628 'Againll Bellarmine, C AP.Z. not foure fingular perlons, butfo many kingdomes;which thing you your felfecannot deny. The other place of Daniel is takenout of the r I. Chapter, from the 2. verfe to the 36. whereyou fay, that that famous Antiochus ís flrok,en of literally, but Antichrift allegorically, as Calvin, andCypri- an, and Jerome interpreteit, as of Whom Antiochus IV& afigure, and therefore becaufethis man Was acertain andfingelarperfon, Antichrifl mull be altoforce certainperfon. I anfwer,that there is a great agree- ing berwcen wicked men, & that many things mutt needs be found to be alike in them,who are all governedby one & the fame unclean Spirit; in which regard thofe learned men might affirme, that this Antiochus was a typeofAntichril in tome common refpeft;but I fee not how it can be rightly faid,that the holy Ghoft did intend tomake him a Type properly, according to his ufuall manner of making Types in the reff of the Scriptures. lie hath not fuck an agreement with his truth and fuLitance which they make,as is wont tobe found in the reft of theTypeF. Forexam- ple fake,this Antioehus is the very little hornofthe Goat,of whom it is faid Chap.8.ver.i4.That hefhould ragefor two thoufand three hundred dyes. Shall he be then a TypeofAntichriii? then (hall he not raigne threeyears and a halfe onely, but fixe years, and more then a halfe, & fowe mutt look for another e 4ntichrift, thenyou dofaineto this day ; or if you will not have all things to be fo accurately correfpon- dent in the Type,and the Counterpain, yet I think that it is required of a molt wife Matter-builder, that he make not theentry greater than the houfe ; that is, that the Type fhould not raigne longer than theTruth it felfe. I remember that three hundred ninety dayes are given to Ezechielfor a figneof fo many daies, but I find no where fo many yearcs given to any man for a figne of fo many dayes. Secondly,I anfwer, though it be granted that Antiochus is aType, yet one perfoncannot be concluded thence, feeing a fingular Type may as wel note out many perfons,as many perlons may fignifieone, as wefee it to bedone in thatfeicceflion ofLevitical Priefts,whowere all referred to Chrift alone,as to their fcope. The third place ofDa- niel is taken out of the rz.Chap. i i,xz.where the Angel faith, From the time that the dailyfacrifireftial be taken away,& the abbomination of de/olation(hall kept in the Temple,there fhal be a thoufandtwo hun- dred&ninety days.Bleffed is he that Atli wait & fhal come to the thou- fand 300& 3 5 days.Touching this place you faynothingofyour own, but
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