722 .gainíDellarrrte, CAP .13. eppreffed,till they (hall fay, Ble f ed it that cotnetk in the name of the Lonti,that is,till Chrif fhall come,nat .dntichrift,Matth.z3.39. Fourthly whereasour men bring forth certainplaces out ofthe Fa- thers, who affirme that Antichrift (hall ft in Churches of the C'hri iiiKns,you grant that is true,andnot contrary untoyoubecauff the Fa- thers Wouldnotfay that Anticlrif (houldfit in the Church asa Bi,aop, but as a god. I anfwer that your Pope shall not flippe the Collar, With this ridiculous diflinftion.Thefame man may (it in the Church both as a Bifhop, and asa God. Antichrift fh t11Lear both thefeper- fons, as we fee fulfilled inyour Pope,he fhall in words faine himfclf tob; a Bishop and that in moll- humble wife but he !hall arrogate jivine authority in very deed. He (hall forgive finnes with an higher power then any Minifter can : he (hail difmiffe men of Pur- gatory,he (hallcanon ife what faints he will at his pleafure , he !hall make newarticles of faith,andhe (hall do many things like to theft,, fuch as be ónely in the power of the higheft God and not of any tnmrtall man. What fhouldthe Fathers do fpeaking ofthe Bifhoply office, when they law him lift up fo high as to be like a God ? Thofe things which are leffe in greatneffe , s re wont to be overwhelmed with the inventions of thofe things whichexcell, fp:cially when we (peak of great mattere.. They did not by this lifenceof theirs deny,.. that he :onld fit in the Church like a Bifhop But when as they . were to fpeakof the higheft Topof his Pride,they thou,'ht it not fat to fficke in the loweft degreesthereunto.. To the fifthargument of our men taken from ( the words of Gre- gory book3.4.Epift. 38. The kingof pride it reer, and that which it not lawfall to befpc1(en ) anarmy of Pr'iefs is preparedfor him. You anftrer , that the contrary to thisWhich Wegather is draltrn outfrom hence: For itfoll;Weth not that Aratichriffhalbe anti univerfall Rif tip, becanfe hisforerunner madehinsfIfuniverfsllRif p,but the contrary rather becaicfe a forerunner is not thefamewith himWhom he fore- runner h. I.anfwer that neither is an univerfall Bifhop the fame with him that would be univerfali Bishop. TheB (hopof Confantinople would have been foindeed but'he could not come by that whichhe defìred; The BifhopofRome befought it at Phocar his hands,and ob- tained it:The contrary therefore is not drawn fromhence as you fay, but it is rightly concluded, that Antichrift is an univerfall Bifhop as. the which dignitynone could obtain,bcfides Antichrift. To the army ofPriefs, you anfwer , that Cjregory wouldnot fay , that Priefs tie they be Priifis do belong to Antichrists Heft;. but that they do pre- pare
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