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A20740	A treatise concerning Antichrist divided into two bookes, the former, proving that the Pope is Antichrist, the latter, maintaining the same assertion, against all the obiections of Robert Bellarmine, Iesuit and cardinall of the church of Rome / by George Douuname ...	Downame, George, d. 1634.	1603 (1603)	STC 7120; ESTC S779	287,192	358

himselfe to die and rise againe therefore the Pope is not Antichrist I answere to the proposition that no such miracle in the scripture is assigned vnto Antichrist but that it is a sond imagination of the Papists which by some of them and namely by Lib. 3. de pontif Rom. cap. 5 Bellarmine himselfe is propounded more fondly to wit that Antichrist shall faigne himselfe to die and by the helpe of the diuell shall rise againe For if his death be but counterfeit he shall not neede the diuels helpe to raise him Notwithstanding they would grounde this miracle vpon those words Apoc. 13. 3. And I sawe one of his heads as it were wounded to death but his deadly wound was healed and all the world wondred after the beast I answere that in these words the holy Ghost speaketh not of Antichrist that he of whom he speaketh doth not saigne himselfe to die and rise againe As touching the first of those two beasts described in this chapter the former is not Antichrist but the latter The former which is described vnto the 11. Verse is the Romane Empire especially vnder the persecuting Emperours as hath bene shewed euery part of that description fitting the same And that the latter beast signifieth Antichrist it is in a maner confessed of all Heare what Bellarmine saith in the beginning of his tenth chapter speaking of the Lib. 3. de Pontif. Ro. ca. 10. 16. 17. and 18. Verses of this 13. chapter of the Apocalyps which are spoken concerning the second beast Fatentur omneo saith hee pertinere omnino ad Antichristum verba illa Ioannis Apoc. 13. fuciet omnes pusillos cum magnis c. All men confesse that those words of Iohn Apoc. 13. And he shall make all both small and great c. do wholy appertaine to Antichrist And in this very chapter how doth Bellarmine proue 1. that Antichrist shall worke great signes because it is said verse 13. fecit signa magna and he wrought great signes 2. that many of the signes of Antichrist shall be phantasticall and onely in appearance because it is said in the same verse that he doth cause fire to descend in the sight of men 3. that Antichrist shall cause fire to come downe from heauen and make the Image of the beast to speake because it is so prophesied of Antichrist verse 13. and 15. Now if this be confessed that the latter beast is Antichrist then can it not be truly affirmed that the former beast is Antichrist vnlesse we may say that the former and the latter are one and the same But that cannot be truly saide For of the latter Iohn saith And I sawe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an other beast verse 11. If it be an other then is it not the same and the great difference in the descriptions of both doth shewe that they are diuerse beasts The one arising out of the Sea hath tenne hornes the other arising out of the earth hath two hornes like the Lambe The latter exerciseth the power of the former and that in his sight causeth men to worship the former beast whose deadly wound was healed maketh an Image to the former beast which had a deadly wound liued verse 14. Therfore the second Vers. 12. beast which signifieth Antichrist is not that beast which had the deadly wound and was cured thereof nor yet the head which was so wounded 4 Againe to come to that obiection which Bellarmine maketh vnto himselfe and doth not satisfie this miracle and the two first doo not belong to one and the same subiect if therefore the two first concerning fire and the Image belong to Antichrist then this doth not or if this do then the other two do not but all confesse that those two do belong to Antichrist therefore this doth not Herevnto Bellarmine would seeme to answere that the former beast signifieth either the Romane Empire or the multitude of the wicked and that one that is to say the chiefe head thereof which seemed to dye and rise againe is Antichrist For saith hee Antichrist shall be the chiefe and the last head of the wicked as also of the Romanes The second beast signifieth either Antichrist himselfe according to Rupertus or the Ministers and Preachers of Antichrist according to Richardus and Anselmus And therefore these three miracles belong either to Antichrist alone or to him and his Ministers In which answere of Bellarmine we see that prouerbiall speech verified that Great it the truth and it shall preuale Seeing the force and euidence Esdr. 341. of truth hath expressed from him in this place a confession that ouerthroweth the popish concerning Antichrist and manifestly proueth the Pope to be Antichrist Namely when hee confesseth according to the true interpretation of the auncient Interpreters and Fathers of the Church that the beast with seuen heads is the Romane Empire that Antichrist is one of those