i34 C S A P.2. t1nExpofätion vpon theficond V R,7, k GA. 5.Z. crawne to adore and admire the. beafl. But for vs, after fo cleare reuelation of the Truth filch libertie of fearching Scriptures vouchfafcd vs of God ; after accomplifhment of all prediaions concerning Antichrifi : Y Apoflafe from Faith. 2 Hauocke made of Saints : 3 Infulting ouer So- ueraigntie. 4 Remouall of Impediment, &c. running in- to our f nfe ; for vs to halt ttaaxt the two opinions, to (ludic reconcilement, to refolue of admitting his Charal er,what is it let %then toprofeffe halfe Atheitts and wilfully to re- nounce our owne fai nation ? Ina were it with the Lord to permit vs to f rong delufon that' wee may bee damned : to make our damnation fo much more intòllerable then that of blinde forefathers, by how much the more gracious the Lord bath bin to vs, in the more meanes of knowledge, and cleare difcouerie of the man of j7nne. I fay as `Paul, k Hand fa§1 in the libertie wherewith fi bath made you free , and bee not again intangled in that yoakZe of bon- dage. For the myf Brie o f iniquitie cloth already worke. cg0A077.- 71KérÇ : the obiecîion this; Is he not in the world already ? if fo, then may the day of the Lord be as nigh, as wee are borne in hand. Subie&: r conceffion, he is in the world, at leaf+ in fieri. 2 diflinc7ion : fecretly, and as in myfierie; but not reuealed; which is that manner of his being in the world, which mull precede the comming of ChriP; and that he is not fo openly in the world, is prooued ; for ; xa7ixtep will let till hebe takenout of the way; That once at- chieued, then /hall that wicked be reuealed, till then it may not be expecrled. In the words are two things : i The flile of e%Intichri- fiianifine, otherwife called Poperie. 2 The new Antiqui- tie of it. z Thefiyle ithath,isamyfierieofiniquitie, or iniqui- tie in a myllerie : expeerl not fo much as mention of the various expofitions : for quorfum ? but to cloy the Reader. Myfieriumcommonly founds a Religious fecret,not ob- uious to capacitie ofcuery vnderllanding,rather requiring Tome
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