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will_v permit_v no_o other_o god_n beside_o himself_o cap._n 14._o 11._o &_o 12._o he_o shall_v commit_v the_o great_a sin_n when_o he_o can_v all_o cap_n 14._o n._n 12._o how_o he_o may_v extol_v himself_o above_o god_n ibid._n he_o shall_v not_o worship_n or_o honour_v many_o god_n c_o 14_o n._n 14._o he_o shall_v adore_v the_o devil_n secret_o c._n 14._o n._n 14._o his_o disposition_n ibid._n he_o shall_v work_v many_o sign_n c_o 15._o n._n 1._o he_o be_v not_o prove_v to_o be_v king_n of_o the_o jew_n because_o antiochus_n be_v so_o c._n 16._o n._n 9_o he_o shall_v arise_v from_o base_a estate_n cap._n 16._o n._n 14._o &_o sequ_fw-la he_o shall_v overcome_v â—_o king_n cap._n 16._o n_o 12._o he_o shall_v subdue_v the_o 7_o king_n which_o remain_v after_o the_o three_o and_o so_o he_o shall_v be_v monarch_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n cap._n 16._o n_o 14._o he_o shall_v persecute_v the_o christian_n through_o the_o whole_a world_n with_o a_o innumerable_a army_n cap._n 16._o n._n 1â—_n etc._n etc._n 17._o per_fw-la totum_fw-la antichristianisme_n be_v not_o atheism_n c._n 4._o n._n 12._o antiochus_n epiphanes_n be_v not_o speak_v of_o at_o all_o in_o the_o 7._o &_o 11._o chap_n of_o daniel_n cap_n 7_o n._n 7._o he_o be_v a_o idolater_n c._n 14._o n._n 12._o he_o impugn_a not_o the_o god_n of_o syria_n c._n 14._o n._n 16._o he_o worship_v many_o god_n ibid._n he_o be_v a_o type_n of_o antichrist_n only_o in_o some_o principal_a point_n cap._n 16._o n._n 3._o only_o he_o among_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n be_v in_o the_o scripture_n account_v a_o persecutor_n of_o the_o jew_n c_o 16._o n._n 7._o how_o he_o arise_v from_o base_a estate_n cap._n 16._o n._n 14._o &_o seq_fw-la he_o invade_v not_o egypt_n often_o than_o twice_o c._n 16._o n._n 13._o antiochus_n magnus_n &_o seleucus_n philopater_n his_o elder_a son_n be_v the_o jew_n benefactor_n c._n 16._o n._n 7._o arias_n montanus_n cap._n 6_o n._n 3._o s._n augustine_n answer_v downams_n objection_n c._n 6_o n_o 5._o &_o 8._o he_o make_v no_o more_o doubt_n that_o elias_n shall_v come_v than_o that_o s._n john_n baptist_n be_v come_v ibid._n the_o apostasy_n be_v not_o the_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n c._n 2._o n._n 16._o c._n 14._o n._n 3._o b_o bell_n armines_n advantage_n in_o this_o controversy_n cap._n 1._o n._n 1._o he_o agree_v with_o former_a catholic_n c._n 1._o n._n 2._o he_o be_v unjust_o charge_v by_o downam_n cap._n 7._o n._n 5._o c._n 8._o n._n 5._o c._n 10_o n._n 7._o c_o 14_o n_o 10._o c_o 16._o n._n 11._o he_o urge_v downams_n objection_n further_o than_o he_o do_v himself_o c._n 11._o n._n 9_o his_o sincere_a deal_n cap._n 12._o n._n 1._o he_o reverence_v the_o father_n c._n 14._o n_o 7._o c_o calvin_n think_v that_o only_a christ_n be_v in_o heaven_n and_o that_o other_o stay_v