66o Againit gellarmine, C A p.5', thereof. This is therefore a worfhipfull demonftration, which pro: pounding the comming of three, is as dumbe as a fill to fpeak oftwo of them. But let us.fhake him that he talketh of, out of his padof haw. You fay that this prophefic is not to be underflood of Luther, zt'vinglius, or the ref of the Minifters of the Churchof the Gentiles,. Which thing I do altoacknowledge willingly. For Ido notthinke that it belongs to us Gentiles. But why may it not be expoun de4 of the Jewish Prophets? Becaufe, fay you, it Both not agree to John Baptifi. Which is all one as if you fhould fay, it is either to be expounded of John Baptiff or of none, which lame and unneceffary disjun[tion no adverfary you have can grant you. But to pardon you this fault alto, why may it not I pray you belong to the Baptifi? Becauf,fayyou, Malachy fpeakes of thefecond comming of theLfrordl, Whìchfh oI1be to itsdge"the World; I anfwer,what if I fhould grant t he'fpcakcs ofthe fecond commingof Chrift, can he not alto fp ake of the firft together with it ?- It is molt certaine that Malachy .doth fo. For he fpeakes generally of the commingof theLord, which con- taineth bothhis fiat and his fecond comming. And fecing you ac- knowledge that he fpeakes of the fecond, and I bandnot againft ir, we have Chrilt himfelfe interpreting the word of this prophetic of :his fiat comming, where he fpeakes of John Bapti.ft, and faith, Held that Elias that is to come, Matth. t I. 14. Seeing therefore the words .ire filch, fee now how I do finds out the true interpretation of then', and how-I overthrow that litterall -one touching Eli t. He that .'.fpeakes oftwo times in thefame words, he is to bè underftood af- well of thepne time as of the other. But Malachy fpeakes ofa dou- ble,còming ofthe Lord, and betides he is to be underftood figura- tively of the firft, for fo Chrift interpreteth them, Paying that thè Bap:ftis that Elias that is .to come. Therefore he is to be under= tood'to fpeake figuratively alto touching the fecond; and filch an ,Elias is now to be looked for of ttsfrom this prophecie, as the a- ptfl was before his firt corm ing. But whether he (hall be:dne fingular man or no, it is not foclear; it maybethat he fhialtbe foe e one princrpafland moil excellent Matt among the.reft; and yet when it (hall pleafe God to gather together his forlorn and forfaken people, all the Q.Liire of Prophets (hall be indeed withmat plentiful! gifts of his Spirit, that in refpect of that -notable piety, and zeale wherewith every one of them (hall burne and be eatennpi,iEliamay feeme worthily to be revived and to live in
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