C x n P.2. Epiffle to the Theffalorrion. V B R.9. are of Gods difpenfation in that kinde. T. There (hall (sill be forge to be deluded. a. Euer fuchoccafion to exercife his children, and a tomake their finceritie k sowne. My aduite ro Gods people is,that henceforth they fuller net themfelues to be deluded,with the glittering (hews of antic ¡uity,vniuerfality,perpetuity. Error in iudgement and manners is, within a day,as old as Truth reuealed to man. And fo farre as tempora fecularia may carry it, likely to be of fo long continuance ; I am fure more Catholique, that is,vniuerfally entertained,then Truth of doarin or life: As our Sauiour, * Search Scriptures ; as Efay, fo I fay;To the x law and ? eilimony ; if they fpeake not according to this word, it ïs becaufe there is no light in them. And of the de- flruc`Iion alto ofAntichriathusfarre. 145 I Cor.I I.17. Vfe, * lohn 1.39. ICai Leo. VERS.9'I©. Euen him whofe comming is after the working of Satan,with all power, and fgnes, and lying wonders, ei4nd with all de,eaueablenele of vnrighteoufne ffe in them that perif/i , becaufe they receiued not the loue of the Truth, that they might be famed. WHs fec bath thotextat ,anconnexd what ion fcothipe,is fomewon hat douwith btfe ulfl? prmer erhaps the Apofile anticipates what Gods children infirmi- tie, or Antichri(lians fecuritie might obieet againfi what is foretold of his defirution. Ob. Antichrifi fo fortified and fupported to be defiroyed? Sub. Yes, euen Antichria, notwith(landing all the fupplies he hath from hell and the firong manarmed there : when a (ironger then hee com- meth : Andy flrong is the Lord that iudgeth him. a Elfe, which I rather thinke, the Apofile delires to difcouer him to Gods people in his very riling, by the manner and meanes of his aduancement : that fo hee might preuent their fcducement, and make them more cautionate. How - euer, L The ti r Apoc38.8. 1 ro e, . R : ±p:114
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