Ef#ia4 ad loci. C H A P.2. An Expofition vpon the ficond . V E 11,8, Iodgement : for after it mull follow, calling of Ierres, de- ffruifion of Jog and cil'fagog : and fome Halcyon dayes.of the Church on earth : how many, who knowes ? The que- re was occafloned me by a learned Iefuite, commenting upon the place; whole inclinable refoution upon like rea- fon, is this ; that this co mining of the Lord is not to be ta- ken in atom, but extenfely and with force latitude : fo as veder it may be comprifed,, the anteriour and foregoing flanes ; like as in his comming in the flefh, is comprehen- ded aifo the comming and preaching of John Baptifl his forerunner : to this purpofe the profefl'our and Chancellor of Doway. A criticke Scholiall vpon the Revelation we haue, whole learning and ind uflrie w ho fo vnderualues, knowes not what belongs to either, par ion him his curi- ous applications, he hat'a confefiedly done the office oía folid ltuerpreter.Thus he; Th ?re is a j irituall, and there is a corporal/ or perfonall comming of Chritl. This placeis not to be vnderllood of his comming inperfon to the gene- ral iudgernent. But of his mrnife/fation of his pretence in the Church, by areas of power, iuflice, grace and mercy at the appearance whereot Poperie {hall vanifli, and melt as dew before the Suene; and his very Throne quake, when time of his Iudgement comes, as Mountaines tofí'ed to and fro with the violence of an Earthquake, plané ita fèntio. And fay as the Spirit and Bride; Come Lord Iefus,come quickly : Their fins,mee feemcs, are at the height; Lord why tarriefl thou ? But that Poperyfbauldbeoflong ftandtng in the Church, the Apofile thus intimates : followes it, Therefore the true Religion ? Refp. Some hundreds ofyeeres continued Arianifine in the Church, and greatly preuailed,fo that the whole world, faith Thermo, groaned to fee it felfe become :Arian. Was it therefore the Truth ? Thefe Heretiques were they the Church ? Except for that Liberius fometime fubfcribed thereto, no Papif1will affirme it. t Tares muff grow zuith:the wheate While haruefl : that perpetuity will neuer Tranfubliantiate Tares into, wheate. Thefe Reafons 'are
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