' _' . Tt , . CH A P.2. Epiflleto theTheffalonians. V E R.4. I 17 See, fotne bewailing and defiring to reforme iniquities of it, as Cele.fiine. 2 And why not know, when the knower of fecrers reueales, that Lome particulars are reprobates. = Knew not Difciples fo much of Judas? a the Church Prirnitiue of Iulian ? 3 We of all known' o/Ipoftataes ? 3 Nor yet of this or that particular, may we fo conclude; Pith who knowes whether God may grant Regreffum in viam ? 4 But take him a man perfonally with thefe pro- perties endowed, what lets to fay, that Y beaft andfalfe Prophet fball be caift into hell. But are not they in good cafe, who at aduenture, follow the drone and driuer in precipitin ?who venture body and foule to the iffue ofthis forme of perdition ? men are ven- trous of follies more then of any thing; yet vnder theSun is not a Pearle fo precious. z O Anima infignita Dei imagine, docorata fmilitudine,redempta Chriftifanguine,defpenfata fide, dotatafpiritu,deputata cum efingelis,Capax beatitu- dinis, Here: bonitatis, particeps Rations; quid tibi cum Carne, faith Saint Bernard: quid tibi cum Diabolo ? with this forme ofperdition ? Can he not faue his owne;foule from the hand of hell, yet hopefi thou, following him in faith,and woríhip to compaffe heauen ? haue we not heard our Sauiour? if a blindefollow blinde, both fallinto the pit. Miferere anime tue bonum faciens. And thinke the Lord mercifull in monifhing thee of his iffue :he fpeakes in ef- feet as `Peter,b Same thy[elfe from this vntoward,this dam- ned generation. 3 Third propertie:ó armtx i tevos, &c. who oppofeth, or is an aduerfarie, or oppofrte ? To whom ? Refp. Our Eng. lifh lafl and bea Tranflation, ftemes to couple it with úaepareoptevos: his oppofetion and exaltation refpeas all that is called God. That's true,how euer we interpret, whither true rod, or Idoles, or cfrlagiftrates. But why not apart confidered, as Ancients concerned ? An appofite or aduer/ary,another Satan.To whom ?Ref. I doubt not but to Chria:conceiue it a nominal definition of Antichria,exprefiìng his nature:an oppofite toChrifl.Hence is the obferuation not acute onely,but folid:Nondesos,non 13 ár24' x t IoSn s,r6. 3' Apoc.r9.2o. Vfe. x Bernard.lib. meditar. Mat;rS.r4. b Afk.s.4o, Hilar. 11101111.111.1 -:A. Ttr.,5"t,,irs-(Syt :._-4f+a.91+/%c`.ÇrSbea...,..,1t,.4
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