Cn:P..iz. ronchingAntichrif{. fizz The fecond thingwhich you alto commended unto us, as a moil certain truth, is, that Antichriflßall be a Jew, andcirctsmcifed ; and fay you, icgatheredout of the things Which you havelaid. I anfwer, that wehave flamed, That thofefayings of yours, from whence you draw this,be moll abfurd:that therfore which is built upon thern,i of like flrength & authority.For that whichyou adde for confirmations fake,thut the Jewes wouldnever receive aman that is net a lew,and it uricircumeifed,maketh againfl.you. For hence we conclude,that they will never receive that Antichrift that is not fo called .pro:eily, but 'commonly, as whomwee have evicted by neceiTary reafons, to bea Heathenith, and uncircumcifed Goliah. Secondly, fay you, Antichriftfaigneth himfelfto he ofthe Family of David,becanfe the Iewes lookeforfilch an one. I anfwer,' either that Antichrift faigneth himfelfto be fo, orthat you faign filch a matter uponhim. ,N.ow.wherei.pray you, doth the Holy Ghoft defcribe the true Antichrill unto us by thisNote among all the reft ofhis Marks? But it is the jufl judgement ofGod,that yee who turn the truth into lying Images, fhould be deluded withcounterfeit thewes and lies in meadofthe Truth. And thus being left defliture of all Scrip- ture,and probable reafon, you fly according to your old wont to the Patronageofinens authority, againfl the which I oppofe this reafon in Read ofa conclufion, betides all that I have Paid above, The IeWes (hall have no Empire,before they (hall beconverted toChriff, and therefore Antichrift null not be ònecrftheir nation,who fhóuld be for his time the foveraign Ruler in the world, and who fhould fubdue the _Gentiles :by the help ofthe *wes,as-yee faigne. Many Scriptures confirm the firfl part of the reafon moll plainly; force wherofI will.fet downandopen,not for your fake fo much (0 EEel- Jarmine)and yet for yours too,(iffo be that youwould 'at.length-de- light:to know°tfie.Truth) as for my'brethrens fake, whom 1 would have beftirred up by this light and knowledge I lend them, to fearch intomanyplaces of Scripture more diligently, which being accounted commonly to be firch as be citare, and found out already, are to this day utterly out of mens knowledge. The irrfLis,Leer46.39..&c.Wherethe fail plague threatned again{ the 7e*, in that Chapter,is this moil:grievous, cuffing offof the nation, wherein they lie miferably for 'defpifingofChrif1, and have been lyingèverfinceChriff was crucifiedeven to this day,,the!lett Ong ofwhom lo-oft, and freeing from this forlenlvetdáre. oné . day be accompli(hed,is conjoyned to that 'extrenie ifcrv: tiche eiu Xxxx 2 rhev
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