724 Againft ßellarrnine; Chapter 14. Of Antichrifis Do&rive. 7 E teach and hold, and that out oftheScriptures themfelves, as v the Holy Ghoft h;tth alfo taught us out oftheir , that the Do-. orine ofAntichrilf is full ofhypocrite, fraud, and fubtilties, fo that it may deceive even thofe that are otherurife moll prudent ifthe Holy Ghoff loth not goe before themwith the light and Lanthorn ofhis holyTruth. For we have need of angular prudence to know this Beaf throughly as Which hath two Haines lik to the Lambe,& who is like to the falle Prophet that {-educed) the tvorld.Contrarily, the Popes Proftours land upon it, that this fame doc`frine of Anti- chriff is fo openly impious andblafphemous, that no man card be fo blockifh but he muff perceive anddettlt it at the fìrft hearingof it. Which thing that.you may make plain, O Bellarmine, you,educe all thisdoorineofhis to 4 heads : F irff, that he Thal! deny Km to bee. Chrift,and.therefore that he /hall labour to ovcrthroW all theordinan- Cces ofottr Saviour,as $apti/me, C'onfirmatio;s, andhe fba/l teach that circumcifàon,and theSabbath of the /eWes,and other ceremonies ofthe old LaWare not yet ceafed.Second ly,üe /hall affirme that he is the true Chrif that waspromifed in the LaW v the 'Prophets. Thirdly,helhall 44irme that he is a GodandWill have himfelfe WarThippedfor a Cod. LaCtly, he hallfay thathe is the only Cod, andhe /hall sandagainft all other Gods, that is, both the true God,au alfo the fafe Gids, and Idols. And henceyou take four Arguments that the Pope is not Antichriff, becaufe he denieth net Ìefiu to be Chrifl : neither loth he bring in cir-. cumcifaon or the Iewifh Sabbath, neither doth he make himfelfe to be Chrifi,nor yet tube a God,andleafs ofall to be only God, andmoreover - be dothWorfhipImages & Saintsdeparted,Which thing;, what force they have to prove that weh you intend , we fhall fee afterwards by thofe things which you bring in way of confirmationofthem. You confirm the firlf point ofAntichrifts dot`Irine to be as you fay, from thence,becaufe Antichrifl (hall bea few-for his Country andhis £eligion,&he faall bereceived of the 7eWesfor the MI!as, to that he shall impugne our (brill'. I anfwer, that we have fufficiently confu- ted this witleffeopinion touching Antichrifts country, about Chap. n:a. ail. 13. For he (hall fit in the Temple ofGod, or that ofJerufa- lem
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