seuē heads as also else-where he hath confessed that the whore of Babylon is the citie of Rome From hence therefore it followeth that Antichrist shall be the head Cap. 13. not of the Iewes but of the Romanes that his chiefe seate or See shall be not Ierusalem but Rome that the name of the beast is Romane or Latine that Antichrist is not one particular man no more then the other sixe heads of the Romane Empire but a state of gouernment as the Kings were one head and the Consuls an other and the Emperours but one head and the Popes and Papacie but one head and lastly that the head of the beast or Romane Empire which is Antichrist can be no other but the Pope of Rome For of these seuē heads S. Iohn saith that in his time fiue of thē were fallen one was an other was not yet come These fiue which were fallen were the fiue first viz. kings consuls Decēuiri tribunes dictators The head that then was out of question was the Emperours who were the sixt head the seuenth which is of the Popes was not yet come Which then of these seuen heads doth signifie Antichrist surely none of the fiue first for they were past before S. Iohns time nor the sixt which is the state of Emperours for that then was and Antichrist was not yet come and as the Papists confesse that was it which hindered the reuelation In 2. Thess. 2. of Antichrist and therefore was to be done out of the way before Antichrist could bee reuealed It remaineth therefore that the seuenth head which is of the Popes is Antichrist For as touching the Imperiall state renewed in the West the holy Ghost plainely saith that the beast which was and is not though it be as being but the Image of the olde Empire is the eight and is one of the seuen that is in name and title it is the same with the sixt as Images beare the names of those things which they doo represent If therefore Antichrist bee one of the

wicked man shal be reuealed That this is to be vnderstood of the Romane Empire he not onely affirmeth but also confirmeth by the testimonies of diuers of the Fathers the which we are so farre from denying that from hence as one especiall argument we prooue the Pope to be Antichrist But neither the Apostle nor any of the Fathers excepting Lactantius whose Prophecie in this point the Papists themselues do thinke to be erronious doth say that the Empire of Rome shall so vtterly be abolished as that not so much as the name of the Emperour or King of the Romanes shall remaine which Bellarmine should haue prooued For otherwise that the Empire was indeed dissolued before the reuelation of Antichrist the holy Ghost prophecied the euent hath prooued and we doe willingly confesse Qu●… tenebat de med●… fit Ad Gerontid de Monogamia saith Ierome in his time non intelligimus Antichristum appropinquare He which held is taken away and doe we not vnderstand that Antichrist is at hand Yea but saith Bellarmine the Romane Empire is not yet vtterly destroyed and therefore Antichrist is not yet come Neither is it necessary it is sufficient that he which hindered the reuelation of Antichrist wa●… done out of the way which was done first by remoouing the Imperiall seate from Rome which was to be the seate of Antichrist as hath beene prooued secondly by the dissolution of the Empire in the West As for the Empire renued by the Pope that hindereth not Antichrist but rather furthereth as hath beene shewed and therfore there is no necessitie that it should be taken away Neither is there now an Emperour of the Romanes indeed but onely in title without the thing it selfe as enjoying neither the citie of Rome it selfe nor yet the Prouinces And therefore either vnskilfully or sophistically are these Emperors which haue no imperiall authoritie either in the citie or the prouinces compared with those ancient Emperours who although they had the Empire wanted Rome it selfe 5. And hereby appeareth the error of our aduersaries who thinke that Antichrist commeth not before the vtter desolation of the Romane Empire whereas neither of the Apostles Paul or Iohn do say so but rather the contrary as hath bin shewed For to omit the rest before alledged Iohn saith Apoc. 13. That one head of the beast meaning the state of the emperors had indeed ●…ceiued deadly woun●… both in respect of Rome the head city and of the Emperours in the West but was cured therefore not vtterly destroyed and cured by the Pope both in respect of the city and in regard of the Emperour And therefore the Pope is Antichrist as some of our writers infer because this wound was to be cured by the second beast which figureth Antichrist And Ambrose saith vpon 2. Thes. 2. That Antichrist shall restore libertie to the Romans but in his owne name Bellarmine answereth That he readeth no where in Iohn that the beast which signifieth the Romane Empire was to be cured by antichrist Yea but this he might haue read that the second beast which is Antichrist causeth the image of the beast that is the new Empire to be made and putteth life vnto it For by this renuing of the Empire Bellarmine elswhere De translat imperij lib. 1. c. 4. prosesseth that the Romane Empire