4H Ievelatian ofthe Apocalypfe. C A P.13. towards Ravenna, in the Monethof tune, Was covered over,°and kept With a cloud tom the heat ofthe Sun in the day time, but in the night time armies offirewent before hím in the clouds, Centur.8. out ofPo- lychron, Book 5. 25.. It is reported alto in the fameplace, that the Song ofFelix the esIrclbil op of Ravenna beingput in the molt Holy ConfJon ofthe bleffed Apofile Saint Peter by Conftanrine the Pope, Was found lying in an hideoushue, black, and burnt up with fire after afeW dayes ; out of the Pontifical; They would perfwade that it was burnt with lightning. But that is molt clear, that a certain Bi- (flop, reproaching Hildebrandwith many bitter taunts for his privie grudge he bare againft Henry, perifhed with a thunderclap, and as he was dying, he cryed, Out alas, Wretched man that I am, I am bound in channes, and dragged toHell ; Coe tell Czfar of it, that hee may repent, andmake amends With prayersfor his Wickedfat( com- mitted againt Cod, Saint Peter andhis Vicar, unleffe he hadrather followmee, that am going before to eternal/ punifbmeat ; and thefame day the Rifhopof Spire dyed, that Was more Wicksd then Hildebrand, Cent. t a. Out ofAvent.Booksofhis Annal. Did not the Embaffador ofArmenia, fee a Beam ofthe Sun, glifiering With a bright gleam, and tWo Doves Within it,afcending anddefcending uponthe headofPope Eu- genius,While he Was at Maleat Viterbium ? Center. i 2. In the City ofBare, while Innoceistiut was difpatching his Maffe, and while Lo- tharius the Emperor was prefent, a "olden croWn Wasfeen,upon Which a fair White Dove fate,and under the crown afmoking Cenfer did hang doWn,and tWo burningfirebrands by them. In the- fame place,out of the Chronic. of Saxony. What can be more clear then thefe things ? Wherefore I know now the let-Likes will not deny, but that there is noshing from thence to hinder, why the Pope of Rome may not be Antichrijt. We (hall fee as touching the third miracle in his proper place, verfe 15. afterwards. Verle 14. And he deceived the inhabitants-oftheearth. Therefore thefe wonders are not true,but falte and lving,fuch as Antichrifis are,. according to that ofPaul,With allpolder and fgnes,and lying Wonders, s Thef. 2. 9. And yet they are not therefore cal!ed ping,. becaufe they are meer jugglings, in which there is nothing betides a naked. thew only, but partly becanfe they are much different from true miracles, howfoever they are marvellous,as the tvhich do not exceed the power of nature, being done after a manner unknown unto us, by the power of the Devil' ; whence it is, that they dodraw the, beholders to great admiration, partly, becaufe they ferve. to
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