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369._o and_o that_o toledan_a synod_n anno_fw-la christ_n 630._o wherein_o isidore_n sit_v precedent_n as_o calvisius_n pa._n 677._o say_v decree_v against_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o romish_a clergy_n 23._o alsted_n say_v seculum_fw-la istud_fw-la à _fw-la gregorio_n magno_fw-la adeò_fw-la sterile_a admodùm_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la usque_fw-la quà que_fw-la clari_fw-la sunt_fw-la viri_fw-la modò_fw-la recitati_fw-la so_o dismal_a be_v that_o darkness_n when_o antichrist_n begin_v to_o see_v the_o light_n not_o much_o unlike_o the_o apostle_n voyage_n act._n 27.20_o wherein_o neither_o sun_n nor_o star_n for_o many_o day_n appear_v for_o after_o the_o light_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n expire_v little_a considerable_a knowledge_n shine_v forth_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o antichristian_a ignorance_n and_o blindness_n yet_o all_o along_o the_o 6._o century_n and_o so_o downward_o god_n have_v his_o witness_n against_o antichrist_n though_o but_o few_o which_o be_v call_v patres_fw-la sub_fw-la papatu_fw-la such_o as_o hesychius_n leontius_n venerable_n bede_n damascen_n haimo_n theophylact_fw-mi oecumenius_n rabanus_n bertram_n paulus_n diaconus_fw-la etc._n etc._n 24._o illyricus_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o order_n agree_v upon_o in_o the_o 5._o century_n be_v that_o the_o romish_a bishop_n shall_v have_v the_o first_o place_n in_o the_o counsel_n the_o bishop_n of_o constantinop_n the_o second_o place_n the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n the_o three_o and_o the_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n the_o four_o and_o that_o this_o be_v agree_v on_o for_o order_n sake_n but_o not_o for_o dominion_n yet_o he_o further_o show_v that_o this_o order_n of_o
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omnesque_fw-la veteris_fw-la legis_fw-la ceremonias_fw-la restaurare_fw-la tentabit_fw-la he_o will_v feign_v to_o be_v for_o christ_n yet_o war_n against_o he_o he_o will_v restore_v the_o ceremonial_a law_n of_o moses_n and_o corrupt_v the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o gospel_n of_o the_o messiah_n and_o olympiodorus_n also_o in_o the_o 6_o cent._n in_o eccles_n 4._o cap._n say_v vidi_n ipsos_fw-la peccatores_fw-la cum_fw-la adolescente_fw-la secundo_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la antichristo_fw-la qui_fw-la exurget_fw-la pro_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la christo_fw-la he_o call_v antichrist_n adolescens_fw-la quia_fw-la juvenili_fw-la temeritate_fw-la est_fw-la in_o malo_fw-la fervidus_fw-la robustusque_fw-la nequitiae_fw-la innovator_n he_o be_v rash_a heady_a and_o hot_a in_o his_o innovation_n when_o but_o a_o youth_n mugd_v cent._n 6._o cap._n 4._o pag._n 121._o a._n and_o beside_o this_o olympiodorus_n i_o find_v that_o illyricus_n bring_v in_o several_a other_o witness_n to_o 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about_o this_o time_n john_n of_o beverley_n mourn_v out_o his_o soul_n for_o the_o trouble_n of_o the_o church_n leave_v his_o see_n at_o york_n he_o die_v at_o beverley_n with_o a_o gospel_n spirit_n illyr_n test_n pag._n 696._o 28._o this_o maxentius_n aforesaid_a have_v a_o bull_n issue_v out_o against_o he_o by_o the_o pope_n which_o he_o answer_v and_o reprove_v the_o pope_n of_o several_a lie_n in_o it_o and_o rebuke_n his_o pride_n very_o often_o illyr_n catal._n test_n ver._n pag._n 584._o and_o our_o illyricus_n add_v many_o other_o witness_n in_o the_o 6_o cent._n against_o