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A44854 Hē apostasīa, ho antichristos, or, A scriptural discourse of the apostasie and the Antichrist, by way of comment, upon the twelve first verses of 2 Thess. 2 under which are opened many of the dark prophecies of the Old Testament, which relate to the calling of the Jews, and the glorious things to be affected at the seventh trumpet through the world : together with a discourse of slaying the witnesses, and the immediate effects thereof : written for the consolation of the Catholike Church, especially the churches of England, Scotland, and Ireland / by E.H. Hall, Edmund, 1619 or 20-1687. 1653 (1653) Wing H325; ESTC R11943 203,833 222

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iniquitas_fw-la in_o commum_fw-la quia_fw-la membra_fw-la ejus_fw-la non_fw-la plus_fw-la erubescent_fw-la actum_fw-la impietatis_fw-la quam_fw-la pietatis_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la fidem_fw-la habent_fw-la paucissimi_fw-la erunt_fw-la carth._n bruno_n these_o word_n seem_v to_o be_v prophesy_v of_o these_o time_n qui_fw-la tenet_fw-la i._n e._n qui_fw-la fidem_fw-la tenet_fw-la ante_fw-la antichristi_fw-la adventum_fw-la teneat_fw-la i._n e._n ne_fw-la moveatur_fw-la citò_fw-la donec_fw-la de_fw-fr medio_fw-la fiat_fw-la i._n e._n donec_fw-la moriatur_fw-la fabr._n paulutius_fw-la in_o locum_fw-la qui_fw-la tenet_fw-la teneat_fw-la religionem_fw-la donec_fw-la de_fw-la medio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fiat_fw-la apostasia_fw-la estius_fw-la haec_fw-la interpretatio_fw-la non_fw-la modò_fw-la est_fw-la absurda_fw-la sed_fw-la graecis_fw-la etiam_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la respondet_fw-la beza_n romanus_n pontifex_fw-la qui_fw-la tenet_fw-la nunc_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la teneat_fw-la illas_fw-la donec_fw-la de_fw-la medio_fw-la fiat_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsâ_fw-la romanâ_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la medium_fw-la &_o cor_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la fiat_fw-la iniquitas_fw-la ob_fw-la quam_fw-la multae_fw-la ab_fw-la ea_fw-la discedant_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la anselm_n sicut_fw-la carbo_fw-la ignis_fw-la inter_fw-la ligna_fw-la occultè_fw-la vim_o svam_fw-la exerit_fw-la &_o vicina_fw-la adurit_fw-la sensimque_fw-la proserpit_fw-la donec_fw-la in_o flammam_fw-la &_o incendium_fw-la manifestum_fw-la erumpat_fw-la sic_fw-la iniquitas_fw-la à_fw-la daemone_n accensa_fw-la occultè_fw-la in_o impiis_fw-la vim_o svam_fw-la exerit_fw-la serpitque_fw-la donec_fw-la in_o publicam_fw-la omnium_fw-la scelerum_fw-la flammam_fw-la sub_fw-la antichristo_fw-la erumpat_fw-la cornel_n à_fw-la lapide_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d multa_fw-la significat_fw-la tenere_fw-la retinere_fw-la detinere_fw-la impedire_fw-la possidere_fw-la occupare_fw-la imperare_fw-la rerum_fw-la potiri_fw-la exempla_fw-la passim_fw-la halemus_fw-la zanchius_n note_n verse_n 8._o this_o opinion_n may_v seem_v to_o oppose_v the_o general_a opinion_n of_o the_o protestant_n such_o as_o beza_n bishop_n jewel_n downam_n whitaker_n willet_n brightman_n and_o several_a other_o who_o conclude_v the_o pope_n be_v antichrist_n for_o my_o part_n i_o grant_v as_o much_o from_o scripture_n against_o the_o pope_n as_o they_o as_o that_o he_o be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o western_a apostasy_n sit_v in_o pomp_n in_o rome_n make_v people_n and_o nation_n drink_v with_o spiritual_a filthiness_n and_o that_o state_n that_o have_v drive_v the_o witness_n into_o sackcloth_n that_o the_o popedom_n be_v the_o state_n with_o the_o seven_o head_n and_o ten_o horn_n but_o all_o this_o make_v he_o not_o in_o the_o least_o the_o antichrist_n that_o deny_v the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n 