C 7.4 Againít Belltrmt, e, n -P..13. play ffiltat your old wonted game of equivocation, the abfurdity which you thought tohave fattened upon us, falieth upon your own pate; and fo your argument made in regard ofthe man, is a lyar, like to him whofe caufe it pleadeth. Sccondly,you prove it out ofthree Scriptures, the firif whereof is Revel. 11.8. where ?ohnfaith (as you fay) that moth and EliasJima fight Withe4uichri/1 in teretralem,ardare to beAline there,I anfwer, that that is a lyingvanity altogether, which is given forth and re- ceived amongyou Papifts touching the comming of Enoch and Eli.ts to fight with eflntichrifi, as we have proved in the fixt Chapter fpeaking againstyour third demonftration; but becaufe it little or nothing maketh to the force.of this argument, what thefe two-Pro- phets be called; we . willlet that paffe for this prefent,and we fay that that is falfe, whichyou tell us of the killing of there Prophets at Ic- reefalem. For the Holy Ghoft doth notmention Ierufalen -by name, butby this circumlocution onely,whereour LordWas crucified,which agreeth afwell toTome, feeing Chrifi was crucified by the fentence ofPilate the Rgman Çovernour; by which meanes he made his own City of Romeguilty ofthis blood, whichwas fhed by the authority of this City, as wehave filmed, Chap. I Ir 8. This argument'there- fore traileth his loines and legs after him in a manner, affuming that, which cannot be proved, yea the contrary whereof is plainly pro- ved out of the Scriptures. And there was no caufe why Chytreas thould ofpurpofe pretermit thefe words, as you imagine (Where al= fo our Lord Was crucified) orwhy you ,fhould be fo troubiefome ro your felfe by labouring toprove againff Ierome,that Ierufalemmight be called Sodow,as which we acknowledge to be fo called elfewhere. And yet your 'Rome is the onely Sodom fpoken of in the Revelation, for the delivering whereoffrom this imputation you fhould rather have bent all your force, then thus to fpend it in proving a matter wherein there is no controverfie. Yourfecondplace is Revel. 17. where lohn faith in thero. verfe, that the Kings ho fhould divide the Romane Empire ammo: them- felves, zdbunder Whofe rai'ene Antichrifi fhouldcome.[',ould h,>te the purple Wrmre,that is,Rome,and that they 1#011make it de folate, a;l.:i huie it Withfire. RoW then (fay you) 'hall it be the Scare of <I>ttirhri;i, if it.mufi be oventhroWn andburnt-gyp ttrhat very fame time ?`I a nfwer, that the-Revelation will Toone take away this fcrup le from you; You aske how Amiohrifis featIhall be -burnt up,while he liveth,and kee= peth his eyes open This Book theweth that'thefijt'yearll islo he port- red
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