666 Againft 23ellarmife, C A P. 6, great City, and that they 17sa11 rife again after three dayes, and afcend into heaven; Which thing, as you fay, never hapned toany man till this day. I aníwer, that I have made it plain out of the order of the tin. e, and the confent of all things together, that all thefe things have been accomplifhed already ; namely,when the Fathers ofTre,tt did cut the throats,as it were,of the holy Scriptures,robbing themof all their authority, and binding the Interpretation of them to the Popes curled Chaire. Moreover, that which Iohn faith ofthe death ofthefe Prophets,yeelds us a neccfhary argument againft this literal] fenfe ofyours, touching thole two (ìngular perfons. For Henoch diedno otherwife then by that tranflating ofhis long ago, as the Apoflle faith ; that HenochWas tranflated by faith, that heAmidnot fee death, and he Was rot found, becaufe the Lord tranflated him,for beforehis tranfation, he had this teflimony, that he hadpleafed God, Hebr. 11.5. The like allo is the eftate of elias; For God is al- wayes like himfelf, and hee alwayes giveth the like things unto the like, for the like ends. Therefore they are not to be Hain by Anti- chrifi. But you will objec`I, that2"ertullian faith, in his Book of the Soule, Chap. 28. That Henoch and Elias Was tranflated, and their death Was not found ; that is, it Was deferred, but they are refereed to die, that they may defrayAntichrifi' With their blood. I anfwer, Ter- tullian hath nothing but a meer conjefure,that thefe whom the Re- velation fpeaks of are Henoch and Elias. But the Apoitle teacheth plainly and clearly, that Henoch Was tranflated, that he/l,ould notfee death, we may now choofe .eafily whom to believe rather of thefe two.It becometh not holy men to avouch and avow their ownóblind opinions againit the manifeft words of the Scriptures. So much for yourfirit Argument. The ferond is taken from the confent of the Fathers, to all, every one whom I oppofe, the content of the Scriptures, which would have been enough to fatisfie them, if they could have perceived it in thole dark and ignorant times. Therefore wee have need to fpend time in examining their opinions, which they themfelves, if they werenow living, would condemn with their own voyces. Thirdly,you prove this dream ofyours by reafon,beeaufe(fayyou) there can be no other resrongiven otherwife, Why thefe tWo Were taken up before their death, and doí1i11 live in mortal/ fief, 6eins one day to die. I anfwer, that thefe Jail words of yours (being one day about to die) do give the Apoftle that flat lie,as we (hewed even now. Be- tides that, I can convince the former words that go next before, to be
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