antichrist_n as_o adelhelmus_fw-la caesarius_n julian_n pomerius_fw-la and_o some_o other_o pag._n 647._o and_o alsted_n add_v hesychius_n who_o upon_o his_o commentary_n upon_o leviticus_n have_v many_o testimony_n concern_v the_o truth_n catalogue_n test_n verit._n pag._n 369._o 29._o alsted_n say_v of_o this_o caesarius_n egregia_fw-la quaedam_fw-la scripsit_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la favent_fw-la papistarum_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la his_o write_n favour_v not_o popery_n ibidem_fw-la and_o sabellicus_n ennead_n 8._o lib._n 6._o tell_v how_o peter_n of_o constantinople_n oppose_v primacy_n in_o the_o roman_a bishop_n as_o gregory_n have_v do_v in_o john_n of_o constantinople_n and_o paulus_n cretensis_n appellationem_fw-la ad_fw-la sedem_fw-la romanam_fw-la concedere_fw-la noluit_fw-la he_o allow_v not_o of_o appeal_n to_o rome_n as_o vitalians_n ep._n in_o tom_n 2._o council_n make_v it_o apparent_a the_o magdeburg_n centurist_n make_v isidore_n caesarius_n adelhelmus_fw-la julian_n pomerius_fw-la witness_n to_o the_o truth_n cent._n 7._o cap._n 4._o pag._n 28._o and_o say_v of_o the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n quòd_fw-la phocae_n constitutionem_fw-la molestè_fw-fr tulerunt_fw-la &_o a_o romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la formâ_fw-la abhorruerunt_fw-la they_o loathe_v the_o romish_a form_n and_o dominion_n pag._n 125._o 30._o bede_n tell_v we_o of_o aidanus_fw-la our_o own_o countryman_n who_o stand_v off_o not_o only_o from_o romish_a primacy_n but_o from_o prelacy_n in_o his_o own_n a_o synod_n wherein_o elder_n deacon_n and_o people_n meet_v bede_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 5._o and_o when_o the_o romish_a ceremony_n be_v intrude_v on_o the_o church_n he_o say_v non_fw-la gravia_fw-la legis_fw-la non_fw-la pharisaeorum_fw-la onera_fw-la populis_fw-la proponenda_fw-la the_o yoke_n of_o the_o law_n and_o burden_n of_o the_o pharisee_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v impose_v upon_o the_o people_n osiand_n epit._n seven_o cent._n pa._n 105._o and_o another_o of_o our_o countryman_n finnanus_fw-la have_v this_o eminent_a encomium_n leave_v upon_o record_n that_o he_o be_v christianae_n libertatis_fw-la sirenuus_fw-la propugnator_fw-la contra_fw-la jugum_fw-la pontificium_fw-la a_o stout_a champion_n for_o christian_a liberty_n against_o romish_a tyranny_n magdeburg_n hist_o cent._n 7._o cap._n 70._o pag._n 289._o and_o 2._o adversus_fw-la ceremonias_fw-la pontificias_fw-la rom._n fortis_fw-la defensor_fw-la osiand_n epit._n cent._n 7._o pag._n 180._o and_o in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 638._o 31._o osiander_n also_o tell_v we_o of_o colmannus_fw-la qui_fw-la masculè_fw-la seize_v pontificiis_fw-la traditionibus_fw-la opposuit_fw-la who_o brave_o withstand_v the_o romish_a tradition_n cent._n 7._o pag._n 196._o add_v also_o to_o the_o number_n of_o those_o witness_n the_o aforesaid_a caesarius_n ibid._n and_o the_o magdeb._n centurist_n say_v quaedam_fw-la concilia_fw-la huius_fw-la aetatis_fw-la veritatem_fw-la testantur_fw-la some_o counsel_n defend_v the_o truth_n in_o that_o day_n cent._n 7._o cap._n 4._o pag._n 28._o and_o pag._n 189._o council_n angl._n at_o our_o hereford_n act_v ut_fw-la nullus_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la se_fw-la praeferat_fw-la alteri_fw-la per_fw-la ambitionem_fw-la no_o prelate_n must_v prefer_v himself_o before_o another_o by_o ambition_n this_o in_o y._n 673._o or_o as_o helvicus_n 664._o and_o the_o 11_o toledan_a council_n condemn_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d