C H A P.2. Epi¡fle to the The/falonians. V fi R.6. The witty and learned conieotures of the late inter- preter of the Reuelation, touching this impediment, though full ofprobability, and of force auàile to expedite difficulties willingly filence ; who li(is may Reade him, not without much pleafure and contentment, ad &Ipoc. cap. 17. 4. Followed the difcouerie of Antichrifi immediately vpon the decay of the Empire ? Refp. 'Paul (then) faith Caietane,aptiy fignifies that before it, he (hall not be reue- led;but vpon no certainry!affirmes,thát immediately there - upon this dif ouerie fhould follow. But if, I. This was the onely thing that hindered him from appearing,who had fo long iriuen to fee the funne, then immediately vpon the remouàli thereof was he mani- fefla`z The end of that nbflaele intended by providence, was that he might be reuealed in his f_afon. The time of remouall therefore was the xatpos, the Ar- ticle and point of Time wherein he was reuealed. So that who can informe himfelfe fufficiently, what time the Re- giment of Rome was relinquifhed by Emperours, and lei- zed by that Blfhop ; to the full farisfies himfelfe for the time of his firfi difcouerie: for my part I willingly vfe and profeffe mine tiroxáe. Its not the belt light which the cauel critick in his coma on the Reuelation,brings to this intri- cate quel ion, confide. But that the impediment is re nooued,and that wicked one difcouered is a little Article of my Faith. That a man might wonder, fane that God hath fore- told theirf}rong deluuion,that Rornanif'ts fhould fill prattle of, I know not what, new Antichriff, to come fome three yeeres and a halfe before the end of the World ; efpe- cially knowing what they teach touching this impedi- ment, that its vndoubtedly the Romane Empire. But thus they deferue to be deluded, who Phut their eyes a- gainff the deere light of Truth fhining vnto them, Faxi Dew ne non &nos`lri. Me thinkes l fhould not but compaflìonate our milled forefathers, who lining in the depth of Ignorance , were K ; drawne 133
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