1_o john_n 2._o 21._o nor_o the_o beast_n of_o the_o earth_n revel_v 13._o 12_o 13._o nor_o he_o that_o slay_v the_o witness_n revel_v 11._o 7._o nor_o he_o that_o lift_v himself_o up_o in_o the_o ruin_n of_o three_o king_n dan._n 7._o nor_o he_o that_o be_v the_o son_n of_o perdition_n 2_o thess._n 2._o who_o be_v not_o to_o be_v reveal_v until_o he_o have_v remove_v the_o two_o witness_n out_o of_o the_o way_n this_o be_v the_o antichrist_n the_o father_n both_o greek_a and_o latin_a make_v mention_n of_o cornel_n we_o à_fw-la lapide_fw-la exlex_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la nullis_fw-la legibu●…_n subiicitur_fw-la omnes_fw-la aut●…m_fw-la leges_fw-la contemnet_fw-la &_o conculcabit_fw-la zanchius_n antichristus_fw-la manifest_a revelabitur_fw-la fontem_fw-la esse_fw-la totius_fw-la iniquitatis_fw-la qui_fw-la nec_fw-la modò_fw-la in_o membris_fw-la suis_fw-la nec_fw-la tunc_fw-la in_o s●…ipso_fw-la timendus_fw-la anselmus_fw-la retegetur_fw-la autem_fw-la sic_fw-la ut_fw-la apertè_fw-la conspiciatur_fw-la in_o impio_fw-la svo_fw-la regno_fw-la &_o dominatu_fw-la &_o cognescatur_fw-la esse_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d iste_fw-la &_o anti_fw-la b●…stus_fw-la zanchius_n aper●…e_fw-la dominabitur_fw-la p●…ator_fw-la note_n spiritus_fw-la oris_fw-la non_fw-la significat_fw-la praedicationèm_fw-la verbi_fw-la dei_fw-la quia_fw-la haec_fw-la non_fw-la interficiet_fw-la antichristum_n imò_fw-la i●…sam_fw-la tollet_fw-la cum_fw-la eliam_fw-la &_o enoch_n occidet_fw-la nil_fw-la prodest_fw-la ratio_fw-la aut_fw-la religio_fw-la ubi_fw-la vis_fw-la imperat_fw-la spiritus_fw-la oris_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la p●…aedicatio_fw-la sed_fw-la potiùs_fw-la sententia_fw-la &_o judicium_fw-la condemnationis_fw-la zelus_n justitiae_fw-la faciet_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la amor_fw-la spiritus_fw-la enim_fw-la christi_fw-la est_fw-la amor_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o hic_fw-la zelus_fw-la est_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la quem_fw-la habet_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la aquinas_n in_o locum_fw-la et_fw-la spiritu_fw-la lab●…orum_fw-la suorum_fw-la morte_fw-la affici●…t_fw-la improbum_fw-la tre●…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d septuagint_n i_o e._n to_o a_o wonder_n &_o in_o the_o spirit_n by_o by_o the_o lip_n he_o shall_v slay_v the_o wicked_a one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d conficiet_fw-la spiritu_fw-la oris_fw-la est_fw-la periphrasis_n verbi_fw-la d●…i_fw-la &_o virtutis_fw-la ejus_fw-la nam_fw-la verb●…m_fw-la breve_fw-la &_o consummatum_fw-la facie●…_n dominus_fw-la super_fw-la terram_fw-la zuinglius_fw-la note_n august_n ambros._n ante_fw-la diem_fw-la judicii_fw-la ●…ccidetur_fw-la antichristus_fw-la nam_fw-la post_fw-la ●…jus_fw-la mortem_fw-la minimùm_fw-la dabuntur_fw-la hominibus_fw-la quad●…aginta_fw-la quiuque_fw-la dies_fw-la poe●…tentiae_fw-la ut_fw-la patet_fw-la dan._n 12._o 12._o cornel_n we_o d._n lapide_fw-la &_o alii_fw-la docti_fw-la multorum_fw-la opinio_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la antichristi_fw-la mortem_fw-la dominique_n adventum_fw-la spatium_fw-la aliquod_fw-la temporis_fw-la fore_fw-la medium_n qu●…_n pace_fw-la aliquantulâ_fw-la f●…uatur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la estius_n in_o locum_fw-la fat●…or_fw-la quidem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d voce_fw-mi sae●…è_fw-fr illum_fw-la iudicii_fw-la adventum_fw-la significari_fw-la sed_fw-la id_fw-la perpetuum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la leigh_n critic_n sac._n haec_fw-la verba_fw-la non_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la de_fw-fr ultimo_fw-la adventu_fw-la christi_fw-la intelligenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la quotidiano_fw-la