papisticam_fw-la popish_a disorder_n which_o helvicus_n make_v about_o 674._o see_v illyricus_n pag._n 689._o and_o alsted_n chron._n p._n 369._o 32._o i_o have_v be_v large_a in_o produce_v witness_n against_o antichrist_n in_o the_o 6_o century_n not_o only_o because_o i_o take_v that_o to_o be_v the_o epocha_n of_o the_o beast_n revelation_n but_o also_o because_o i_o can_v find_v upon_o my_o very_a strict_a scrutiny_n any_o witness_n before_o that_o cent._n against_o the_o beast_n reveal_v wherein_o i_o have_v the_o concurrence_n of_o many_o reverend_a and_o learned_a man_n augustin_n in_o libro_fw-la de_fw-la antichristo_fw-la say_v antichristum_n non_fw-la anteâ_fw-la in_o mundum_fw-la venturum_fw-la esse_fw-la nisi_fw-la venerit_fw-la primùm_fw-la disoessio_fw-la i._n e._n nisi_fw-la discesserint_fw-la omne_fw-la regna_fw-la a_o romano_n imperio_fw-la quae_fw-la priùs_fw-la subdita_fw-la erant_fw-la hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la tempus_fw-la nondum_fw-la advenit_fw-la there_o must_v be_v a_o depart_n of_o the_o kingdom_n from_o the_o empire_n before_o antichrist_n come_v this_o be_v not_o yet_o do_v say_v he_o in_o the_o four_o century_n and_o gregory_n say_v the_o like_a as_o before_o in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 5_o century_n 33._o the_o magdeburg_n centurist_n say_v centur_fw-la 5._o page_n 1._o f._n plus_fw-la nimio_fw-la concessum_fw-la est_fw-la antichristus_fw-la hoc_fw-la seculo_fw-la quasi_fw-la intra_fw-la viscera_n
receptus_n videatur_fw-la qui_fw-la posteriori_fw-la seculo_fw-la veluti_fw-la maturus_fw-la faetus_fw-la est_fw-la editus_fw-la and_o in_o century_n 6._o cap._n 1._o pag._n 1._o g._n antichristi_fw-la regnum_fw-la quod_fw-la quasi_fw-la in_o alvum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la superiori_fw-la seculo_fw-la receptum_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la seculo_fw-la vitam_fw-la &_o incrementa_fw-la accepit_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la ad_fw-la maturitatem_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la ipsum_fw-la partus_fw-la tempus_fw-la sub_fw-la phocâ_fw-la imperatore_fw-la est_fw-la deductum_fw-la antichrist_n lie_v lurk_v in_o the_o womb_n all_o the_o 5_o century_n and_o when_o he_o be_v full_o ripen_v for_o the_o birth_n he_o be_v bring_v into_o the_o world_n by_o phocas_n in_o the_o 6_o century_n this_o be_v a_o clear_a proof_n from_o many_o learned_a man_n 34._o so_o likewise_o osiander_n in_o his_o epitome_n histor_n eccles_n cent._n 5_o pag._n 1._o say_v that_o then_o may_v be_v antichrist_n birth_n and_o craddle_a as_o well_o as_o conception_n antichristianismus_fw-la say_v he_o hâc_fw-la in_fw-la centuriâ_fw-la conceptus_fw-la and_o pag._n 179._o haec_fw-la fuere_fw-la antichristi_fw-la romani_fw-la incunabula_fw-la not_o yet_o make_v manifest_a and_o cent._n 6._o pag._n 1._o he_o say_v in_o hâc_fw-la centuriâ_fw-la antichristus_fw-la pedem_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la dei_fw-la posuit_fw-la &_o fixit_fw-la and_o cent._n 7._o epist_n 2d_o pag._n tunc_fw-la antichristus_fw-la rom._n sedem_fw-la svam_fw-la plenariè_fw-la in_o ecclesiam_fw-la dei_fw-la collocavit_fw-la quam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la antecessores_fw-la aliquoties_fw-la infer_v conabantur_fw-la antichrist_n fix_v his_o foot_n he_o take_v full_a possession_n of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n in_o the_o seven_o century_n which_o his_o predecessor_n do_v but_o endeavour_v to_o do_v 35._o and_o cent._n 7._o pag._n 1._o he_o say_v antichristus_fw-la adjuvante_fw-la phoca_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la