was restored to the same estate wherin it was before Augustulus But what hath Bellarmine read in Iohn Forsooth That one of the heads of the beast should dye and shortly after rise againe by the helpe of the diuel which the Ancient expoūd of Antichrist who shall faine himselfe to be dead and by diuellish art rise againe that so by resembling the true death and resurrection of Christ he might seduce many First it is euident that the former beast figureth not Antichrist but the Romane state and that vnder the Romane Emperors especially Secondly it is not said that one of the heads did faine it selfe dead and by the helpe of the diuell did rise againe which needed not if the death were coūterfeit but that one of the heads had receiued a deadly wound was cured againe The head was the state of the Emperours to wit the sixt head which receiued a deadly wound in Augustulus after whom the Empire in the West lay voide 325. yeares But this head was cured after a sort in Charlemaine his successou●…s in whom there was an image of the former Emperours erected by the Pope And therefore this state of Emperours renued in Charlemaine and his successours is said to be the eight head of the beast yet is one of the seuen So that the sixt head which before was woūded to death was cured after a sort repaired in thē This in substance is confessed by Bellarmine himself in this chapt where vnderstanding by the two legs of the image §. quod 〈◊〉 in Daniel the Westerne and Easterne Empire he saith That the Westerne which was the one leg failed namely in Augustulus and was after erected in Charlemaine and that as else-wheré he boasteth by the Pope Now whereas Bellarmine laboureth to prooue that this head which was wounded to death and reuiued againe is not Charles the great he sheweth himselfe rediculous in fighting with his owne shadow For by the head is not meant any one man but the state and succession of Emperours which was interrupted and cut off in Augustulus renewed in Charles the great and his successours And that which is added concerning the vniuersalitie either of worship or of rule is not spoken of the head which was reuiued but of the beast which was to Apoc. 13. 7. 8. haue one of his seauen heads wounded to death cuted againe The sixt Chapter answering his third demonstration concerning Enoch and Elias 1. NOw we are to come to those signes which in Bellarmines conceit are to accompany Antichrist the former wherof is the comming of Enoch and Elias in the flesh to oppose themselues against Antichrist and to conuert the Iewes From whence Bellarmine reasoneth thus If Enoch and Elias be not yet come againe in the flesh then Antichrist is not yet come But Enoch and Elias are not yet come againe in the flesh and therefore Antichrist is not yet come To the proposition I answer first that if Enoch and Elias were to come in their owne persons before the second comming of Christ as some of the Ancient haue thought and that to oppose themselues against Antichrist as the Papists dreame yet it followeth not that therefore Antichrist should not be come before their comming It is sufficient that they come before his ouerthrowe and the second comming of Christ. And therefore if they were indeed to come their cōming might yet be expected notwithstanding the truth of our assertion that Antichrist is already come But if Enoch and Elias be not to come againe in their owne persons before the end of the world to fight against Antichrist what force of

seuen heads of the Romane state as vndoubtedly hee is and as our aduersary here confesseth then can it not be denied but that the Pope who is the seuenth head is Antichrist 5 The other interpretation that the beast with seuen heads doth signifie the whole multitude of the wicked is senselesse and absurd For if the beast be the vniuersall company of the wicked what is the world which verse 3. is said to wonder after the beast what are all the kinreds tongues nations which are made subiect to the beast verse 7. who are all those inhabitants of the earth that do worship him doth not the holy Ghost plainely say verse 8. that they are those whose names are not written in the booke of the Lambe that is to say the company of the wicked and reprobates When as Bellarmine therefore saith that this beast signifieth either the Romane Empire or the whole company of the wicked wee may adde but it signifieth not the whole company of the wicked It remaineth therefore that it signifieth the Romane state whereof Antichrist is a head But although Antichrist bee one head of the seuen yet it followeth not that the head which was as it were wounded to death is Antichrist but rather the estate of Emperours which then was For albeit the b●…ast with seuen heads doth signifie the Romane state in generall yet in that place it seemeth to bee described as it was subiect to the sixt head In the 17. chapter as it is renewed and subiected to the Antichristian state For the beast which he there speaketh of which was and is not though it be was after to arise 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and being the eight in order