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a_o army_n of_o twenty_o thousand_o man_n 224._o he_o be_v 4_o not_o only_o guilty_a of_o much_o blood_n which_o cry_v for_o vengeance_n upon_o he_o but_o also_o he_o be_v drink_v with_o it_o therefore_o as_o he_o now_o staggers_n like_o one_o that_o be_v drink_v so_o he_o must_v likewise_o both_o stumble_v and_o fall_v isai_n 8.15_o jerem._n 25.27_o then_o 5_o solomon_n say_v pride_n go_v before_o destruction_n and_o a_o haughty_a spirit_n before_o a_o fall_n prov._n 16.18_o antichrist_n pride_n be_v relate_v before_o parag._n 52.55_o and_o from_o 89._o to_o 97._o all_o which_o must_v bring_v his_o fall_n and_o destruction_n 225._o but_o sixthly_a and_o last_o because_o so_o many_o batter_a engine_n be_v plant_v against_o he_o not_o by_o weak_a man_n but_o by_o the_o mighty_a god_n therefore_o down_o he_o must_v come_v for_o strong_a be_v the_o lord_n that_o judge_n he_o revel_v 18.8_o when_o joshua_n come_v against_o jericho_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o surround_v it_o with_o the_o ark_n of_o god_n and_o blow_v of_o trumpet_n this_o plain_o portend_v the_o downfall_n of_o it_o so_o when_o our_o joshua_n or_o jesus_n have_v batter_v babylon_n with_o those_o person_n and_o thing_n foremention_v for_o some_o year_n already_o since_o luther_n day_n especial_o this_o plain_o portend_v it_o can_v stand_v but_o must_v tumble_v down_o chap._n ix_o 226._o have_v thus_o demonstrate_v antichrist_n linger_a consumption_n and_o the_o mean_n whereby_o it_o be_v accomplish_v which_o be_v the_o 11_o clause_n i_o come_v now_o next_o to_o the_o 12_o and_o last_o part_n of_o the_o induction_n to_o wit_n his_o utter_a extirpation_n he_o must_v be_v destroy_v by_o the_o brightness_n of_o christ_n come_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v a_o elegancy_n in_o it_o as_o its_o simple_a be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v idle_a the_o beast_n have_v power_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o mr._n mede_n read_v faciendi_fw-la to_o do_v 42._o month_n rev._n 13.5_o but_o the_o brightness_n of_o christ_n come_n put_v a_o period_n to_o his_o lease_n of_o do_v cut_v the_o trace_n of_o this_o wicked_a plougher_n and_o then_o he_o can_v plough_v or_o do_v no_o more_o ps_n 129.3,4_o he_o will_v be_v then_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o out_o of_o employment_n and_o out_o of_o be_v also_o 227._o some_o indeed_o take_v this_o brightness_n of_o christ_n come_v to_o be_v at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n because_o it_o be_v say_v than_o he_o shall_v come_v in_o flame_a fire_n 2_o thess_n 1.8_o and_o then_o shall_v the_o beast_n and_o false_a prophet_n be_v put_v to_o death_n and_o cast_v into_o the_o lake_n rev._n 19.20_o this_o interpretation_n make_v the_o final_a abolishment_n of_o antichrist_n to_o be_v much_o late_a than_o indeed_o it_o shall_v be_v 228._o this_o come_n of_o christ_n be_v not_o say_v dr._n sclater_n to_o be_v take_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o that_o individual_a point_n of_o time_n wherein_o christ_n shall_v come_v to_o judge_v the_o world_n at_o the_o last_o day_n but_o it_o must_v be_v take_v extense_o and_o with_o some_o latitude_n so_o as_o under_o it_o may_v be_v comprise_v the_o anterior_a part_n and_o the_o forego_n both_o sign_n and_o time_n thereof_o and_o he_o approve_v of_o that_o critic_n scholiast_n that_o say_v this_o phrase_n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o his_o come_n in_o person_n to_o general_n judgement_n but_o of_o the_o manifestation_n of_o his_o presence_n in_o the_o church_n by_o effect_n of_o power_n justice_n grace_n and_o mercy_n 229._o if_o this_o extirpation_n of_o antichrist_n be_v the_o same_o thing_n with_o the_o downfall_n of_o babylon_n that_o be_v describe_v revel_v 18._o then_o under_o correction_n say_v