dei_fw-la sub_fw-la jugum_fw-la suum_fw-la misit_fw-la antichrist_n by_o the_o help_n of_o phocas_n bring_v the_o church_n of_o christ_n under_o his_o yoke_n for_o till_o boniface_n the_o 3d._a those_o word_n volumus_fw-la &_o jubemus_fw-la which_o he_o call_v vox_fw-la superba_fw-la antichristi_fw-la be_v not_o hear_v of_o and_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n become_v not_o antichrist_n donec_fw-la malefacius_n ille_fw-la bonifacius_n a_o phoca_n imperatore_n obtinuit_fw-la etc._n etc._n till_o he_o obtain_v a_o full_a power_n of_o call_v together_o and_o break_v up_o synod_n of_o confirm_v and_o abolish_n the_o decree_n of_o the_o synod_n till_o then_o he_o do_v not_o seat_v himself_o in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n as_o paul_n foretell_v it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v 2_o thess_n 2._o osiand_n epit._n cent._n 7._o pag._n 14._o 15._o 36._o illyricus_n also_o make_v this_o boniface_n the_o 3d._n primum_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la magnae_fw-la bestiae_fw-la regem_fw-la the_o first_o king_n in_o the_o beast_n kingdom_n who_o have_v the_o mouth_n of_o a_o roar_a lion_n and_o speak_v like_o a_o dragon_n revel_v 13.2.11_o 2_o he_o make_v pope_n joan_n to_o begin_v the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o great_a whore_n and_o 3_o he_o make_v pope_n sylvester_n the_o second_o to_o begin_v the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o great_a dragon_n because_o then_o begin_v the_o pope-conjurer_n necromancer_n robber_n murderer_n etc._n etc._n then_o 4_o he_o make_v innocent_a the_o four_o to_o begin_v the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o locust_n by_o who_o the_o fryar-mendicants_a come_v and_o spread_v themselves_o all_o over_o the_o world_n and_o last_o the_o decline_a kingdom_n of_o antichrist_n he_o reckon_v from_o julian_n the_o second_o who_o throw_v peter_n key_n into_o tiber_n as_o unvaileable_a and_o take_v paul_n sword_n which_o he_o say_v shall_v prevail_v illyr_n catal._n test_n ver._n pag._n 650._o 37._o illyricus_n likewise_o relate_v a_o famous_a story_n of_o agestinus_n in_o this_o 6_o century_n that_o be_v expel_v the_o college_n for_o his_o witness_v against_o popish_a foolery_n to_o eustasius_n for_o redress_v of_o this_o grievance_n the_o synod_n at_o matiscon_n be_v summon_v by_o king_n lotharius_n wherein_o agestinus_n make_v a_o particular_a invective_n against_o the_o superstition_n of_o that_o day_n in_o y._n of_o christ_n as_o helvicus_n reckon_v 625._o an_o can_v we_o have_v a_o faithful_a account_n of_o this_o synod_n say_v illyr_n free_v from_o the_o monkish_a writer_n some_o grave_a witness_n against_o antichrist_n will_v be_v find_v illyr_n pag._n 676._o alsted_n also_o begin_v the_o infancy_n of_o antichrist_n at_o innocent_a the_o one_a year_n 404._o his_o childhood_n at_o boniface_n the_o 3d._a year_n 606._o his_o youth_n at_o leo_n the_o 3d._a year_n 800._o his_o grow_a age_n at_o hildebrand_n year_n 1075._o and_o his_o old_a age_n at_o leo_fw-la the_o 10_o year_n 1517._o then_o rose_n luther_n against_o leo_n indulgence_n alsted_n chroonl_n pag._n 392._o 394._o 38._o and_o in_o the_o seven_o century_n bishop_n usher_n demonstrate_v that_o at_o least_o the_o church_n do_v live_v then_o though_o she_o have_v not_o sound_a health_n in_o give_v her_o testimony_n against_o antichrist_n as_o many_o bishop_n explode_a antichrist_n image_n at_o constantinople_n in_o y._n 754._o and_o further_o show_v how_o the_o british_a german_a and_o gallic_a church_n give_v the_o like_a testimony_n sigh_v out_o their_o proh_o dolour_n