3 mwaLa .a.uA*_oF.i.t`tl.,r.91kI3k; v5'. ?.á`ShrJr' C H A P.2. Eple to theTheffalonians. V E R.8. 143 Truth is, you now it well, n the "Irke and Dagon, light o r Sam.p,334 and darknefFe haue as good concord, as Popifh Faith and. the Gofpell. Hence is, the locking vp of Scriptures in an vnknowne tongue; enclofing Interpretation to Rome, verifying that ; Hsretici Lucifiega Scripturarum: chiefely Antichritl. Wonder you? hence came his 99«4, his irre- couerable confumption, whereofhe yet languifheth. As many as long for the profperitie of Sion, the down- fall of Babylon, pray t that the ° word of God may haue ° z Thel.3 r. free palPage and be glorified. a That P vtterance may be r Eph s.9. ginen vsinflantly to preach the eternali Çojbell with 9 etti- a r Cor.z'4 deuce of the Spirit and power. 3 That daily God r would `Mat.9,38. thrufl forth labourers into his hartee/l: that if it may be, we lining may beare our part in the t Halleluiah of Saints at 'Apee.r9.t,z,3 the fall of Babylon. end fball deiiroy with the brightne fre of his conaming.The fecond degree of his deflruelion ; aboli!bment or viler ru- ine; at lead eneruating in fuch fort, as he is left without power and efficacie. Vnderfland it of his perfon,place,au* thority,&c. fee e.,.poc.1y.18,19. whither of his doctrine and Religion allo, fo that none fhallbe left embracing or profefnng it, is another queflion wherewith I med- dle not. The meane of his utter ouerthrow; the brightneff e of C'briits commie : But denotes it the meane,or not rather the time of his ouerthrow? Refj?. Both. When he comes in his brightneffe, and not till then, fhall this abolifhrnent be : by it alto as the meane of atchicuement : the phrafe of fpeech is the fame, and of the fame generali ( ignification with the former; which apertly denotes the meane of ha confumption. But meanes he thereby the day ofChritls fe- cond appearing ? Reffi. So runs the whole fireame of Di- nines Proteflant and Popifh. Which yet, with hartieff re- uerenceto the learning and fan&itie of our Sages, Let'me craueleaue to queflioti. Is thisabolifhment of Antichrift mentioned by `Paul, the fame thing with the downefali of Babylon? aApoc. t 8. then, under corrediion, this bright- neffe of Chrifls commino cannot be ;the precife day of Judge - 4 .
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