7c Againft Bellarnune, C A P.12-. kttowletige.lricrs iris molt certain by many arguments;which may be gatherecloutofthofe thingswhich havebeen faid before; But as for thisother they fhould follow after him readily andcagerly,as'we read of one calledCuziba in the Rookcalled Zed erTholamzuta,And ofa certain Syrian,of whom PaulusDiiconua maketh mention in his 2 I . RookofRomìtn. Htfteries, and as we may read elfewhere ofter- taindeceivers ofthat f}arnp, all which didprofefíe themfelves robe the true 171a as. Thar therefore which is fpoken ofthe Iewcs Antis chrrft,is perverfly retorted by you to be 1pokenof the principali An., tichril, whom the I velarion, and the Apoffles do defcribe. Secondly, you bring that place, z Thef. z.In. where it is faid,that becaufe men receivednot the love ofthe truth,tl_at they might befaved, therefore 9odlhadlfendamong them theeifetnalneffeofour error, that they might' believe a lie,&c. The ancient Interpreters,fay you, expound t asplace ofthe IeWes. I anfwer,as touching, the old Interpreters,yeu know that theminde that is foreflralled with any p.rejudice,.bendeth all his thoughts thither. Whereupon it came to paf#e, th?t thole ho- lyy men when as once they had conceived in their mindes'that Anti- thrift fhauld be a le*, they receiving this conceit one from another, rather thenweighingthe matter it ldf,did apply in a manner whatfo.. ever was delivered in any place touchingAntichrif,tomaintain their own error: But you fay, that the matter it felf cryeth out, and that without the Fathers Commentaries, that the Apoftlkfpeakethof the Ie*e.r. Indeed this point is very worthy to be confidered of; for we fhall get fomewhat from hence whereby to judge of the tefimony of thofe Fathers. Fieli thereforeyou atfirme,that Antichrift is tabePent to thole that Would not receive Chri.ff : now Who are they that ought more to receive Chrif',andyet Would,tben the etts ? I anfwer,that that whichyoupropound fira ofall,is not fure and enough ; for the e4 poflefaith not that Anrichrifp is tobe fent to tholeWhc Would not re- ceive Chrift,but Who havenot received the loveofthe truth. Now there is great difference between thefe two, and that certaintyas great asi between the 7.WWs and the gentiles ; For this manner of fpeaking,, which the Apo-fileufeth,belongeth properly to the Gentilcs,which (as he faith) do pull down the mifchief upon themfelves, not betatrfe they did refilfe the Truth altogether, but becaufe imbracing it profeflion, they did not follow it with that care, zeale; love andde- lire, as was meet, even as the Angel ®fthe ('hunch of Ephefiu is up- braided with this fault, (and that in the name ofthe whole Church among the Getstilos,as we have (Dewed in that place.) becaufe he had forlaken
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