726 A ainíl ellarmme, GAP.4 m fame hi with thefpirit ofhis mouth, cT' by bis bright coming:where= upon,the nearer the Lord fhould appruach,the more was tntsman of n to be difcovered.I proceedtherforeunto the ceafing ofpiblickof- flces and divinefacrifces (as you (peak) Whichyoufayfball be in tichrifts timefor vehemency o f theperfccution,&, that therforehefhall not deprave (brills dotlrine,under the name ofChritianifin,but open ly fhall.cppngn Clirifís nameand Sacraments,and bring inIewifh cere- monies,aa youhavefbeltedin Cha.y. I anfwet, at the fame Chapter I haveproved that all thefe are moil fàlfe,& that you have notbrought fot th any thing whichbath fomuch as any Íikelihood of tt uth..And therefore that noother ceafing of publick religion is to be looked for then fuch as huhbin rhefe many ages, too wit, from Conîlantine the great,unto this day : in all tì, ch time Antichrift bath reigned. Whilef} theWoman lived in the Wilderneffe,and the Saints lay hid in the Tem- ple,there was indeeda lamentable1'woftrue worfhippers-: and fo great darkneffe& obícuritÿ_poff ffed all things,rnore (fore of fmoke burilintg forthdaily out ofth_ botromeleffepit, that thc.trirh com- monly could not be feen.Yet in the mean timeAntichrii domineerd in the holyCity,and in the attmos`t Court: whereupon by counterfeit religionhe deceived egregioufly , whfles a, man tilmo(t thought be-. taute ofhis nearne fc un :o theTemple, he did fit ft the true Temple. The fecondchief point of doarinc you fay is, That he shalt openly and by namecall himfelfthe Chrifi,not his Miniflér and Vicar: aa'aF- peareth by thofe Words ofour Lord, Ifan,thcrfall come in his owne name, himyeWall receive. And thofe words in hisoWn name,yeu \ it- lilywarn to havebeen purpof ly addedagainft the Lutherans & Cal- veni.fls, Which Wouldfay that Antichri fhouldnot come in his oWne name;but in the name ofour Chrif,as ifhe were his Vicar. I aafwcr, you anderflandChrifls words very perverfi l .For name in thisplace is not an appellation as you would have it,but a an Om andauthority as we have fhewcd in Chap, a. touching Antichritfs fingular perfon. By which it may appear,that his oWne narne,& the Vicar of Cbrij7,do not, focontrary one another, but the Tifhop ofRome mayboaft him- felftobe this Vicar, & do it alto in hisown name,towit his authori- ty, having no fuchright given himof'God. Moreover ifnamebean .1ppellation,and Antichrift fhall come in his ownname,& his appel- lation properly is not Chrift :how? I pray you,dorhhe openly andby name callhimfelfChriff?See younot,that you fpeak contraries ?Can any come inhiS ownname, and openly call hitñfe!fanother , whole namehe bears not?$efides,vse hive anfwerd,that this plcepertains nothing to Atíticbrifi properly .fo called,but to thole t rhó the Jeves fhould
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