contemporary_a with_o antichristianism_n ut_fw-la suprà _fw-la par._n 34._o ch_n 2._o vix_fw-la lucem_fw-la in_o occidente_fw-la aspexerat_fw-la antichristus_fw-la cùm_fw-la repentè_fw-fr in_fw-la oriente_fw-la exortus_fw-la est_fw-la pseudopropheta_fw-la mahomates_n say_v bishop_n ʋsher_n de_fw-fr success_n pag._n 31._o 15._o it_o follow_v then_o that_o the_o witness_n testimony_n against_o arrianism_n last_v till_o the_o 5._o century_n then_o how_o can_v we_o find_v genuine_a witness_n against_o antichrist_n till_o the_o 6._o century_n among_o those_o father_n which_o our_o historian_n and_o chronologer_n call_v patres_fw-la sub_fw-la papatu_fw-la alsted_n encuclopoed_n pag._n 2840._o which_o they_o begin_v to_o reckon_v by_o rank_n about_o century_n the_o 6._o indeed_o i_o find_v hierom_n in_o the_o four_o century_n to_o witness_v that_o antichrist_n be_v come_v when_o he_o see_v the_o empire_n shake_v by_o the_o barbarian_n but_o he_o be_v no_o witness_n in_o sackcloth_n against_o antichrist_n reveal_v 16._o i_o find_v upon_o diligent_a search_n that_o gregory_n the_o great_a just_a upon_o the_o 6._o century_n come_v forth_o much_o like_o a_o sackcloth-prophet_n and_o mourn_v out_o those_o word_n in_o his_o day_n putrescentem_fw-la quasi_fw-la navem_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la habemus_fw-la &_o tempestate_fw-la fortiter_fw-la obviante_fw-la jam_fw-la jamque_fw-la putridae_fw-la tabulae_fw-la naufragium_fw-la sonant_fw-la which_o doleful_a complaint_n of_o gregory_n agobardus_n bishop_n of_o leiden_fw-mi live_v in_o the_o 3d_o age_n after_o he_o take_v up_o subjoyn_v to_o gregory_n word_n a_o more_o doleful_a ditty_n si_fw-mi tunc_fw-la jam_fw-la putrescebat_fw-la navis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o si_fw-la ejus_fw-la tabulae_fw-la jam_fw-la putridae_fw-la erant_fw-la quid_fw-la nunc_fw-la est_fw-la agobard_fw-mi ad_fw-la ludovicum_n imperatorem_fw-la de_fw-la regimine_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la if_o the_o church_n be_v a_o crazy_a ship_n ready_a to_o be_v break_v with_o a_o storm_n in_o gregory_n day_n as_o he_o mourn_v it_o be_v much_o more_o so_o in_o 3_o age_n after_o gregory_n 17._o yea_o the_o same_o gregory_n lib._n 4._o epis_fw-la 32._o break_v out_o into_o this_o mournful_a exclamation_n o_o tempora_fw-la o_o mores_n saeviunt_fw-la &_o dominantur_fw-la quotidiè_fw-la in_o necem_fw-la fidelium_fw-la cultores_fw-la idolorum_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o pavimento_fw-la &_o cinere_fw-la flentes_fw-la jacere_fw-la debuerunt_fw-la vanitatis_fw-la sibi_fw-la nomina_fw-la expetunt_fw-la &_o novis_fw-la &_o prophanis_fw-la vocabulis_fw-la gloriantur_fw-la and_o as_o if_o through_o a_o prospective_n glass_n he_o have_v see_v a_o storm_n arise_v this_o same_o gregory_n prophecy_v of_o his_o succeed_a age_n qui_fw-la post_fw-la nos_fw-la vixerint_fw-la tempora_fw-la deteriora_fw-la videbunt_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o comparatione_fw-la suitemporis_fw-la felices_fw-la nos_fw-la dies_fw-la habuisse_fw-la aestimabunt_fw-la lib._n 8._o epist_n 36._o and_o further_o omnia_fw-la quae_fw-la praedicta_fw-la sunt_fw-la fiunt_fw-la rex_fw-la superbiae_fw-la