688 Againfß Dellarrnine, C A P,9, three yeers raign were certain,that which you fay (houldbe offome moment but feting we have proved it not tohang together, and to be a molt foolifh forgery, partly by waffling away your wafhie ftuffe,partly by propounding fuch folid reafons againft it,as none of you all will ever beable toweaken. This confimtmation of the world may, perhaps, teach us the end ofAntichrift, but it aailethnothing at all todemonftrate his coming, if wee will fpeak properly ofhim. Aman might argue thus, perhaps, out of the places that are cited by you.. Tire end of the world is joy-ned with theend of Anti- chrift, but the end of the world is not come yer, therefor: neither is the endof Antichrift come yet. But what is this to the pur- pole ? weare inquiring about the comin ofAntichrift, not about his end. You might have (pared your felf "'this labour, unleffe, perhaps, you thought it fit to furnifh us with munition a new batten; where the Controverfie than be difputed, and he Cafe (hall becañ- vafed among the damned Spirits touching Antichrift. This Demon- firation of yours might Rand them in fome ftead,who (hall be hereby certified, whether your Pope (hall perifh together with the Univer- fall world, yea or ro. Wherefore the tellimpñies whichyoubring, runquite from the purpofe,and make nothing tó:thematter in hand. Yea, what ifthey prove' not that end,.neither ofhls which yqd fup- pole ? Thenf}rall this Demonftrationof yours be altogether with- out head and tail ; let us fee a little -what you fay, that wee may withal! give Tome light as weepaffe by, and glancingly, as it were, to force places ofScriptures, that be fomewhat dark and-difficult, the meaningwhereof itwill be verywell worth our labourto fearch out, and tomake known to others. Firit, you -bring thatof Daniel;Chap.7.9.1lookedupon the Horns; and beholdanother little Horn croft, and three of the firft Horns Were plucked o ff front his head, and I beheld till-the Thrones Wereplaced,and the ancient ofthe dayesfate; &c. And after that,expounding the vi- fion ; he faith, the forcrnth Beaf(hall be the fourth KinQdeme ; more- over,the ten Horns /hall be ten ICingsAndanotherfhall rife a fterthem, and.bee hall be (tronhler the;( theformer, andhe'hall beat dew three Kings, &c. And they flanbe given over into his hand for a time, and times,andhalf a time, and the judkemerct JUL! fzt,- &c. I anfwer, that neither the little Horn is .ztishrift, as we have (hewed, and though it fhould be, the knowledge of his end doth not lead usto the knowledge of his coming. Bnt to let three things paffe, let us onfìder of theematter for whole fake this place is cited. Out of this place
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