C A P. 2, touching Antichrift, a fingular perfon, then theexpeaation of the Papíl s loth argacthat he flail beone certain man. We indeed Tooke and long to have you bring forth force founder matter for proofe, then your owns foolifia expe&ations. Thirdly you fay; That all the falfe Prophet: came in the name of 'another, not in their oWn name. Antichrifl therefore Who 'ball core after fpeciall manner in hi: oWn name is afingular perfon. I anfwer, Antichrift (hall not come after another manner then all the reft of the falfe Prophets, as touching that is meant by name here.For now- here is'not an appellation, but authority, as it is aleare by the oppolte member,that is, in the name ofthe Father; Iam come (faith Chrift) in the name ofmy Father. That is not in the appellationof the Father, as ifI were the Father, but by the commifiion and authority of the Fa- ther; So to come in his oWnname, is not to boaft of the proper titleof his own name, but to come in hisoft authority, God having given . him no lawfuli authority. . Andafter this manner comeall falfe Prophets,both in the name of another, as allo in their own name; In the name ofanother, fainedly, and diffeanblingly, becaufe theybrag falfly that they are fent, in their `ownname very truely,becaufe they have no authority but their own, but they ruine before they be bidden,as the Prophet fpeaketh.Wherfore there (hall he no difference in this refpec4between Antichrifl,and the Teft of the falfeProphets that beof the fame crue with him. Fourthlyyou fa}; The LordWould not have faid, if another Jhall 'come,but many are comming, ifhe (Would ) have (poke,n offalfe'Pro- phets. I anfwer that Chrift fignifieth that many íhould come by the word Another;for it is a Noune that fignifieth a partition among ma- ny as we have flamed; And that fwarme of falle-Chrifts couldnot be intimated, more briefly, and fgnificantly, which is that which Chrift fpea-keth of inMartheW, then this way. But as you go about to flablith a fingular Perlon by this filence whichyou do fuppofe to be here touching many,whichyet you do perceive perhaps to be fpo- ken more loudly ofmany, thenyou would; fo give me leave, I pray you,tooverthrow the fame fingular perfon molt certainly, out of Chrift true thence. For do you think, that Chrif in the 24. Chap. of lvlath, inftrúcfting his Difciples fo diligently of the evils that fhould come even to his'feeond comming, and ef;7ecially touching falfe Pro- phets,from whom the greateft danger ilhould come, would not once have made mention ofthis one angular man, this intolerable and pe- ftile'nt'fellowofwhom it concerned them, to takemolt heed. Kkkkz It
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