like_o mournful_a witness_n with_o the_o oriental_a church_n against_o image-worship_n usher_n de_fw-fr successione_n ecclesiae_fw-la pag._n 33_o 34._o 39_o but_o in_o the_o 8_o century_n gregory_n the_o four_o unlike_a to_o the_o first_o of_o that_o name_n forename_a appear_v such_o a_o man_n of_o sin_n in_o his_o proud_a tyrannical_a usurpation_n that_o italy_n itself_o have_v several_a sackcloth-witness_n against_o that_o antichrist_n as_o baronius_n confess_v ann._n 863._o sect._n 42._o inter_fw-la quos_fw-la fuit_fw-la basilius_n zosimus_n &_o metrophanes_n cumque_fw-la ipsis_fw-la multi_fw-la alii_fw-la qui_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la tyrannidem_fw-la deplorabant_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la defensionem_fw-la multis_fw-la cum_fw-la lacrymis_fw-la opem_fw-la ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la implorabant_fw-la many_o witness_n then_o deplore_v antichrist_n tyranny_n and_o implore_v the_o help_n of_o other_o against_o he_o usher_n de_fw-fr continua_fw-la success_n pag._n 39_o &_o 40._o in_o this_o century_n also_o albertus_n clemens_n &_o complures_fw-la alii_fw-la à _fw-la bonifacio_n dissenserunt_fw-la histor_n magdeburg_n cent._n 8._o and_o vehement_o oppose_v he_o avent_n annal._n lib._n 3._o i_o name_v but_o few_o witness_n in_o those_o cent._n because_o it_o be_v not_o doubt_v of_o by_o any_o but_o by_o enemy_n and_o they_o be_v too_o many_o to_o be_v quote_v see_v magde_v cent._n 7._o pag._n 277._o 40._o then_o in_o the_o 9th_o century_n agobardus_n rabanus_n maurus_n bertram_n yea_o and_o scotus_n be_v all_o orthodox_n about_o the_o lord_n supper_n and_o oppose_v the_o popish_a doctrine_n of_o the_o real_a presence_n with_o the_o authority_n of_o austin_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o scripture_n fox_n martyrol_n one_a vol._n pag._n 187._o and_o he_o show_v how_o scotus_n also_o assent_v to_o the_o grecian_a church_n more_o than_o to_o the_o roman_a see_v also_o jus_fw-la divinum_fw-la ministerii_fw-la p._n 54._o osian_a epit._n 9_o cent._n pa._n 44._o li._n 4._o c._n 1._o clark_n martyr_n engl._n pa._n 42._o dr._n humphrey_n regius_n professor_n at_o oxford_n tell_v this_o story_n of_o scotus_n out_o of_o crinitus_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o praxis_fw-la jesuitism_n pag._n 22._o that_o scotus_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v poison_v by_o some_o of_o his_o own_o popish_a scholar_n for_o his_o testimony_n against_o popery_n in_o that_o point_n and_o about_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o this_o century_n arnulphus_n bishop_n of_o aurelia_n speak_v bold_o in_o a_o synod_n at_o rheims_n quid_fw-la hunc_fw-la in_o sublimi_fw-la solio_fw-la residentem_fw-la veste_fw-la purpure_v &_o aurea_fw-la radiantem_fw-la quid_fw-la hunc_fw-la inquam_fw-la censetis_fw-la antichristus_fw-la est_fw-la and_o sad_o mourn_v there_o quòd_fw-la religione_fw-la profligatâ_fw-la nomen_fw-la dei_fw-la impunè_fw-la humilietur_fw-la &_o cultus_fw-la divinus_fw-la etiam_fw-la à _fw-la summis_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la condemnatur_fw-la who_o be_v this_o that_o sit_v on_o his_o throne_n in_o scarlet_n it_o be_v antichrist_n who_o by_o a_o loose_a religion_n lay_v the_o truth_n waist_n yet_o escape_v scotfree_a usher_n ibid._n pag._n 44._o 41._o in_o the_o 10_o century_n though_o bellarmin_n say_v nullum_fw-la seculum_fw-la indoctius_fw-la &_o infoelicius_fw-la yet_o god_n have_v his_o witness_n against_o antichrist_n as_o appear_v by_o our_o own_a aelfricks_n homily_n in_o the_o saxon_a tongue_n appoint_v to_o be_v read_v at_o easter_n to_o the_o people_n in_o confutation_n of_o the_o real_a presence_n neither_o be_v this_o the_o opinion_n of_o one_o bishop_n to_o wit_n aelfrick_n only_a but_o wulfsine_n bishop_n of_o sherbourn_n and_o wulfstane_n bishop_n of_o york_n and_o divers_a other_o learned_a man_n in_o that_o time_n but_o especial_o berengarius_fw-la be_v a_o witness_n in_o sackcloth_n against_o transubstantiation_n a_o error_n that_o creep_v late_o into_o the_o church_n and_o yet_o be_v the_o first_o that_o be_v most_o vigorous_o
