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as_o it_o do_v continue_v for_o many_o hundred_o year_n together_o so_o it_o have_v its_o immediate_a original_n from_o the_o delusion_n of_o satan_n now_o for_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o house_n at_o cleve_n or_o calne_n we_o may_v probable_o believe_v that_o god_n may_v suffer_v the_o devil_n to_o do_v great_a wonder_n for_o so_o spondanus_n call_v it_o mirandum_fw-la to_o deceive_v the_o world_n what_o else_o shall_v be_v the_o meaning_n of_o that_o place_n rev._n 20_o he_o lay_v hold_v on_o the_o dragon_n that_o old_a serpent_n which_o be_v the_o devil_n and_o satan_n and_o bind_v he_o a_o thousand_o year_n and_o cast_v he_o into_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n and_o shut_v he_o up_o and_o set_v a_o seal_n upon_o he_o that_o he_o shall_v deceive_v the_o nation_n no_o more_o ver_fw-la 2_o 3._o by_o this_o he_o do_v tacit_o imply_v that_o the_o whole_a time_n of_o the_o beast_n kingdom_n be_v a_o time_n of_o the_o lose_n of_o satan_n in_o which_o god_n be_v press_a to_o give_v he_o leave_v 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seed_n of_o the_o woman_n that_o keep_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n and_o have_v the_o testimony_n of_o jesus_n christ_n chap._n 12._o ver_fw-la 17._o the_o papist_n then_o in_o receive_v the_o doctrine_n and_o decree_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n under_o that_o formality_n as_o they_o do_v believe_v he_o universal_a head_n of_o the_o church_n be_v positive_o direct_o and_o immediate_o antichristian_a this_o truth_n be_v lay_v down_o a_o stream_n of_o excellent_a uses_n do_v natural_o flow_v from_o it_o first_o we_o may_v here_o contemplate_v and_o behold_v the_o truth_n and_o infinite_a wisdom_n of_o god_n speak_v in_o the_o scripture_n it_o be_v now_o above_o 1500_o year_n since_o that_o john_n write_v the_o revelation_n in_o which_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o beast_n his_o name_n mark_v image_n and_o the_o number_n of_o his_o name_n now_o if_o we_o go_v to_o experience_n what_o have_v all_o age_n for_o this_o thousand_o year_n last_o pass_v but_o verify_v and_o fulfil_v the_o 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over_o their_o estate_n but_o all_o treatise_n be_v full_a of_o uses_n of_o this_o kind_n we_o will_v proceed_v â—…o_o that_o which_o be_v antichristian_a by_o analogy_n and_o reduction_n for_o this_o be_v more_o immediate_a to_o our_o purpose_n chap._n xiii_o concern_v that_o which_o be_v antichristian_a by_o analogy_n and_o 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o progress_n of_o the_o discourse_n we_o have_v show_v that_o the_o formality_n of_o antichristianism_n be_v in_o the_o headship_n of_o the_o beast_n by_o this_o standard_n of_o the_o market_n we_o may_v prove_v all_o other_o thing_n that_o do_v more_o remote_o symbolize_v and_o agree_v with_o the_o great_a antichrist_n first_o the_o power_n of_o the_o magistrate_n when_o it_o have_v no_o bound_n or_o limit_n but_o he_o do_v all_o by_o his_o will_n and_o prerogative_n in_o
i_o have_v bestow_v the_o more_o pain_n to_o try_v the_o force_n of_o their_o argument_n for_o either_o we_o or_o they_o must_v great_o mistake_v in_o the_o point_n however_o let_v it_o be_v true_a as_o they_o affirm_v that_o not_o the_o roman_a but_o the_o seleucian_n be_v the_o four_o &_o last_o metal-kingdome_n then_o all_o the_o metal-kingdome_n must_v necessary_o determine_v and_o expireat_v the_o destruction_n of_o the_o seleucian_n and_o so_o according_a to_o the_o tenor_n of_o this_o doctrine_n we_o shall_v have_v that_o which_o will_v singular_o agree_v with_o our_o way_n of_o calculation_n for_o if_o the_o account_n be_v make_v from_o the_o end_n of_o all_o four_o metal-kingdome_n from_o the_o terminus_fw-la ad_fw-la quem_fw-la in_o the_o same_o series_n and_o method_n of_o computation_n there_o will_v be_v 666_o year_n to_o the_o set_n up_o of_o the_o name_n or_o headship_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o so_o we_o shall_v concord_n with_o the_o principle_n of_o junius_n and_o as_o to_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n he_o and_o we_o shall_v facere_fw-la paria_fw-la this_o be_v in_o brief_a the_o understanding_n which_o i_o have_v both_o of_o the_o name_n of_o the_o beast_n and_o the_o number_n thereof_o now_o if_o any_o shall_v ask_v what_o proof_n or_o what_o evidence_n i_o have_v to_o hold_v forth_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o