CAP. 8.. touching Antichrift. 6g, vill when he was bound, who as foon as he was raft ou'of heaven, was raft into prifon. For every place is like a filthy and ill-favoured Dungeon to him out ofthe Affmbly ofthe Saints , wherein he de- fires to keepe efpecially. That fo he might have more oppor- tunity to put his wicked policies in ure. Whereupon our Lord faith, That the uncleanefpirit,when he is bani/hed out of a man, Walk:- eth thorough dry places, as wherein he can find no pleafanrnef e to his mind, Matth. i z. 43._ e-c. But we have made there things more cleare,when we interpreted that Prophefie.. Seeing then theDevils imprifoning lafted for a thoufand yeeres , and there words are fpo- ken about this time , towhich you make thecontinuance of Anti- chrilf .equall ; he mukhave a farce longer raigne by this place,then you would willingly grant. But (fay you) he can fo many yeeres be a fmall time ?- I anfwer, if the words be tranflated aright, there is - no mention made in that place of continuance, but of opportuni- ty ; for as you read them, KnoWinQ that he loath but a fmall Time, the naturalltranflátion lhould be thus ; K.noWing that he loath but a little opportunity. So doth the word inthe Greek lignifie proper- 1y. Namely the quality and not the quantityof time,by which it is diftinguifhed from the other Greek word that is put for Time, as Ammonius the Grammarian reached, and that it is to be taken fo in this place,reafonenforceth it For ifcontinuance of time were un- derffood,the Devill lhoitld be angry,thofe thoufandyeers ofhis ly- ing in prifon, in which ftate thefe words thew him to be in; (as we have faid)as ifhe were bounda far le(fe while then he would;Which how much it is againtt his nature, his continuall and incetlènt dilli- genceand bestirring ofhimfelfe to deffroy men, declared' it fuffici- ently. That time therefore,was too longa great deale, in regard of his .ddire, buthis opportunity was (mall, becaufe now he had power given him, to rage againft his owne bondflaves only, whom he had rather have fpared,as beingchiefely bent to doe mifchiefe to the E. let. Wherefore this place is,befide the purpofe for many caufes. Your fecond place to prove this iIorttime of ;theDevill when he is at his-loofe, is Revel. zor 3. be bound him for loco. yeers, and after that he muß c lootedfor afinal! time. I anfwer, that now indeed the holy Ghoft fpeaks of the time, and therefore whereas before the word was opportunity,while he lay inhis chains,now it is Time,when he is looted. But hoW fhall thu be true (fay you) ifAntichrift ¡hall raigne I 26o.yeeres ? I anfwer, that this looting belongs not to Anti- chrit,but to the Devill; becaufe his time is fhort, but Antichrists is long,becaufe he raigneth not only inthe .tintc:of'the Devils looting, but
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