Againft 3ellarmine, C A r.8. but ofhis binding allo; as iris Rev. 2 o. 3, 4. where the Devils is tied tip for a thoufandveers, while the Bear is tro'de'úpon in thcnieane time,and defpifed by the Elea., but he domineereth among his ownc Gallyaaves, making then' take his Mark, and all other Cognizance ces of being under his fervitude, as we fhall (hewmore fully Ili on that place. Thirdly, you prove Antichridts raigne, bccauf a.4 Auguftine and Gregory reafen,unleffe that molt cruelperfccution fould be moltfhort, -many JbouldpertAWho fhall not perifh: Whereupon the Lord alfofaith, that unleffe thofe daye.r'Were lbortned, no flefl> limpid belaved, Matth. 24. 22. I anfwer,that this place ofMatthew dothnot lie fquare with the perfecution ofAntichrifl,but belongs to the 'calamity that fhould come upon Ierufalem; Whit flight can there be from'your perfecu- ting Antichrifi, filch as is fpoken of there, when as the whole world !lull be fubjeot unto him, and plagued by him; or what fhould the Sabbath hinder Chritians from flying away? or how (hall newfall Chrifts have any place after yourgreat A;ttichrift, who,as you fay, dhal come about the end oftheworld? but Chrify.foretelleth offuch that (hall arife afresh after that afflietion, veff. 24. Therefore whole names foever you labour to countenance this interpretation withal!, it.hath no foundneffe in it. Befides, if I Fzould grant, that this perle- cucion !hall be that ofAntichrifts,and a fhort one, what maketh this -to prove yourrtbreeyeer/ andan h.tlre? The H.Ghofl laid to theAn- gel of the Church ofEpheftta,unlefe thou repenteft,I Will come alairtft theepartly, Revel. 2.5. what, did the Angel endure this punitnment within three yeers and an halfe? therefore here is not fo much as a. nyprobability of Antichrifth continuance for that fhort let time; but this elemonftration ofyours is like his fellowes;you arealto tribe ta- ken up a little for chuffing rather to (peak fo untowardly as you do here, (though it make little to help the force of the argument) and to fay ,many j%ouldperifi,Who Werenot to perifb, then to fpeak as Saint Matthew fpeaketh,they (hallreduce even thevery E'left ifit Werepof- ble. For that which our Lord faith, no flefh f ould bepaved; he fpake it of the detruaion of the body thorough the grievoufneffe of that Maffacre, not of the danger of loofing the foule. Fourthly,you reafon thus; C'hriftpreached only three yecrt and itn halfe, Therefore alfo it ú notfit that e/Intic'hrit fhould be fuf f red to preach any longer. I anfiwer , you are a doubty difputer I warrant you ; What, will you fo prefer Chrijá, as to make him a Type of Antichrift ? ifit were appointed indeed that Chrift fhould have tto better an office, this agreement of his withhim in yeers,lhould become
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