thing_n i_o answer_v the_o process_n of_o the_o demonstration_n be_v by_o conglobation_n and_o by_o a_o full_a induction_n of_o singular_n and_o it_o be_v this_o in_o effect_n where_o there_o be_v a_o true_a correspondence_n with_o all_o the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o text_n the_o most_o remarkable_a passage_n of_o the_o prophecy_n and_o the_o event_n of_o thing_n that_o be_v a_o true_a interpretation_n but_o the_o present_a be_v such_o ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n all_o the_o burden_n of_o proof_n will_v rest_v upon_o the_o assumption_n i_o have_v to_o this_o purpose_n apply_v it_o then_o to_o all_o the_o circumstance_n of_o 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a_o earthen_a vessel_n that_o the_o praise_n may_v be_v of_o god_n alone_o and_o so_o i_o rest_v thou_o in_o the_o lord_n n._n s._n the_o content_n of_o the_o chapter_n of_o the_o ensue_a treatise_n chap._n i._n concern_v the_o profitableness_n and_o the_o use_v of_o the_o discovery_n pag._n 1_o chap._n ii_o concern_v the_o possibility_n of_o the_o discovery_n and_o how_o that_o there_o be_v certain_a demonstrative_a principle_n to_o bring_v the_o truth_n to_o light_v pag._n 12_o chap._n iii_o that_o the_o name_n of_o the_o beast_n be_v not_o the_o word_n lateinos_n or_o any_o other_o grammatical_a word_n but_o the_o name_n be_v the_o universal_a power_n and_o headship_n of_o the_o beast_n immediate_o oppose_v to_o the_o power_n dominion_n and_o headship_n of_o the_o lamb_n pag._n 18_o chap._n iu_o concern_v the_o number_n of_o the_o name_n of_o the_o beast_n where_o it_o be_v show_v that_o the_o name_n or_o universal_a headship_n begin_v public_o to_o he_o establish_v under_o the_o 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be_v describe_v by_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o thessalonian_n and_o by_o john_n in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o revelation_n but_o let_v we_o come_v to_o particular_n these_o be_v the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n even_o him_z who_o come_n be_v after_o the_o work_n of_o satan_n with_o miracle_n sign_n and_o lie_v wonder_n and_o with_o all_o deceivableness_n of_o unrighteousness_n in_o they_o that_o perish_v because_o they_o do_v not_o receive_v the_o truth_n in_o the_o love_n of_o it_o that_o they_o may_v be_v save_v chap._n 2._o ver_fw-la 9_o 10._o in_o which_o word_n the_o apostle_n do_v plain_o show_v and_o foretell_v that_o not_o only_o at_o the_o come_n of_o antichrist_n but_o also_o in_o all_o the_o time_n of_o his_o kingdom_n the_o devil_n shall_v have_v power_n give_v he_o to_o do_v great_a thing_n to_o deceive_v the_o world_n that_o they_o may_v believe_v the_o lie_n of_o antichrist_n
not_o to_o reveal_v this_o only_a to_o the_o jew_n but_o to_o the_o people_n of_o the_o gentile_n also_o this_o latter_a may_v be_v prove_v from_o the_o person_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n to_o who_o this_o secret_n be_v reveal_v for_o if_o it_o have_v only_o concern_v the_o national_a church_n of_o the_o jew_n that_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n will_v raise_v up_o a_o kingdom_n that_o never_o shall_v be_v destroy_v why_o be_v this_o deliver_v to_o nabuchadnezzar_n a_o heathen_a man_n and_o a_o enemy_n of_o the_o church_n when_o the_o lord_n do_v reveal_v to_o pharaoh_n the_o dream_n of_o the_o seven_o fat_a cow_n and_o after_o the_o dream_n of_o seven_o lean_a cow_n this_o be_v not_o only_o discover_v for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o church_n but_o for_o the_o preservation_n of_o mankind_n so_o the_o succession_n of_o the_o four_o great_a empire_n and_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o last_o empire_n these_o thing_n be_v not_o reveal_v only_o to_o nabuchadnezzar_n that_o the_o jew_n may_v understand_v the_o truth_n but_o that_o the_o whole_a habitable_a world_n under_o nebuchadnezzar_n dominion_n may_v take_v notice_n of_o that_o which_o god_n do_v intend_v to_o do_v second_o this_o appear_v by_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o revelation_n to_o nabuchadnezzar_n which_o be_v to_o this_o end_n that_o the_o whole_a world_n may_v observe_v it_o first_o if_o you_o consider_v the_o person_n nabuchadnezzar_n dream_v a_o dream_n second_o the_o way_n of_o god_n deal_n with_o he_o he_o forget_v the_o dream_n and_o therefore_o a_o great_a trouble_n fall_v upon_o his_o spirit_n three_o his_o call_n for_o the_o wiseman_n of_o babylon_n which_o city_n in_o these_o time_n