C A P.10. touching Antichri#L. 695 that Antichrif is not yet come, and that the Pope of `Rome is not he, is molt vaine and frivolous, feeing that howfoever the Pope bath raigned with both fwords above five hundred yeares , yea and to give you more of our frank largencffe, howfoever he bath filled up a thoufand three hundred whole yeares, nothing letteth but that he may be that Antichrift : yea becaufe ofthis he is the rather proved tobe that wicked wretch, that man offin, andperdition: as we have Demonffrated it a little better then youhave done your part, with reafons that are not at all to be doubted on, as which are grounded upon certaine and flare principles that can abide any juft triall what - foever. ....---- C H A P. X. ofthe Proper name of AÑTICHRIST. N Ow we are come to your fourth head of this Conrroverfc, which bath two quelttons in it to difpute of, one touching the proper name of 4ntichriji, and the other about his Marko. Hispro- per name is gatheredby one confent ofall writers, out of that num- ber ofhir name that is fpokenof chaps3.I $. Andhis number is 666. nowwe have fliewed upon that place, that this name is no other but (Latinos) feeing experience confirmeth it .molt plainly, together with the agreement of all matters, And indeed /renew hath written many Ages agoe, that this name is very likely to belong tohim, how he was moved fo to write, whether it were by his own con ecture or whether he had received it of others, who wereperhaps the Apoftles Schollers, his words are thefe touching this matter; Rut the name (Latinos) adfo, contained) the number of 666 and very likely, becaufe the tracft Kingdom that is bath this noose,for they are the Latines, that do noW raign ; but We Will not fer up our reft of thisname, Thefe things faith he, I confel e that Irenaus doth not reft in thisname, and that he doth think Teitan to be more worthy of credit; but yet he came nearer the marke then he was aware, with his con jeeture touching the Latine Kingdom ; now be- caufe you ferle your fell to be preffed with this mans authority, as with a weighty prejudice toyour caufe, you thought it fit to weaken this authority ofhis firft of all, and therefore you fay that bis con -, ieRrrrefeemeth to be of no reckoning, at this day ej pecially, becaufe the Latins ds, not rain fo much ?NW, as the Yorker, the Spaniard, and Trrt w the
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