43i Againff Delia/nine, CAP.z. The fecohdargument of Tbrod. Beza is this, thatfingular Ktrirs Kingdomes,arenot underftood by thefingular names ofthefe Beafs, the Bear,the Lion,tke Leopard, in Dan. 7. Oneofwhichsloth contain many Dings in it, and therefore that Paul doth in the rase manner un- dertand one body,as it were made ofmany Tyrants,& not one fingular perfon,by the Manof f n,andthe Son ofperdttion,feeing Paul doth con- rent WithDaniel marvelloufly. You anfwer two things; firft by de- nying that Daniel doth alWayes underftandfeverall kingdoms , by the fingular Beafs. for in Chap. S. heunderjtandeth Darius the la/i King ofthePerfians,by the Ram; andAlexander the Great by the Goat. Se.. condly, you deny the confeyuent ofthe Argument, becau!e Paul by the Man ofSin,doth not underfland any ofthefour 73eafls that are defcri- bedby Daniel, but only that littleborne. I anfuer to the fir{l, that is falfewhich you fay ofthe Ram and the Goat. For by the Ram is un- derltood the whole Kingdom of the Modes and `Perfanswhich en- ded indeed in Darius, and by the Goat is underflood the Kingdome oftheGrecians which began in Alexander. For fohe faith, Chap. 8. 3. Thereflood before the River a RamWhich had two hornee, and thefe tWo bornes werehigh , but the one was higher then the other , andhe reignedlafl.Thele twoHorns are the twoKingdoms of the Modes& '7'erfians,of which that was fire & weaker,this was later and larger. Can thefe thingsagree to Darius,or toh-s whole raigne ? And then it Folioweth in the next verfe, Ifa .»thirRansmepufhing.againfthe weft., the Northal fo, and theSouth with his borne, andno Beafls refi- lled him , neither Was there any of them that coulddeliver out ofhis hand, but he didWhat he lifted, even verygreat matters. Whichall of thefe things was to be feen in Daring, who being provoked to war by Alexander in the fecond year ofhis rei , ne, grew moreand more todecay every day atter ? LaRofall wh.:n hr goeth about to explain thisvifion, V. 2o. he faith thus. The Ram which thoufawefl having twobornes, are the Kings of theA/fedes and'Per/lans, he faith Kings, not Darius only. So alío the Goat is the King orne of the Grecians, not eAlexander alone. He is called indeed the KingofGrecia,Verf. 2x. But it is plain, that King istaken there collectively, as it isAli- where, that is for the kingdome,as it is taken diltributrvely and par- ticularly for Alexander in the end ofthat verfe, when he faith; The Horne that is between hiseyes is the f rtt King.And ifhe be the Horn, he isnot the whole Goat. Wherefore a fingular perfon is.never figni- ;fed inDaniel. by a Beall,but a whole Kingdome. To the fecond, I fay that the little Horne isnot meant by the Man
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