. !.rN.in.sPSa,re.ül'`..!.}, L., H A P.2. Epiffle to the Thefftlonians. V nR.3. 123- Images were full deuoutly adored. In this fac`I hee is quit of Antichriflianifine ; for now as zealoufly aseuer did Iew or Pagan,he worfhips Idols, and caufeth the Nations to adore them. Pater omnium fornicationum & abomi- natienum Terra. Therefore bee is no Antichriff to fpeake of. But viewing the Text, nice thinks mnor true God, nor Idols are heere intended ; but terreltres d j, rather Magi - (hates, whither inferiour, or imperiali; abóue all which Antichrifl muff advance himfelfe : and as I apprehend, the Apo(lle points vs to two degrees ofhis pride and vfurpàti- on : The firfl,Refpec`iing C4l'ten,in this Branch:' Secondly, Clod, in what followeth : Over them bee infults, on them tramples ; him he imitates, and emulates oneiy. Befides that difference of demeanour which the Text more then intimates, Thefe Reafons induce to that interpretation. t. neyó¡.cs'as 9íos feemes a (lyle to diminuent,for Paul ro ex. preffe the true God by which yet fuites well to Magi - flrates as the very phrafe is applyed,i Cor.S.r. a. Befides "ovra had more fully expreffed the intention, had it binne of the true God. 3. And why 7, v or a evza ?.1 hough there be many that are called Gods, yet to vs there is but one God, t Cur.S.S. That the fenfe may be this. In his pride fo ar- rogant and intollerably ambitious, that hee (hall advance him,/elfe,aboue all C Wdagifirates, and their e/futhority on earth; Not that onely,that is inferiour,but that also which is Augu'us lik,e,vniuerfally monarchical,no leffe then Im- periall. Did euer Popifh pride afpire to filch height ? That Ser- aus feruorumDei, brookes he the flyle of Rex Regum and Dominr2s`Dominantium? Refp. t. His fads futlof Luc ife- rian ambition, knówne (lodes will fill you wirhall. To fpeake of Kings of Italic, France, England, and tranflating their Kingdomes,oft attempted,fometimes executed,were to make his pride fcerne ouermoderate; there were but minorumrentium. What fay you when Emperours muff: Waite at his Gate; and pray and pay too to bee admitted to his prefence ? I When * 7MY)!Y.i%:s.
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