oppose_v 42._o in_o the_o 11_o century_n bernard_n write_v woe_n be_v to_o this_o generation_n for_o the_o leaven_n of_o the_o pharisee_n etc._n etc._n all_o pretend_v to_o be_v the_o minister_n of_o christ_n and_o yet_o serve_v antichrist_n for_o he_o be_v antichrist_n which_o counterfeit_v himself_o not_o only_o the_o day_n but_o the_o midday_n extol_v himself_o above_o all_o that_o be_v call_v god_n this_o be_v as_o he_o call_v he_o the_o meridian_n devil_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o another_o place_n he_o in_o prayer_n mourn_v out_o those_o word_n oh_o god_n thy_o near_a friend_n in_o pretence_n come_v near_o to_o conspire_v against_o thou_o etc._n etc._n alas_o alas_o oh_o lord_n god_n these_o be_v the_o chief_a in_o persecution_n that_o be_v chief_a in_o the_o church_n and_o about_o their_o forbid_a marriage_n he_o say_v it_o fill_v all_o concubinariis_fw-la incestuosis_n seminifluis_fw-it mollibus_fw-la masculorum_fw-la concubitoribus_fw-la &_o omni_fw-la denique_fw-la 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probable_a than_o from_o innocent_a the_o first_o because_o this_o leo_n the_o first_o insist_v upon_o no_o supposititious_a canon_n for_o his_o supremacy_n claim_v but_o as_o alsted_n say_v cunctis_fw-la majoribus_fw-la suis_fw-la astutiùs_fw-la egit_fw-la he_o be_v more_o crafty_a than_o all_o his_o predecessor_n plead_v a_o divine_a right_n for_o his_o primacy_n that_o christ_n give_v to_o peter_n above_o all_o the_o apostle_n &_o so_o consequent_o to_o the_o roman_a bishop_n peter_n successor_n above_o all_o other_o bishop_n this_o plea_n his_o legate_n strenuous_o urge_v in_o the_o counsel_n of_o chalcedon_n in_o the_o y._n of_o christ_n 450._o as_o helvicus_n account_v it_o or_o 440._o as_o prideaux_n be_v the_o 4._o ecumenical_a council_n to_o which_o if_o we_o add_v the_o term_n of_o antichrist_n 1260._o it_o will_v fall_v about_o 1700._o or_o 1710._o y._n after_o christ_n 46._o this_o seem_v a_o more_o probable_a epocha_n not_o only_o because_o event_n have_v not_o yet_o 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at_o 606._o ut_fw-mi suprá_fw-fr for_o 1._o gregory_n the_o great_a say_v after_o leo_n the_o great_a that_o antichrist_n be_v but_o at_o hand_n in_o his_o time_n 2_o boniface_n the_o three_o than_o catch_v the_o bird_n of_o supremacy_n which_o his_o predecessor_n only_o beat_v the_o bush_n for_o 3_o luther_n then_o time_v antichrist_n who_o be_v so_o much_o enlighten_v against_o he_o and_o many_o solid_a holy_a and_o learned_a man_n since_o according_a to_o which_o antichrist_n fall_n may_v be_v protract_v till_o about_o the_o 18._o century_n exitus_fw-la acta_fw-la probat_fw-la event_n will_v be_v the_o best_a proof_n 48._o thus_o through_o the_o help_n of_o christ_n i_o be_o at_o length_n arrive_v out_o of_o this_o troublesome_a sea_n wherein_o i_o can_v find_v so_o few_o way-mark_n to_o guide_v i_o in_o my_o search_n after_o so_o abstruse_a a_o point_n those_o first_o age_n of_o antichrist_n be_v very_o unhappy_a in_o the_o rarity_n of_o famous_a writer_n or_o at_o least_o the_o 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