C H A P.2. 44 Expofitle upon the fecund V E x.9. The fùmme of the text is this : A diCcouery of the ad- uancetnent of Antichrili into his throne; let out by t the tnanner,Ye r' ivspy=_aav c-crava: 2 Meanes; power, figues, wonders. 3 Perfons, or fubiedis in which he preuailes, them that perifh. Whofecomming;that is, aduancement and fira railing into his kingdome; RAT' ivepysravTäf Zxlep ; whither that Ká 74 denote proportion onely; or generally the meanes, which is after fpecified, I kaue to the Reader farther to be examined : if proportion, this feemes the ferfe ; after the working of Sathan; that is, according to the rate and courfe which Satan holds,wben he aduanceth;if the means, the generall onely is fira fet downe, particulars are after fpecified. But hence we haue it fluent, that Poperie bath euer had a great friend of the Diuell ; he is the firífi railer,maine fup- porer of that Rate : thereto bends .rbv ivspysaav,the bef; ef. ficacie, moll ac`iuous liuelyhood of his operation. To the z Starre of that Church Satan deliuers the key of the bot- tomeleffe pit ; makes him the great Steward of his houle. Iofcph in Egypt neuer had more command, then in Hell this Antichrifi: fumes pref ntly are exhaled CO thicke that they darken the Sunne it felfe ; and in thole fumes, lccuf }s fans number and monfirous to vexe and torment the earth withall,that if the God of this world could not a blinde the eyes of their minde; yet he might vex their Confcience, and fo traduce them to the fide of AntichriftWorthily did Rome forfeit her priuiledge to Latheran C:hurches,becaufe they vnderfiood it not to the full. b The gates of Hell fhall not preuaile again the Church : that once belonged to Rome while fhe was faithful!: now is tranflated to other Churches who better know to prize the prerogatiue.Shall not preuaile: ah fooles and blinde : vnwotthv of fuch fa- uour : yours, ifany, is greater; fhall not (bake, nor moue againli you : quietly you may palle to Hell, as lfrael into Canaan , no Dogge not Cerberus himfeife wagging tongue againfi you. More then that ; the gates of Heil,tbac is, all the power and policie of the Diuell are fworne yours,
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