was in name one of the seuen on which beast as also vpon those waters that is nations wherof the old Empire did arise the whore of Babylon whereby is meant the Antichristian state sitteth that is ruleth and raigneth as a Queene 6 And that it may appeare that there is no necessitie that we should vnderstand this wound of Antichrist let vs consider what wounds the Romane state had receiued and was cured thereof First therefore by the death of Iulius Caesar and the ciuill warres therevpon ensuing the Romane Empire receiued as it were a deadly wound yet recouered it so againe as that in Augustus and some of his successors it flourished more then euer before And this some thinke to be the wound of the beast which was cured whereof the holy Ghost here speaketh describing the beast by that which was knowne to haue bene done in the Romane state The second wound which the Romane Empire receiued was at the death of Nero in whom the stocke of the Caesars ended which being cut off the succession of the Imperiall Crowne was vncertaine and by the vncertaintie of succession the like desolation threatned to that Empire which happened to the Graecian Monarchy after the death of Alexander the great the Empire being left as a prey for the mightiest Neither was this wound cured vntill Uespasian obtained the Empire For after Nero Sergius Galba seized vpon the Empire and enioyed the same but seuen monethes and seuen dayes And albeit to establish the succession hee had adopted Piso yet was hee murdered by Syluius Otho who succeeded him and Otho after three moneths and fiue dayes was slaine by Uitellius who also after eight moneths was deposed and put to an ignominious death by Uespasian In whom the Empire which since the death of Nero had bene incertum vagum as Suetonius saith was established and as it were cured of the former wound which diuers learned men thinke to be vnderstood in this place Others rather expound this deadly wound of the dissolution of the Empire in the West Augustulu being ouercome by the Gothes and the Empire in the West lying voyd vntill Charles the great in whom this wound was after a sort cured Therefore although Antichrist be one of the heads of this beast yet seeing he is but one of the seuen and the holy Ghost speaketh of this Empire especially as it was ruled by the sixt head that is to say the Emperours there is no necessitie nay no probabilitie that by the head which was wounded wee should vnderstand Antichrist especially seeing Antichrist is afterwards described at large and that by these notes among others that he causeth men to worship the former beast whose mortall wound was healed verse 13. and caused an Image to be made to the beast which had the deadly wound verse 14. which as appeareth also by the Image was the Romane state vnder the Emperors for thereof the Empire renewed is an Image 7 But now suppose that Antichrist were this head which was wounded and cured as he is not yet how doth it follow that therefore Antichrist shall faigne himselfe to die and rise againe seeing he speaketh not of a particular mans death and resurrection as the Papists imagine but of the wounding and curing of a state signified by the head Neither speaketh he of death and resurrection but of wounding and curing neither is the wound and the cure counterfeit and faigned but the wound is truly inflicted and truly cured such as was both the wound of the Romane Empire either at the murther of Iulius Caesar or death of Nero or vanquishing of Augustulus and also the cure in Augustus in Vespasian and as Bellarminee else-where De translat imperi●… lib. 1. cap. 4. saith in Carolus Magnus If therfore neither Antichrist be spoken of in this place nor yet he who is spoken of doth faigne himselfe to die and rise againe how is it proued from these words that Antichrist shall faigne himselfe to die and rise againe Chap. 16. Of the kingdome and battailes of Antichrist COncerning the kingdome and battailes of Antichrist we reade foure thinges in the scriptures 1 saith Bellarmine 1. that Antichrist arising from a most base estate shall by fraude and deceit obtaine the kingdome of the Iewes 2. that he shall fight with three kings to wit of Egypt Libya and Aethiopia and hauing ouercome them shall possesse their kingdomes 3. that he shall subdue seuen other kings and by that meanes shall become the Monarch of the whole world 4. that with an innumerable army he shall persecute the Christians in the whole world and that this is the battaile of Gog and Magog Of all which seeing none agreeth to the Pope it followeth manifestly that he can by no meanes be called Antichrist To these foure points I will answere first ioyntly to them all and then seuerally to euery one For whereas Bellarmine saith that these foure thinges are read in the scriptures concerning the kingdome and battailes of Antichrist I answere that not any one of these foure is to be found in the scriptures and therefore that this argument as it is the last so of least force and that his disputation standing now as it were on the tilt he seemeth to drawe of the lees Notwithstanding the