be_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o seat_n of_o the_o empire_n now_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v imagine_v but_o all_o that_o live_v within_o the_o verge_n of_o so_o large_a a_o dominion_n will_v be_v apt_a to_o hearken_v after_o such_o a_o thing_n special_o when_o they_o shall_v hear_v of_o the_o trouble_n of_o the_o king_n and_o of_o the_o edict_n to_o kill_v all_o the_o wiseman_n of_o babylon_n here_o be_v a_o matter_n set_v out_o in_o the_o view_n of_o all_o asia_n as_o it_o be_v to_o prove_v three_o particular_n first_o that_o the_o god_n of_o israel_n be_v the_o true_a god_n second_o that_o he_o will_v set_v up_o four_o great_a change_n of_o empire_n in_o the_o world_n three_o that_o in_o the_o last_o succession_n of_o empire_n he_o will_v set_v up_o a_o kingdom_n that_o never_o shall_v be_v destroy_v these_o thing_n be_v propound_v not_o only_o for_o the_o church_n but_o for_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o whole_a habitable_a earth_n under_o the_o babylonian_a empire_n that_o then_o be_v and_o for_o the_o age_n follow_v three_o if_o we_o look_v to_o the_o story_n of_o the_o evangelist_n we_o do_v read_v that_o the_o evangelist_n s_o matthew_n do_v tell_v we_o that_o when_o the_o lord_n christ_n be_v bear_v in_o bethleem_n in_o the_o day_n of_o herod_n the_o king_n wiseman_n come_v to_o jerusalem_n matth._n 2._o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o here_o interpreter_n upon_o the_o place_n do_v raise_v many_o question_n first_o who_o these_o wiseman_n be_v second_o why_o be_v it_o reveal_v to_o they_o by_o a_o star_n three_o why_o do_v the_o star_n guide_v they_o to_o jerusalem_n and_o then_o vanish_v out_o of_o 〈◊〉_d these_o question_n be_v propound_v by_o interpreter_n and_o they_o do_v give_v very_o learned_a and_o solid_a answer_n to_o they_o only_o there_o be_v a_o question_n to_o which_o i_o do_v not_o yet_o find_v a_o satisfactory_a answer_n and_o that_o be_v this_o why_o be_v this_o matter_n reveal_v to_o wiseman_n in_o the_o east_n rather_o than_o to_o any_o other_o nation_n profession_n or_o sect_n among_o the_o gentile_n spanhemius_fw-la do_v handle_v this_o point_n in_o his_o dubia_fw-la evangelica_n part_n 2._o dub_v 31._o pag._n 326._o and_o he_o do_v come_v to_o this_o issue_n in_o the_o close_a concludimus_fw-la itaque_fw-la causum_fw-la vocationis_fw-la magorum_n nequaquam_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la suisse_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o solâ_fw-la dei_fw-la vocantis_fw-la bonitate_fw-la &_o illos_fw-la ex_fw-la merâ_fw-la ejus_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la vocatos_fw-la sive_fw-la absolutè_fw-la eorum_fw-la vocatio_fw-la consideretur_fw-la sive_fw-la comparatè_fw-la quod_fw-la enim_fw-la &_o vocati_fw-la &_o vocati_fw-la prae_fw-la aliis_fw-la dei_fw-la miserentis_fw-la fuit_fw-la illorum_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la aliorum_fw-la et_fw-la haec_fw-la causa_fw-la causarum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o summa_fw-la ratio_fw-la pag._n 329._o here_o i_o do_v agree_v that_o the_o call_v of_o the_o wiseman_n do_v chief_o depend_v upon_o the_o grace_n and_o mercy_n of_o god_n this_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o cause_n and_o the_o chief_a reason_n why_o they_o be_v call_v and_o why_o they_o be_v call_v before_o any_o other_o but_o yet_o with_o submission_n to_o a_o better_a judgement_n i_o think_v there_o lie_v a_o plain_a reason_n in_o the_o 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the_o natural_a sense_n of_o john_n in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o revelation_n that_o the_o number_n of_o the_o name_n of_o the_o beast_n be_v 666._o now_o for_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o interpretation_n we_o will_v prove_v it_o first_o from_o the_o whole_a scope_n of_o the_o text_n rev._n 13._o second_o from_o the_o drift_n of_o the_o spirit_n rev._n 17._o three_o from_o the_o whole_a harmony_n of_o the_o prophecy_n in_o the_o chief_a and_o remarkable_a circumstance_n last_o from_o the_o scope_n of_o the_o apostle_n 2_o thess._n 2._o and_o of_o these_o in_o their_o order_n chap._n viii_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o interpretation_n be_v prove_v from_o the_o remarkable_a circumstance_n of_o the_o text_n itself_o revel_v 13._o 16_o 17_o 18._o there_o be_v many_o excellent_a and_o precious_a truth_n in_o the_o general_n which_o we_o can_v always_o avouch_v that_o the_o spirit_n