C A P. 6. touchingAntichriff. 659 Antichrifts faïned death and Refurree4ion,is a very counterfeit Take Afained death is undergone in mockery and vo1unta;i1y, but, Anti- chrifl died this death againtt his will, and to his vehement hearts griefe,out ofwhich whenhe began to arife forth, he was mightily tormented with the paine ofhis late wound , as Gregory the great witneffeth by his many molt ruthfull lamentations that he makes upon it. CHAP. VI. Asainfß the thirddemonfizration taken from the comming of Henoch, and Elias. SO much for the figne, that{hould by your reckoning go before your Antichrifts comming; now we come to thole that you fay muff accompany him, as it were his Legato a latere, and firft of the comming of Henoch andElias,who as you fay, areflillliving, and live for this end, that they might oppefe themfelves againft Anti- chrif When he commeth, and might preferve the elect in the faith of Christ; and mightconvert the IeWes at Tall, all Which notWitbfanding it is molt certain that they 4e notfulailled. In this catife you ufe three arguments, the firft drawn out of the Scriptures, the fecond out of the Fathers, the third from.reafon. The Scriptures you bring are foure; Malach..4.5. 6. Ecclefinfiicses 48.9,1o. and againe, 44. 16. Mat. 17. I r. RSvel.:1a. 3. touching llfalac;jy,his-worils are; Behold IWillfenduntoy®u,Elias,the Prophet,before that grearday of the Lord 'hall come, andhe(hall convert the hearts of the Fathers.to the chil- dren, and the hearts ofthe children to their Fathers; Which Words can mat (as you fay) be underftood ofany kinde of Doors, .aa of Luther, Zwinglius, andthe like : ForMalathy faith, that the 7eWes are tobe convertedby Elias, and that he fheuldbelentfor the lees fakeprinci- pally, as it it evident by that, I will fend untoyou; and that of.Eccle- fiafticus, he (hall reftore the Tribes of J;açpb; but fay you,Luther and ZWin«finshave converted never a IeW inAlalir lives. Befides you fay, that they cannot be underflaod of John B tptsf{;l1tterally, ,but,enelyof Elias. I anfwer, firff that there is no word touching 1Enoch, whole joynt comming was propounded in this-demonflration. Befides, -here isnot any mention neither made pf Antichrif, but all this (that he.fhould come,together with Fliao.) - dependeth upon another.falfe fuppofltion, of which-we fall fpeake in the due place thereof.
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