propè_fw-la est_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la dici_fw-la nefas_fw-la est_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la ei_fw-la praeparatus_fw-la est_fw-la exercitus_fw-la lib._n 4._o epist_n 38._o he_o foretell_v sad_a time_n be_v come_v when_o the_o king_n of_o pride_n antichrist_n come_v 18._o gregor_n magn_n write_v to_o mauritius_n the_o emperor_n ep_v 32._o lib._n 4._o say_v ipsa_fw-la christi_fw-la mandata_a superbi_fw-la atque_fw-la pompatici_fw-la cujusdam_fw-la sermonis_fw-la inventione_n turbantur_fw-la petro_n quidem_fw-la cura_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la committitur_fw-la universalis_fw-la tamen_fw-la apostolus_fw-la non_fw-la voco_fw-la &_o consacerdos_n meus_fw-la johannes_n constantinop_n universalis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la vocari_fw-la conatur_fw-la from_o hence_o i_o note_v that_o in_o gregory_n time_n antichrist_n be_v more_o likely_a to_o be_v reveal_v at_o constantinople_n than_o at_o rome_n and_o the_o same_o gregory_n say_v juxta_fw-la est_fw-la ille_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la ipse_fw-la est_fw-la rex_fw-la super_fw-la universos_fw-la superbiae_fw-la filios_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la gravi_fw-la dolore_fw-la dicere_fw-la compellor_fw-la then_o show_v john_n of_o constantinople_n ambition_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n and_o antioch_n he_o conclude_v thus_o oh_o quà m_fw-la gravi_fw-la considerationis_fw-la huius_fw-la gemitu_fw-la torqueor_fw-la epist_n 32._o lib._n 4._o herein_o he_o speak_v like_o a_o mournful_a witness_n 19_o now_o what_o can_v be_v say_v to_o this_o prophetical_a testimony_n against_o antichrist_n reveal_v though_o not_o yet_o reveal_v but_o as_o our_o learned_a bishop_n usher_n that_o this_o gregory_n the_o great_a do_v not_o speak_v these_o thing_n of_o himself_o but_o rather_o he_o prophesy_v as_o caiphas_n do_v be_v highpriest_n that_o year_n for_o he_o lay_v down_o this_o rule_n quisquis_fw-la se_fw-la universalem_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la desiderat_fw-la be_v in_o sva_fw-la elatione_fw-la antichristum_n praecurrit_fw-la which_o fall_v out_o soon_o after_o his_o death_n he_o strenuous_o oppose_a john_n of_o constantinople_n in_o his_o aspire_n after_o this_o title_n call_v it_o diabolicam_fw-la superbiam_fw-la &_o antichristi_fw-la malitiam_fw-la lib._n 4._o epist_n 6._o 20._o he_o do_v not_o only_o oppose_v it_o in_o other_o but_o also_o do_v abominate_a it_o in_o himself_o confident_o assert_v that_o in_o istud_fw-la scelestum_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la universalem_fw-la scilicet_fw-la episcopum_fw-la consentire_fw-la nil_fw-la aliud_fw-la esse_fw-la quà m_fw-la fidem_fw-la per_fw-la dear_a and_o call_v himself_o servus_n servorum_fw-la dei_fw-la whether_o hypocritical_o as_o some_o say_v i_o dare_v not_o judge_v yea_o and_o acknowledge_v himself_o a_o subject_a to_o the_o emperor_n mauritius_n notwithstanding_o all_o this_o i_o can_v make_v this_o gregory_n my_o first_o sackcloth-prophet_n not_o only_o because_o he_o be_v a_o notorious_a patron_n of_o superstition_n though_o a_o opposer_n of_o this_o supremacy_n but_o also_o because_o the_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n be_v but_o open_v her_o pack_n of_o abomination_n in_o his_o time_n and_o not_o yet_o reveal_v now_o this_o sackcloth-prophecy_n must_v not_o forego_v it_o but_o contemporize_v with_o it_o lest_o a_o inequality_n be_v make_v betwixt_o 42._o