bú mouth untoblafpheeny Hitherto we have fpoken of the grant ofhis povv'er_; now we conic to-the putting of it in pral ife. And thefe two are diftinguilhed,becaufe that the height of impiety was not to be looked for the firft day; bt t hee fhoulct, clime up unto it by certaindegrees , and in proceffe of time, Now he fink of all addre(feth himfelfe to bl.zfpheme Clod and his name, and then the Temple, laft of all thofe that dwell in heaver. He blafphemeth arainf God, by fetting himfelfe out for a God, not fisch as the ref of the Princes are , but facrilegioufly above the con- dition of mortali men, as unto whom all power in heaven and in earth is given , who (hall rulefrom Sea to Sea, and from the River even to the ends of the World, as it is to be found fpokenof him in the Ceremonial! Pontifical! book. t. Chap. And as Sixtus the Pope did openly (firm it, that Who[oever accufeth the `Pope, it (hall never be forgivenhim , becaufewho fo fanneth againfl the Holy Ghof,. Aallnever be forgiven, neither. in this life, nor in that Which &to come, Council!. Tom.r. in the Purgar. of Sixtus. Hereupon fol loweth that which Boniface the eight, cracks of, and founds out loudly, and lufily, Wee declare, define , and pronounce, that it is altogether nettffzry to falvation for every creature , to be fub- jell to the Pope of Rome. Entravag. of Maiorit. and obed. imam. fana. Sæ_
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