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signification_n of_o a_o curse_n and_o i_o add_v that_o they_o may_v with_o as_o good_a reason_n allege_v that_o antichrist_n shall_v be_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v verse_n 27._o that_o he_o shall_v ravine_v as_o a_o wolf_n jeremy_n undoubted_o speak_v not_o of_o antichrist_n nor_o yet_o as_o bellarmine_n say_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o dan_n but_o of_o nabuchadonosor_n who_o be_v to_o come_v by_o the_o coast_n or_o country_n call_v dan_n to_o destroy_v jerusalem_n as_o jerome_n right_o expound_v why_o dan_n be_v omit_v in_o apoc._n 7._o it_o be_v not_o well_o know_v say_v bellarmine_n especial_o see_v ephraim_n also_o which_o be_v one_o of_o the_o great_a tribe_n be_v leave_v out_o but_o here_o bellarmine_n do_v praevaricari_fw-la and_o by_o trifle_a betray_v the_o truth_n for_o it_o be_v not_o true_a that_o ephraim_n be_v leave_v out_o for_o see_v manasses_n be_v mention_v verse_n 6._o we_o must_v needs_o by_o the_o tribe_n of_o joseph_n mention_v 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1_o it_o other_o opinion_n more_o absurd_a than_o it_o be_v but_o although_o there_o be_v degree_n of_o falsehood_n in_o all_o these_o opinion_n yet_o all_o of_o they_o be_v false_a as_o be_v ground_v upon_o this_o false_a supposition_n that_o antichrist_n 1_o 1_o be_v but_o one_o singular_a man_n and_o second_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n that_o move_v bellarmine_n to_o reject_v the_o former_a opinion_n may_v 2_o 2_o these_o also_o be_v reject_v namely_o because_o they_o can_v be_v prove_v out_o of_o the_o scripture_n but_o contrariwise_o may_v be_v disprove_v thereby_o for_o antichrist_n shall_v sit_v in_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n that_o be_v shall_v reign_v in_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n and_o shall_v be_v a_o apostate_n 3_o 3_o and_o the_o head_n of_o the_o apostasy_n as_o bellarmine_n confess_v and_o therefore_o not_o the_o head_n of_o the_o jew_n who_o can_v be_v say_v to_o make_v a_o apostasy_n before_o they_o be_v call_v but_o of_o backslide_n christian_n again_o 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this_o interpretation_n be_v signify_v by_o apostasy_n do_v not_o signify_v one_o man_n but_o the_o whole_a body_n and_o company_n of_o those_o that_o do_v revolt_v that_o be_v the_o whole_a body_n and_o kingdom_n of_o antichrist_n which_o we_o have_v prove_v to_o be_v the_o apostatical_a church_n of_o rome_n and_o so_o augustine_n who_o bellarmine_n allege_v in_o the_o very_a same_o place_n which_o he_o cit_v read_v in_o the_o concrete_a nisi_fw-la venerit_fw-la refuga_fw-la primum_fw-la unless_o the_o apostate_n first_o come_v and_o expound_v what_o be_v mean_v by_o 19_o de_fw-fr civet_n dei_fw-la lib._n 20._o cap._n 19_o the_o temple_n not_o the_o temple_n at_o jerusalem_n but_o rather_o the_o church_n of_o god_n because_o the_o apostle_n will_v not_o call_v the_o temple_n of_o the_o devil_n the_o temple_n of_o god_n propound_v the_o opinion_n of_o some_o which_o he_o do_v not_o mislike_v vnde_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la non_fw-la ipsum_fw-la principem_fw-la etc._n etc._n whereupon_o some_o understand_v in_o this_o place_n not_o the_o prince_n himself_o but_o his_o whole_a body_n as_o it_o be_v that_o be_v the_o company_n of_o man_n pertain_v unto_o he_o together_o with_o their_o prince_n to_o be_v antichrist_n and_o they_o think_v that_o it_o may_v more_o right_o be_v say_v in_o latin_a as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o greek_a that_o he_o sit_v non_fw-la in_fw-la templo_fw-la dei_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o templum_fw-la dei_fw-la not_o in_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n but_o as_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n as_o though_o he_o be_v the_o temple_n of_o god_n which_o be_v the_o church_n which_o as_o have_v be_v show_v notable_o sit_v the_o pope_n and_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o here_o we_o be_v by_o the_o way_n to_o note_v whereas_o bellarmine_n say_v that_o antichrist_n shall_v be_v such_o a_o notable_a apostate_n as_o that_o he_o may_v be_v call_v the_o apostasy_n itself_o that_o see_v none_o can_v be_v a_o apostate_n which_o have_v not_o be_v a_o christian_a by_o this_o assertion_n therefore_o of_o bellarmine_n antichrist_n shall_v not_o be_v a_o jew_n but_o a_o backslide_n and_o revolt_a christian_n 16._o second_o he_o say_v by_o apostasy_n we_o may_v understand_v a_o revolt_n from_o the_o roman_a empire_n as_o many_o of_o the_o latin_a father_n do_v expound_v to_o omit_v the_o dissension_n of_o the_o father_n which_o proove_v that_o their_o exposition_n can_v be_v no_o good_a rule_n of_o interpret_n the_o scripture_n we_o do_v confess_v that_o before_o the_o manifest_a revelation_n of_o antichrist_n there_o be_v to_o go_v noâ—…_n only_o a_o defection_n from_o the_o faith_n but_o also_o a_o revolt_n from_o the_o roman_a empire_n but_o as_o the_o revolt_n from_o earthly_a kingdom_n be_v never_o in_o the_o scripture_n term_v apostasy_n so_o be_v it_o not_o here_o signify_v but_o as_o the_o word_n elsewhere_o be_v use_v and_o by_o the_o most_o and_o best_a writer_n here_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d expound_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v a_o fall_a away_o from_o god_n a_o defection_n or_o departure_n from_o the_o true_a faith_n as_o heretofore_o i_o have_v show_v augustme_o say_v quem_fw-la refugam_fw-la vocat_fw-la utique_fw-la a_o domino_fw-la deo_fw-la who_o he_o call_v a_o 2._o lib._n 20._o cap._n 19_o §._o 2._o runagate_n namely_o from_o the_o lord_n god_n neither_o can_v it_o be_v deny_v but_o that_o this_o apostasy_n be_v that_o which_o afterward_o the_o apostle_n call_v the_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n which_o be_v work_v in_o and_o by_o the_o heretic_n of_o those_o time_n who_o also_o bellarmine_n call_v the_o forerunner_n of_o antichrist_n because_o they_o pervert_v the_o faith_n and_o therefore_o the_o defection_n cause_v by_o antichrist_n be_v a_o apostasy_n from_o the_o faith_n according_a to_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o apostle_n that_o in_o these_o latter_a time_n diverse_a shall_v make_v a_o apostasy_n 4._o 1._o tim._n 4._o 1._o 2._o tim._n 4._o 4._o from_o the_o faith_n and_o shall_v turn_v 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