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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 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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 immundorum_fw-la genere_fw-la with_o filthy_a fornicator_n effeminate_a incestuous_a seed-shedders_a sodomite_n all_o manner_n of_o uncleanness_n this_o be_v speak_v like_o a_o witness_n 43._o then_o in_o the_o 12_o cehtury_n more_o light_a begin_v to_o break_v forth_o and_o the_o waldenses_n appear_v those_o famous_a witness_n against_o antichrist_n that_o communicate_v light_n to_o many_o nation_n insomuch_o that_o in_o the_o 13._o cent._n our_o own_o grosthead_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n romanorum_fw-la malleus_fw-la dare_o write_v to_o the_o pope_n himself_o that_o he_o be_v antichrist_n in_o the_o 14._o cent._n appear_v bradwardin_n armachanus_fw-la and_o that_o famous_a sackcloth-prophet_n john_n wickliff_n in_o the_o 15_o cent._n john_n hus_n jerom_n of_o prague_n and_o then_o luther_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o in_o no_o cent._n do_v the_o lord_n want_v witness_n to_o his_o truth_n beside_o many_o other_o that_o mourn_v in_o secret_a place_n of_o the_o wilderness_n which_o be_v not_o find_v upon_o record_n 44._o thus_o from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o 6t_n century_n witness_n in_o sackcloth_n may_v be_v find_v against_o antichrist_n reveal_v but_o not_o so_o clear_o from_o the_o four_o century_n which_o yet_o many_o have_v follow_v from_o innocent_a the_o first_o which_o not_o only_a event_n but_o also_o this_o argument_n seem_v to_o gainsay_v to_o wit_n though_o innocent_a the_o first_o attempt_v supremacy_n yet_o on_o a_o slender_a foundation_n insomuch_o as_o his_o successor_n zosimus_n boniface_n the_o first_o celestine_n the_o first_o and_o sixtus_n the_o three_o bottom_v their_o claim_n of_o supremacy_n upon_o a_o supposititious_a canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a this_o fraud_n be_v detect_v by_o the_o african_a bishop_n compare_v it_o with_o the_o authentic_a copy_n alsted_n encuclop_n histor_n pag._n 2849._o at_o large_a 45._o methinks_v to_o foot_v the_o account_n of_o antichristianism_n from_o leo_n the_o first_o seem_v far_o more_o 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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