m._n and_o 1260._o day_n 21._o isidore_n who_o be_v pupil_n to_o this_o gregory_n the_o great_a be_v more_o likely_a to_o be_v a_o witness_n against_o antichrist_n reveal_v for_o then_o phocas_n that_o second_o zimri_n have_v slay_v his_o master_n and_o midwived_a antichrist_n into_o the_o world_n this_o isidore_n behold_v with_o his_o eye_n that_o grand_a usurpation_n of_o universal_a supremacy_n not_o only_o in_o boniface_n the_o three_o but_o in_o three_o other_o pope_n after_o that_o boniface_n live_v till_o about_o 640._o y._n after_o christ_n and_o so_o have_v more_o occasion_n to_o abominate_a this_o antichristian_a arrogancy_n than_o his_o tutor_n gregory_n the_o great_a have_v yea_o and_o may_v better_o say_v than_o his_o namesake_n that_o live_v before_o he_o ecclesia_fw-la foeminae_fw-la cuidam_fw-la similis_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la antiqua_fw-la felicitate_a excidit_fw-la ac_fw-la signa_fw-la tantùm_fw-la habet_fw-la ornamentorum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la arculas_fw-la opibus_fw-la autem_fw-la spoliata_fw-la est_fw-la she_o have_v the_o chest_n but_o lose_v the_o cash_n 22._o this_o isidor_n make_v not_o petrum_fw-la but_o petram_fw-la the_o rock_n to_o be_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o church_n illyricus_n catalogue_n test_n verit._n pag._n 647._o and_o alsted_n join_v sophronius_n with_o he_o say_v of_o they_o that_o they_o teach_v so_o of_o their_o work_n ut_fw-la ex_fw-la iis_fw-la plurima_fw-la romanae_fw-la curiae_fw-la dogmata_fw-la possint_fw-la refelli_fw-la chron._n test_n ver_fw-la pa._n 369._o and_o that_o toledan_a synod_n anno_fw-la christ_n 630._o wherein_o isidore_n sit_v precedent_n as_o calvisius_n pa._n 677._o say_v decree_v against_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o romish_a clergy_n 23._o alsted_n say_v seculum_fw-la istud_fw-la à _fw-la gregorio_n magno_fw-la adeò_fw-la sterile_a admodùm_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la usque_fw-la quà que_fw-la clari_fw-la sunt_fw-la viri_fw-la modò_fw-la recitati_fw-la so_o dismal_a be_v that_o darkness_n when_o antichrist_n begin_v to_o see_v the_o light_n not_o much_o unlike_o the_o apostle_n voyage_n act._n 27.20_o wherein_o neither_o sun_n nor_o star_n for_o many_o day_n appear_v for_o after_o the_o light_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n expire_v little_a considerable_a knowledge_n shine_v forth_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o antichristian_a ignorance_n and_o blindness_n yet_o all_o along_o the_o 6._o century_n and_o so_o downward_o god_n have_v his_o witness_n against_o antichrist_n though_o but_o few_o which_o be_v call_v patres_fw-la sub_fw-la papatu_fw-la such_o as_o hesychius_n leontius_n venerable_n bede_n damascen_n haimo_n theophylact_fw-mi oecumenius_n rabanus_n bertram_n paulus_n diaconus_fw-la etc._n etc._n 24._o illyricus_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o order_n agree_v upon_o in_o the_o 5._o century_n be_v that_o the_o romish_a bishop_n shall_v have_v the_o first_o place_n in_o the_o counsel_n the_o bishop_n of_o constantinop_n the_o second_o place_n the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n the_o three_o and_o the_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n the_o four_o and_o that_o this_o be_v agree_v on_o for_o order_n sake_n but_o not_o for_o dominion_n yet_o he_o further_o show_v that_o this_o order_n of_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 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