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vanquish_v three_o mean_n whereby_o antichrist_n be_v vanquish_v 2._o by_o the_o powerful_a force_n of_o king_n 3._o by_o the_o glorious_a appearance_n of_o his_o last_o come_n but_o if_o we_o shall_v grant_v they_o that_o they_o shall_v come_v to_o fight_v with_o antichrist_n it_o will_v not_o follow_v for_o all_o that_o that_o antichrist_n be_v not_o yet_o come_v which_o he_o so_o labour_v to_o prove_v this_o only_a will_v follow_v that_o antichrist_n be_v not_o yet_o go_v which_o we_o will_v easy_o grant_v and_o be_v not_o this_o then_o a_o doughty_a demonstration_n the_o sum_n be_v this_o enoch_n and_o elias_n be_v not_o yet_o return_v out_o of_o paradise_n therefore_o antichrist_n be_v not_o yet_o come_v it_o be_v report_v of_o lycurgus_n endure_v lycurgus_n his_o devise_n to_o make_v his_o commonweal_n endure_v that_o his_o common_a weal_n may_v continue_v that_o he_o feign_v as_o though_o he_o take_v a_o long_a journey_n and_o bind_v his_o citizen_n with_o a_o oath_n that_o 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and_o notorious_a persecution_n which_o shall_v take_v away_o the_o public_a worship_n of_o god_n which_o sign_n though_o in_o the_o true_a meaning_n it_o do_v most_o true_o agree_v with_o the_o pope_n of_o rome_n persecutor_n the_o pope_n just_o challenge_v for_o a_o persecutor_n who_o have_v public_o take_v away_o the_o true_a and_o pure_a worship_n of_o god_n as_o much_o as_o lie_v in_o he_o with_o his_o most_o grievous_a and_o bitter_a persecution_n yet_o this_o roman_a advocate_n with_o a_o cunning_a sleight_n of_o put_v of_o do_v remove_v the_o infamy_n of_o this_o fiery_a persecution_n from_o the_o pope_n that_o inflict_v it_o and_o lay_v it_o upon_o our_o church_n which_o endure_v it_o as_o tacitus_n write_v of_o nero_n who_o when_o he_o have_v set_v fire_n on_o the_o city_n lay_v the_o fault_n upon_o the_o christian_n it_o irk_v i_o to_o stay_v any_o long_o in_o wipe_v away_o this_o bloody_a demonstration_n wherein_o he_o do_v so_o malicious_o insult_v over_o our_o misery_n &_o as_o another_o fimbria_n scoff_v at_o our_o savolaes_n bellarmine_n fimbrias_fw-la scoff_v like_o bellarmine_n who_o antichrist_n have_v greevous_o wound_v because_o they_o have_v not_o receive_v the_o beast_n whole_a weapon_n into_o their_o body_n what_o whether_o be_v this_o a_o more_o feeble_a or_o more_o cruel_a demonstration_n to_o the_o proof_n whereof_o i_o can_v tell_v whether_o he_o show_v more_o malice_n or_o ignorance_n in_o violent_a wrthe_n of_o scripture_n after_o his_o wont_a manner_n to_o serve_v his_o turn_n i_o will_v unloose_v those_o knot_n and_o think_v it_o very_o necessary_a to_o defend_v the_o scripture_n from_o his_o miserable_a corruption_n when_o antichrist_n shall_v come_v he_o shall_v raise_v the_o most_o grievous_a and_o terrible_a persecution_n that_o ever_o be_v such_o a_o one_o wherein_o the_o public_a worship_n of_o god_n shall_v utter_o cease_v therefore_o antichrist_n be_v not_o yet_o come_v as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v there_o be_v a_o grievous_a persecution_n if_o a_o persecution_n under_o the_o pope_n but_o not_o a_o most_o grievous_a and_o notorious_a that_o the_o persecution_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n be_v far_o more_o grievous_a and_o more_o notorious_a then_o that_o of_o we_o whereof_o we_o so_o just_o complain_v which_o he_o term_v naught_o else_o but_o a_o chastisement_n what_o be_v this_o else_o but_o cruel_o to_o scoff_n at_o our_o misery_n and_o scornful_o to_o trample_v upon_o our_o ash_n when_o the_o pope_n have_v consume_v so_o many_o million_o of_o innocent_a man_n with_o fire_n and_o sword_n thus_o to_o mitigate_v the_o popish_a persecution_n with_o a_o comparison_n of_o the_o emperor_n persecution_n and_o to_o name_v it_o not_o a_o persecution_n but_o a_o chastisement_n which_o if_o our_o prince_n will_v revenge_v on_o god_n behalf_n rome_n charles_n the_o 5._o plague_v rome_n as_o the_o army_n of_o charles_n the_o five_o under_o the_o conduct_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o burbone_n be_v say_v to_o have_v take_v rome_n while_o he_o wash_v away_o blood_n with_o blood_n and_o geld_v those_o jetcherous_a cardinal_n as_o sadolett_n do_v pitiful_o bemoan_v the_o matter_n in_o his_o epistle_n bellarmine_n will_v leave_v of_o with_o his_o sarcasme_n to_o flout_v at_o our_o just_a complaint_n which_o his_o inhumanity_n as_o well_o as_o their_o immanitie_n have_v draw_v from_o us._n but_o let_v we_o return_v to_o the_o argument_n he_o confirm_v the_o three_o part_n of_o his_o proposition_n first_o that_o the_o persecution_n of_o antichrist_n shall_v be_v the_o most_o grievous_a of_o all_o other_o that_o ever_o be_v he_o prove_v it_o out_o of_o the_o 24._o of_o matthew_n out_o of_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n misalleage_v matth_n 24._o misalleage_v there_o shall_v be_v then_o great_a tribulation_n such_o as_o be_v not_o from_o the_o beginning_n or_o shall_v be_v to_o the_o end_n which_o place_n that_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o persecution_n of_o antichrist_n but_o 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