C H A r.3. Epiftle to the 7"htffalonians. V a R;2. 107 And that man offanne bee revealed. The fecond,necefra- rie antecedent to Chrifls cornming is thereuealing,or difco- nery of that man of fin; which not yet accompiifhed in Pants time, prooued, there was then no fuch insiant nigh - ne ffe of the day of the Lsrd. As touching the man offin, Agreement is on all fidcs,that he is intended by Paul, the great Antichrift, various opini- ons touching himwe reade in Fathers, ad Naufeam vfq. z. Papilsthus propound him: afingular or indiuiduall perfon. 2. Profeffed aduerfary to Chrifl.. f. By Nation a iewe ofthe Tribe of Dan. 4. Ered}ing his ICingdòme in lerufaletn. g. Seducer of lewes, not Chriflians ; his firing reigne and fall, they limit to three yeeres and halfe, imtne- diatly connexed with the end of the world. Large confu- tation of there dreames, I purpofe not ; extant you haue it in the writings of many reuerend Diuines. Do6toi Whi- tst r, Do 5or Dounhaus, Mauler 'Brightman and others, to whom I referre you. Onely what this Scripture occa- fions to be fpoken for or agaínfl,expeet from me according to my meafure;'of him fine things yee may note from the Apoflic. t. His defcription. z. Reuelation. 3. Riling to his raigne. 4. Confumption. s. Abolifhment. T. His defcription by properties or adinnils many,inten- ded by the Apoflle to this end; that, in whom we fee con -_ currence of them all,in that height they are here propoun_ ded,, we might not doubt to point the finer at him & fay, Ecce Anti chrift its ille. Wee follow the words his fira propriety or part of his (3yle ; ó 6.40,aaor - c á(.ea,Tias. Take the Article ÉupaTnu, r, mall it needs denote a fingu_ larindiniduum ?and why not a Kingdome,a kinde,a whole made v p of fucceffiue parts, as our opinion is ? Forfooth, the eflrticle forceth to a particular perfon ; a dvOecexos, a úros, i dvo eos. Its Epiphaniees his rule. Articles contrast the figmfication to one certaine thing; fo that civ8o os fig - nifics man at large; but ó ävgprdaos alwaies a fingular or indi- aidnum of man. Refp. Yet Preclas, thus : viii Plato dicit Tay Qev, fcribit Táv, "g.dpert vrp68i5ry irom7p r'i Tsxa9úvtgp.yñv (26vov i1 To ö7,ov TrAñBas. s 1)'
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