65 Againf} Beilarmine. , CAP.5'. Jhallfervehim, Daniel 7. 14. And this Kingdom is not that which is to be enjoyed in the heavens, where there is no diftinetion of Peoples, Nations, and languages, but that which is to,come and to be feene on earth, which is to be adminiftred with the Scep- ter of his Word. So that after this Horne is cut down,which theydo commonly terpret to be,partly of Antiochus,partly of Antichrifi, but truth he is the T,irhe that is tobe rooted out fomewhat after the true Anti- chrifl; there is a molt ample preachingofthe Gofpell to made, that (hall have much more large and wide bounds, then ever it hath had before that. For then indeedAnil all Nations fervehim,Pfal.72. a a. AndCodJball be Kingover all the earth, and in that day 'ball there be one God, and his name)(hall be one, Zach. s 4.19. Thefe things and many of the like nature do make it plain., that howfoever the Doftrine ofSalvation have fhined upon many Nati- ons before eAn:tichrifl came, yet after hedull be once defaced, the Tabernacles of the Holy truth (hall be unfolded much wider ; fo that:a very huge and innumerable multitude (hall be gathered toge- ther into them; untowhich the affembles.offormer times-being com- pared, {hall feem to be very fmall,or rather none at all. Thefe things are thofe which the Scriptures teach touching the atniverfall preacb- iní, which be conftant, firme, liable, full of Majelty, power, and mercy in repe t ofGod; but ifwe (hall caft our eyes upon our felvet, they are no leffe full fraught with all kinde of joy, and Solace. Whereas on the contrary,thofc things which you have fet before us , are either uncertain conjec`tares, or vain fiidions and for- geries , which will both deceive your expectationat the la(t, and in the meantime, they lead you away into errour and deffrfi Lion. L CHAP. V. Arainfl Bellarmines fecond demon/lration, taken from the defolation ofthe RomaneEmpire. He fecond demonfiration is taken (as you fay ) from . another fignethat goeth before the time of Antichrilt, Which Ail be a totall de(olation of the Romane Empire, Which feeing it endx- reth to this day , Antichrifit is not yet come. Hereupon you un- dertake to prove two things ; both that Antichrtfl.Will not come till after that the Empire of Rome be altogether laid Wafle ; and then th;tt the Empire of Rome endureth etnto this day. You Con- firme
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