adventu_fw-la verbi_fw-la christi_fw-la in_o corda_fw-la fidelium_fw-la zuinglius_fw-la incertum_fw-la est_fw-la a_o loquatu●…_n de_fw-fr ultima_fw-la christi_fw-la apparitione_n cum_fw-la judex_fw-la è_fw-la coelis_fw-la patefiet_fw-la calvin_n in_o locum_fw-la adventus_n domini_fw-la extensè_fw-la &_o secundùm_fw-la quandam_fw-la latitudinem_fw-la est_fw-la intelligendus_fw-la ut_fw-la sub_fw-la eo_fw-la comprehendatur_fw-la etiam_fw-la adventus_fw-la &_o praedicatio_fw-la praecursorum_fw-la estius_n in_o locum_fw-la see_v the_o learned_a annotation_n on_o matth._n 24._o i●…_n may_v be_v call_v the_o come_a and_o appear_v of_o christ_n when_o he_o come_v and_o appear_v in_o his_o vicegerent_n his_o two_o anoint_a office_n magistracy_n and_o ministry_n but_o at_o the_o raise_n of_o the_o witness_n he_o eminent_o appear_v in_o these_o two_o office_n therefore_o it_o be_v call_v christ_n come_v and_o appear_v verse_n 9_o theodoretus_n hippolytus_n de_fw-fr consummatione_fw-la s●…culi_fw-la rabanus_n de_fw-fr antichristo_fw-la operatio_fw-la satanae_n &_o omnis_fw-la conatus_fw-la ejus_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la homine_fw-la situs_fw-la ●…rit_fw-la ant._n scaynus_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la cum_fw-la ipso_fw-la &_o per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la operabitur_fw-la satanas_fw-la tirinus_n in_o antichristo_fw-la est_fw-la diabolus_fw-la ●…uggerens_n ●…icut_fw-la dicitur_fw-la de_fw-fr juda_n jo._n 13._o introivit_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la satanas_fw-la scilicet_fw-la instigando_fw-la aquinas_n ità_fw-la gorranus_n no●…e_n mr._n ant._n burges_n hot_a modo_fw-la decipiat_fw-la antichristus_fw-la primò_fw-la per_fw-la potentiam_fw-la secularem_fw-la secundò_fw-la per_fw-la virtutem_fw-la miraculorum_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la primum_fw-la dicit_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la virtute_fw-la scilicet_fw-la seculari_fw-la dan._n 11._o dominabitur_fw-la thesaurorum_fw-la auri_fw-la &_o argenti_fw-la aquinas_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d copi●…_n militares_fw-la dicuatur_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la in_o sermone_fw-la sacro_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la apud_fw-la autores_fw-la profanos_fw-la leigh_n potestaccipi_fw-la pro_fw-la divitiis_fw-la &_o vi_fw-la armorum_fw-la ant._n scaynus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nazian_n jamb_n 15._o 2._o 2._o signa_fw-la sunt_fw-la quaedam_fw-la mi●…a_fw-la etiam_fw-la p●…rva_fw-la prodigia_fw-la verò_fw-la magna_fw-la quae_fw-la aliquemprodig●…osum_fw-la ostendunt_fw-la quasi_fw-la ●…ocul_fw-la à_fw-la digit●…_n aquinas_n miracula_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quia_fw-la signa_fw-la sunt_fw-la praesentiae_fw-la divinae_fw-la atque_fw-la eorum_fw-la proprius_fw-la usu●…_n est_fw-la ut_fw-la confirmetur_fw-la fides_fw-la nostra_fw-la leigh_n è_fw-la camera_fw-la miracula_fw-la vocantur_fw-la signa_fw-la synecdochicè_fw-la quia_fw-la mi●…acula_fw-la signa_fw-la &_o testimonia_fw-la sunt_fw-la divinae_fw-la ad_fw-la dicendum_fw-la vocationis_fw-la &_o veritatis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d note_n annotation_n on_o the_o bible_n et_fw-la prodigiis_fw-la falsis_fw-la syr._n et_fw-la prodigiis_fw-la mendacibus_fw-la beza_n quae_fw-la causam_fw-la habent_fw-la occultam_fw-la alicui_fw-la &_o non_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la quidem_fw-la mira_fw-la &_o non_fw-la miracula_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la sed_fw-la quae_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la caus●…m_fw-la occultam_fw-la habent_fw-la sunt_fw-la proprie_fw-la miracula_fw-la aqui._n miraculum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la ●…it_fw-la super_fw-la omnem_fw-la naturae_fw-la vim_o quódque_fw-la