CAP,. Z. i elad tioo,ofthe,ApGcalypre, being not difix ayedi wsti the lkomilb tyranny , (tuck-fcuely. in irsgt, acd the meane to the found Doetrine : Of which fort there werema- Pughh ps ny in the Eaft in e/1frica , in our Britaine , and in other places, ä who yet were more notable by the particuliar men that profefled the truth, then by any whole companies. For nowwas the time of the Church being hid, as afterwards we are caught, Chaper 7, and a r and i 2. Antipan wasElaine at Rome, when about the yeare eight hundred it began to bee a capitall crime torefift the Popes of Rome. For fee how exceeding fit a name the Holy rhoft giveth to this Martyr of Pergamuo ; hee is called Antipas, not indeed by a fained, but by a true name; yet fuch as might declareunto us, that the Martyrsof this time thould be vfntipaps; which is a word conlfting almoft of as many lettersand fyllables , that is, uncoun- terers ofthe Pope. By whom are meant not the Hydra ofRome of t ago or three heads at office , which fhould ícrive together for the Popedome ; but fuch as fhould oppofe themfelves to thefe facrile- gious Popes ; defiring to curbe and bring under that ungodlypower of theirs. Of which fort were Leo Ifaurus; who was after a fort flaine by gregory the fecond, being (tripped by his meanes ofhis wefterne Empire. Fredecricke. Barbaro¡fa was another, who was molt unjuitly vexed with all kinde of troubles , ofmenof a lower condition were thefe, the Bithop of Florence was for that caufe condemned, becaufe he taught that Antichrift was come. One Ar- nulphus, or as others c.,11 him, Arnolduo, was hanged at Rome be- caufe he fpake fomewhat freely againft the Pope, the Cardinals, and the Priefts ; Gerard es and Dukinns ofNavarre, were burnt alive, with thirtyothers, becaufe they faid the Pope was Antichri(t : and many other there were of whom it would be too long to makea Catalogue, neither is it fitting for that wehave in hand. Let the godly Reader conjecture by the decrees, which are to b had in the popifh law : how many eAntipajfes or Counter-Popes therewere (laine under this (fate of Pergamus. The firft whereof is, That whofo goeth about to take aWay the priviledge ofthe Romiß Church, Which wasgiven to it from thehigheft headofall Churches ; this man OW of all doubt falleth into herefie , and is to be calledan Heretick , Di(tint`i.s2. All men Whether Patriarchs. Againe, Let him bee Anathema unto God, that violateth the Cenfures of theRomi/b Bi- Jhops, Cauf. 25. q. a. in a generali Decree. To which adde this; They are no murderers Who in the zeale oftheir mother the Church, take armes againft thole that are excommunicate, Cauf. 23. e1.5. For L a the 67
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