692 Againft Bellarnicne, C A p,9 To all this we may adde thofe words, all Tribes 'hall6ewai1e, &c. which, as we have (hewed on the a Revel. 7. belong to the Jewes; feeing they defcribe a mourning to repentance, which will be too late at his bodily cornming. Thefe things have I in fewwords Said open, touching themeaning of thefewords, which howfoever they do nothing help your caufe, which way foever they be taken, yet it was a matter of forne moment, thus by the way to fearch" out the hidden truth of them. Therefore I anfwer unto that of z Thef. z. S. Then _ball the Wic- kedman berevealed, Whom the Lord ball lay With the fpirit of his mouth, and deftroy with the brishtneffe of his comming; there is the farne meaning of this commingthat is of that in Matthew; At the calling of theJews, whenhe (hall give a molt clearevidence ofhim- felf prefent in the Church, (hall Ärtichrift utterly be deltroyed : as we have made plain in the former chapter. For after the throne of the beaft is Darkned, the Way _Ball be prepared for the Kings of the Eaft; that is, the ?ewes (hail be called ffraight after Rowe is deflroy- t d. For (he onely hindreth this joy. Then of er the cutting offofthe Beaft, thefalfeProphet and the Dragon, that is, after the Bifhop of Rome, and the Turke be extini (as after (hall be (hewed more at large) the myfiery _hall be fulfilled, and the full calling performed. Your Bifhop, O 73ellarmine, whom you boati tobe the head of the Church, (hall neither be herd nor foote in the holy Congregation of the ChildrenofGod. And now fee how far thefe Mountaines are under heaven; whofe tops, you (landing a far off, did thinke were obfcured among the liars. Your lateplace is, John a .z. i 8. Littlechildren, it is the tat honre ; and as ye have heard that Antichrift is to come, there are now many Antickrifts extant; Whence We know that it is the fall honre. I anfiwer, we fee and acknowledge eafily what John concludeth here. He pro- veth, that it is the latf houre, becaufe many Antichrilts were come at that time. For Antichrilt fhould come in the laft houre; where we muff obferve, that John alluding to the parable of the labourers, Matth.zo. 6. forceof whchwere hired about the eleventh hotre, compareth the whole age from Chritis firfl comming to his lafl, to this lati eleventh houre. Befides that he faith that this latf' honre fhould be annoyed with eflntichrift, whomhe cloth not Or over to the lati minutes of his houre; but referreth him to force indefinite fpace thereof. Thefe things writeth John truly, holily, and 'agree- a.bly to the refl ofhis"writings; but what muff you of necefhty - dconude 10111111111111111
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