C A Pell. touching A.ntichrifl 75 alto might be underftood out of the words of IVaziatitett himfelf, who fpeaketh no otherwise of the oil of the.Priefts, thenof theoc- cupying with their talents, of their care of their flock,and of theoile ofperfee}ion, all which things are fpoken figuratively. Fifthly,.you produce the facrifice for the head, and the adoring ofI- mages,touching the original' of which ungodlypractices,we have no need-to difpute eagerly ; whofoever was the author that gave them their itit being and prevailing,they became the Badges of the Beaft ofRomealone, after that hewould have thefe things exercifed by his authority alone.For whenhe had bereaved Leo Ifentrus ofthe Empire of the weft, when he oppofed himfelf against his idolatry ; he made it manif. it to 41 men, bothwhat was his Mark, for which hee ft:ove fo earneftly, and what dangermen fhould incur by refufïng to take this Mark upon them. Therefore fome of thefe fgnes were before the f ccrdBeaíft, in the beginning of their fuperitition, but they were either equall, or fomewhat later in time, in regard of their power of bindingmen to the Rcmifh fervitude. But becaule we have added the numeral' name (Latinos) to the .former Marks, left,.perhaps,. you should object the fame thing here, which you did in thole, I would have you know inafewwords touching it, that this name is molt ancient, and who knoweth not this, and yet this lay thrown under thebench for many ages, till theEmperors translated their feat to('onfantinopfe?Then it-beganto get force little life again, and to be in requeft,as it is clear outofEpi-- phanius, who fpeaking ofthe Romans, in hisBook ofMeafures, and Weights, faith,. that they were not called Romans as yet, but La:ins. But this name was not yet fo frequent in ufe, and fo thrt ft upon the Church, that it had the dignity ofa Mark, whence it is,that Sorran- tes, Th'eodoret, Sozemene, Eatagritte,ufe the fame mof'fparinglÿ, but as often as they fpeak ofRome, they call it the EiderRome, and they diftingsiili the Provinces with the only nameof the Ee and the weft ; but after that thefecond Keaft did keep.a ruffling, and turned all things topfìeturvie,.and a partition of the Empirewas ntade,ai d bounds were let by Nicepborus the Emperor of Constantinople, and Charles the Great, then the name ofthe Rom c Provinces continued Bill in the wefernCountries, and the Eafern were calledby a com- mon name, the Latin Provinces, as i t is tobe feen in the Hiforianr Zenaras, Nicetaa GGregoras, and Cbalchoeondye'a, And it was not enough for the Grerionsafterwards, to fubjeet thearfelves ro theRo- manPatriarch ( fgtthey challenged this name of Riman Patriarchs t o
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