CAP. 3. touchingAntichrilL, 64 Therefore you confute them . not worth a ftraw. Wehave fhewed that that former numberis not the number of his Kingdom , but of his name , but that the other is to be reckoned from the fit-ft com- ming of Antichriff , not from the fccond. But I will not pro- fecute this matter nowwithmany words. I return to you , and I grant you that which you labour for. Admit,that Antichrift was not borne fief; of all. This I enquire ofyou, whether he was thenextant orno ? If you deny that he was then extant,l willconvince you, for then was that that hindred taken away, which didonely male hissflack' his coming, as Jerome affirmed right now. Then were all things accomplifbcd, Which wereforetold that theyJhould gobefore his coming, as Gregory auouched,then wa, the univerfall Pr; eft extant filch a one as the fame Gregory fpeakes of confidently, Whofoever callethhiwfelf or *fires to becalled univerfall Prteft forerunneth Antichrig With his pride, Book 7.Epi(t. I94.to Mauricius. But if he that defirethfuck a name be Antichrifts forerunner, whom (hail we call him that had gotten it?Therefore feting Antìchrill was fbtth coming at that time, fee nowwithali,how it can be that he is not yet come. In the third place you anfwer toChytreus, who determineth, his uprifing about the fame time , efpecially be-caufe Gregory did about that time ellablifh invocation of Saints,andmaffes for the dead,Re. To thefe thingsyou fay,that Jregory wxs net the firft that taught men to invocate Saints , and to offer mares for the dead,for all theancient Writers taught thefame thing, and in the Rome of them all you pro- duce Ambrofe onely. Who *at more ancient then Gregory by twohun- dredyeers ; I anfwer, that Chytreus indeed was in anerrour, who thought Antiehrift tobe yonger then he was indeedby forne floreof yeers ; For he was much more ancient , but yet he bare his age fo well, that he feemed to beaiwayes waxing like a child, frefh, and lady, as it wereanother pretty Cupid. Ceitainly his fecundupriftng deceived the nran,whereby.he revived from thedead,and asActon -is fained by the Poets to bemade a yong man of an old , fo thisAnti- shrift returned from hisyouth to his cradle and infancy again. And it muff not be marvelled at, that that was then countedhisfiat up- rifing,which thenPeer ed tobenew. But youdo fodenyhis beginning that you addeyeersunto him,but donot takeany from him; as ifyou were getting the poffeffionof an inheritance fora ward and as ifyouwere afraidhe would come to lateout ofhis nonage. Mtnmm 3 In
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