CA.P.io. A7ervelatton ofthe Apocalypfe. Bag which all the ancient Fathers ahrtofi, as Papias,Tren.eu- ,Tuftim ,Ter- tullian,Laaantirsr,and Awyuftine alt.() in force parr, have fpoken fo many things,and thofe fo magnihcally. Out ofall doubt theywould have this Kingdom to be fpirituall, the infinite fweetnc(fe whereof they fhadowed outby corporall things, after the manner of the Pro- phets. And yet T will nor deny, that force of them inclined toomuch in their opinions to bodily delights,but was it that they might fowce themfelves in them,as menare wont to.dothat overthrow themfelves with riot,& with beinggi'en tofilthy pleafures;it cannot bethat any filchmatter (hould ever come into the minds of fo learned and holy amen; but becaufe they knew that the Church (hould alfo enjoy exceeding great felicitypertaining to this life, under this Kingdotne ofChrift, therefore they make mention of the abundance of this kinde of Delights. And indeed we waite now everyday, while the Artich; ift ofRome,and the Torke. !Bail be utterly deftroyed. Till this viâory be obtained, the Church (hall be Rill inher wafaring e- flare, (he mutt keepe in Tents, and is to wraftle with many adverfa- ries. But after that this worke (hall be difpatched,!he (hall keepe .a moil joyful triumph, as rejoycing exceedingly by reafcn of rhofe un- fpeakable pleafuresand delights,which (hc (hal live in after this per- petually.So that thefe Fathers did nor wander much from the Truth, who extolled the holy pleafantneílz of this Kingdom; but onely that force of them fuppofed that thofe pleafures thould be enjoyed after the Taft Refurreetion; wherein they .flipped grievoufly indeed, when as they added by this conceit oftheirs, Tome earthly matter to the eternal( happine(feofthe Saints, the which none of thofe things, . which we ufually areacquainted withhere on earth, can expreffeor declare. "But let usobferve here how much they are deceived, who ire fo venterous, as to fet down a certaine yeare and day aimed of the lafl judgement. The truth as we fee' is to raigne as yet, among fume of the Gentiles (even hundred yeares, and. how long it (hall raigne afterwards among the Jewes, no computation teacheth us, as far'as I can finde, but this lyeth wholly in the power and at the difpofitionof God, not being able to be known nor found out by any creature, as Chrift teacheth us expreffely, Mat.t3.32. - Verf. 7. Arrd`t)Aen the tboufan 1 yeeres are expired. So much for theeffeteofthe Godly, at the time of the beginning andall the time of th"continuance of the third Period. Now the Holy Ghoft re- latethwhat troubles partlywere raifed up, partly were to be raifed by Satan, when once hewas let look from his former chaises, fira he
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