C A P.16. 744 , Agaïnii Delia/mime, or able to fibht withhitn,Rev. i 3.3,4. Seeingalto heatould have that. great Cityfor his Throne,that raigneth over the Kings ofthe Earth, Rev. i 7.8. Thefe and the like things do prove that hee is aMonarch truly. Bur,fay you, this canby nomeansfuitwith the PepeofRome for he never was a King over all the world:But I pray you tell me,do you think_that the Romans were e!erings'ofall the world ?you wil 'nor deny it, I trow, in that fenfe that thefe words are ufually fpoken in. Or ifyou have a lift to be fubtile,Daniel teacheth,that thefourth Kingdom,namely,theRoman,fhall confirme all the earth,that he (hall tear it andgrinde it in pieces, Chap.7.a 3. Remember therefore that which you cited a little before out of Proffier, Rme is become more ample by the Princehoodofthe `Priefhood, thenby the Throne ofpower; and whatLeo faith,Ser. t. Upon the birth-day of the Apoffle,o :Rome! Who art made the headofthe worldby the holy Sea ofS.Peter,thou rulfp larger andWider through divine7(eligion, then through earthly Domi- nation. And what elfe meaneth his triplecrown then his dominion and foveraignty over all the three parts of the world ? The Popes crown hathmore top-gallants upon ir, then the Eagle ofthe Empe- ror hath heads. It may be he will get a four-topped crown ere long, by conquering the Eaft and weft Indies ; fo that nothing{hall fcape from being under the otnnipotencyof the Pope (which his blafphe-. meus admirers dare not flick to give him now, and tomaintain it in their books,) and yet fomethir;g (hall be unknown to his omnifci- ence for a time. Wherefore the f}raits of his Dominions do neither ferve your turn to acquit the Pope from being thiswicked Antichrrl, neither yet doth your harpingon this, flaring; . or rather rubbing on this fore, greatly pleafe his Popes.holineffe. Who delighteth fo in trampling upon al! honourable fuperiority and divine ordinances of government and Empirein a defpightfull fafhion,that he had rather be counted dntichrift, fo he might have a large circuit to ruffle it in, then to be proved not to be 1lntichrifl, with an argument drawn from the Joffe or dimini(hingofhis Kingdome. The fourth member is, batten of Go and Magog, R,ev. 20, after which the confttmmation (hall be. In this boatel/ (fay you) 4ntichrifl ffallperfccute the Chriftians through the Whole worldWith an innu- merablearmie, I anfwer, that we have obferved 'before out of Tilde words,kow wonderfully fwift fhould be, that could in fo fhort a time fccure it over all the world, properl, fo called, ChaP.7.of theperfecution ofAntichrift.But there yoti ga7:rim three veers& a halfto make this great voiage,ofhis in;here42. - teth that he
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