CAP .14. touchingAntichri íl. 727 fhould fuhmit themfelves unto:who what manner ofperfons foever they`were, theydoe not in allpoints expreffe thegremt eí.Intichrif . The third chiefe point of doctrine is, Thar 1 (hall affirme hinfelf to be God, v will be worfhippedfor god,..os it is written, fo that hefit- teth to the Temple of Godfhewing hirafelfas ifheWere God, z Thefz. 4. not only, fay you, bÿ ufirFireforne ofGods authority, but the very rame of God. And here becauíe your vulgar authenticK Latine Ttxr,, is too weak to defend the Pope,you flee to th e Greek, not us osi;s God, fay you bat on 41. ©síis, that he is God.The Argument is this, Ant.:chriFt /hall in words ack oWledge bim,[elfto be god ; the Pepe of Rome doth not acknowledge hirnfelf to be god,therfere he :a not Anti- chrift. Let Oecumenisn make anfwcr to the propotit ion,who thus in- terpreteththat wordofthe Apo(lle «°mod Æ¡r J he faithnet faying, but (hewing, that is, by works, fignes, and miracles, endeavouring to fheW that he is Clod. According to his interpretation therefore,a ma- nifeCt publifliing is not neceflàry.Yea,let the H.Gho,f expound him- felf,who by a like manner offpeech in êzek z 8. z.teacheth how this is tobe taken. Thus he faithofthe KingofTyrus, Becaufe thy heart is lofted up, fo that thou fayeft, Iam God. No man I trove, requireth that thisTp ian shouldpronounce the felfofatne very wo;ds. Falfe therefore it is, that Antichris`1 Ihould in word profeffehimfelfto be God. Notwithllanding becaufe your Pope had rather abound with tokens, thenbarely and (knletly to be fùrnifhed withfuch as are ne- cetfary only : we forgive you thepropofition, and pray you to think wth your felf, whether the very thing proclaimeth not quite contra- ry to that which you deny in the affurimi ion. For what, I prayyou, did P. Sixtus acknowledgehiinfelf and th oth:r Popes of Rome to be, when he faid; w7hofoever accufeth the `Pope, it /hall never befor- given him,becaufe he thatfinneth agairifta the H. Ghost, itfballnot be forgiven him neiher in this life, nor in that Which is to come. Concil. Tom.i.in Purg.Six.What did Boniface 8.whenhe faid,Twedeelare,de- fiñe,trtndpronounce,that it is abfolutely necefary tofalvation,for every creature to be fubjetl to the Bifhop ofRome. Extray.de AIajor.& ()- bed. unamfantl. I forbrare to cite morewitneffes, I appeale to your felf,why do you diffembk?Do not filch fpeeches often found inyour ears ? But fay you,he doth not acknowledgehimfelf God,becaufehe ac- kZnoWledgeth himfelfhis fervant. I amafhamed ofyour proofs ; as if out of the famemouth there cowl i not come blefling&curfing,hor- rible blafphemie, and counterfeit obedience. You know that in wordshe is fometimefervant offervants, but again whenhe lift, he is King ofKings. Z z z z z The
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