omnium_fw-la naturalium_fw-la causarum_fw-la &_o creaturarum_fw-la vires_fw-la excedit_fw-la &_o transcendit_fw-la cornelius_n à_fw-la lapide_fw-la zanchius_n miraculum_fw-la mendax_fw-la dicitur_fw-la vel_fw-la quia_fw-la deficit_fw-la à_fw-la vera_fw-la ratione_fw-la sacti_fw-la vel_fw-la à_fw-la vera_fw-la ratione_fw-la miraculi_fw-la vel_fw-la à_fw-la debito_fw-la sine_fw-la miraculi_fw-la aquinas_n cyrillus_n catech_n 15._o non_fw-la su●…t_fw-la vera_fw-la miracula_fw-la vim_o naturae_fw-la super_fw-la anti●…_n sed_fw-la praestigiae_fw-la diabolicae_fw-la vel_fw-la certè_fw-la vi_fw-la &_o potentiam_fw-la naturali_fw-la patrata_fw-la tyrinus_n ex_fw-la cyrillo_n &_o theod._n utitur_fw-la antichristus_fw-la ad_fw-la fallendum_fw-la sapiene●…tiâ_fw-la verbo●…um_fw-la simulatione_fw-la virtutum_fw-la testimonio_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la operation●…_n mir●…culorum_fw-la promissione_n divitiarum_fw-la terror_fw-la persecutionum_fw-la goran_z in_o locum_fw-la verse_n 10._o mr._n leigh_n magnâ_fw-la comitace_n &_o gratiâ_fw-la se_fw-la insinuandi_fw-la captandique_fw-la hominum_fw-la gatia●…_n &_o sanctimoniâ_fw-la simulatâ_fw-la utetur_fw-la antichristu●…_n ad_fw-la illiciendum_fw-la homines_fw-la describit_fw-la jam_fw-la subditos_fw-la huius_fw-la regni_fw-la eóque●…olatur_fw-la pios_fw-la ut_fw-la ne_fw-la metuant_fw-la antichristi_fw-la potentiam_fw-la quip_n limitibus_fw-la certis_fw-la definitam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys._n dicit_fw-la charitatem_fw-la veritatis_fw-la qui●…isi_fw-la formata●…ides_fw-la per_fw-la charitatem_fw-la nibil_n est_fw-la aquinas_n hic_fw-la sensu●…_n sacilior_fw-la est_fw-la &_o planior_fw-la maglsque_fw-la connexu●…_n versui_fw-la sequenti_fw-la opponitur_fw-la enim_fw-la amor_fw-la veritatis_fw-la errori_fw-la sive_fw-la amori_fw-la &_o amp●…exui_fw-la erroris_fw-la ●…_n lapid_n ex_fw-la v●…tab_n in_o ●…_n fundamentum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la christus_fw-la ●…ui_fw-la cetera_fw-la praepo●…untur_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr civet_fw-la l._n 21._o c._n 26._o ●…_n note_n verse_n 11._o u●…_n volunt_fw-la deo_fw-la ut_fw-la fruantur_fw-la mundo_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr civet_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 15._o c._n 7._o object_n answ._n vide_fw-la bazil_n tom._n 1._o homil._n aug._n contra_fw-la julianum_fw-la l._n 5._o c_o 3_o deus_fw-la mi●…tet_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la diacolum_fw-la ista_fw-la facere_fw-la per●…et_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr civit._n l._n 20._o c._n 19_o opponit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la veritatem_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la mendacio_fw-la sed_fw-la iniquitati_fw-la antichristi_fw-la cornell_n à_fw-la lapide_fw-la ità_fw-la scholi●…_n docent_fw-la scripturas_fw-la quas_fw-la non_fw-la intelligunt_fw-la p●…iùs_fw-la imperitorum_fw-la magistri_fw-la quam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ip●…_n hieron_n epist._n us●…patio_fw-la est_fw-la usu_fw-la capio●…_n interruptio_fw-la in_o j●…_n civil_a verse_n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scholia_fw-la ità_fw-la beza_n aquinas_n gravius_n est_fw-la dilig●…e_fw-la ●…eccatum_fw-la quam_fw-la ●…accre_fw-la greg._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d propriè_fw-la sig●…t_fw-la a●…cui_fw-la facer●…_n injuriam_fw-la aliquem_fw-la per_fw-la vim_o opprime●…e_n alsted_n rom._n 12._o the_o shake_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n in_o the_o scripture-sense_n be_v the_o overthrow_v the_o throne_n of_o kingdom_n and_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v of_o the_o heathen_a hag._n 2._o 22._o note_n 1._o proposition_n 2._o proposition_n obseru._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d septuagint_n