'. 1 738 .'Againfi Del/amine, C A 13.15. Iles; that 'there is no man that bath fuch Dragon Eyesas I fitppofe, as to fpie.ont the leaft difference betweene them. It remaincth that we fhould have a bout with thofe three fpeeiall miracles of Antichrift, namely thofe whereby he make.sfire to defcend dolbnfrom heaven, and the Imageof the Beaft tofpeak, and himfelf_to rife againfrom the dead. Ofwhichwe reade Rev. 13. where I have íhewed, that all thefe things do agreemolt fitly to the pope ofRome. For fira we have declared that thefe things are to be expounded figuratively, not properly; for thefe miracles are cotumon,not to any one fingular man, but to acerräine ICingdom,filch as we have proved this great a Antïchri.Ft to be; now fuch things as be common,cannot agree tomany fingular perfons,bnr figurativelv.Befides,if thefè mira- cles fhouldbe perfonall, and proper to one, then how could they come thus to the knowledge of the whole world, that it fhould fol- low the Beaft with fo great admiration as the Revelation fpeakes of.? Thofe things which are heard of, do not fo move andwork upon mens minds, as thofe dowhich arefeene with the eyes. Now Anti- chrift fhould be fuch a crafts-mater in working miracles,that his de- hufions fliould beeffeduall to draw away the very Elea alto, if it were poffible; therefore it is altogether repugnant to the trnth,to in- terpret thefe things properly. We have (hewed, that fire defcending from heaven is the feare and terrourofGods judgements which ..An- tichri,£t fhould flrike into mens hearts, that would not obey his will; that his refurreciion is that healingof his broken Pate, when as the Papall dignity which feemed tohave perifhed utterly with the in- vafion of the Barbarians, began to be repaired and to flourifh a- gain; thatfpeechgiven to the T.calls Image, is the authority com- manding, to which the revived Poise did climb, pretending that all that eminencie which he defired and challenged was no more, but that which the ancient Popes did of old obtaine, fo that his dignity was onelyan Image ofthat which they had of old. Thefe are na- tural( interpretations of thefemiracles, to which the confent of the whole Revelation leads us; Andyet if you will retaine the literall fenfe ilriftly, wehave given you examples of fire defcending from heaven at the will and pleafure ofyour Popes, Revel.' 3. t 3. Francis Xavier the lefuite did raife up the dead by heap es among the Indi- wns,not marry yeares fince; and we have related out of ?cuter, that he Image that was at Berne, gave anfwers to teem that demanded ,ght thereat, and that by the running of yout Miracle-workers. 'therhave we need-e to fearc-h-out others,- tillyoufhall demon- (irate
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