without_o cap._n 6._o n._n 6._o the_o canon_n of_o the_o general_a council_n c_o â—_o n._n 4._o catholic_a doctrine_n stand_v not_o so_o much_o upon_o denial_n as_o the_o protestant_n do_v c._n 12._o &_o 13._o the_o character_n of_o antichrist_n shall_v be_v common_a to_o all_o in_o his_o kingdom_n c._n 11._o n._n 4._o it_o shall_v be_v carry_v not_o only_o by_o christian_n but_o also_o by_o jew_n ibid._n it_o may_v be_v carry_v in_o the_o right_a hand_n or_o in_o the_o forehead_n ib._n it_o be_v not_o profession_n or_o practice_n ibid._n it_o shall_v be_v visible_a c._n 11._o n._n 12._o christ_n first_o come_v be_v not_o terrible_a as_o his_o second_o shall_v be_v c._n 6._o n._n 3._o his_o power_n and_o knowledge_n be_v not_o to_o be_v limit_v by_o that_o which_o he_o do_v cap._n 2._o n._n 17_o he_o and_o antichrist_n can_v have_v both_o one_o mark_n c._n 11._o n._n 7._o the_o church_n of_o christ_n can_v have_v the_o mark_n of_o antichrist_n c._n 11_o n._n 5._o the_o church_n be_v always_o subject_a to_o the_o pope_n ibid._n the_o church_n comprehend_v not_o all_o that_o profess_v the_o name_n of_o christ_n cap._n 13._o n._n 4._o there_o be_v one_o visible_a catholic_a church_n cap._n 13._o n._n 5._o it_o be_v to_o endure_v to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n cap._n 13._o n._n 7._o chrism_n use_v in_o the_o church_n before_o the_o year_n 607_o c_o 11._o n_o 6._o how_o it_o make_v we_o christian_n ib._n how_o it_o be_v more_o to_o be_v reverence_v then_o baptism_n ibid._n the_o convert_v of_o one_o argue_v more_o power_n than_o the_o pervert_v of_o many_o cap_z 6._o n._n 6_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n cap._n 3._o n._n 4._o d_o the_o tribe_n of_o dan_n fall_v not_o first_o to_o idolatry_n c._n 12._o n._n 2._o why_o it_o be_v omit_v apoc_n 7._o ib._n day_n be_v not_o take_v for_o year_n cap._n 8._o n._n 7._o the_o devil_n be_v signify_v by_o the_o beast_n apoc_n 17._o c._n 15._o n_o 5_o &_o 6._o m._n downam_n seem_v not_o to_o have_v read_v so_o much_o of_o bellarmine_n as_o he_o impugn_v cap._n 3._o n._n 4._o he_o omit_v bellarmine_n proof_n and_o answer_v his_o own_o cap_n 4_o n._n 4._o 5._o 6._o 7._o he_o change_v bellarmine_n argument_n c._n 5._o n_o â—_o &_o 3._o c._n 8_o n._n 7._o c_o 13._o n._n 9_o he_o take_v the_o objection_n and_o omit_v the_o answer_n c._n 6_o n._n 4._o c._n 13_o n_o 9_o &_o 10._o he_o can_v defend_v his_o fellow_n c._n 2._o n._n 14._o c._n 6_o n._n 6._o c_o 8._o n._n 7._o c._n 14._o n._n 12._o &_o 19_o c._n 16._o n._n 14._o he_o impugn_v his_o fellow_n cap._n 8_o n_o 7._o c._n 10._o n._n 7._o he_o impugn_v himself_o cap._n 12._o n._n 2._o &_o 9_o c._n 15._o n._n 5._o &_o â—_o he_o contradict_v himself_o cap._n 5._o n_o 5._o c._n 10._o n._n 3._o 4._o &_o 6._o c_o 11._o n._n 4._o &_o 12._o c._n 13._o n._n 1._o c._n 16._o n._n 5._o 7._o 12._o he_o speak_v from_o the_o purpose_n c._n 2._o n_o 12._o &_o 15._o c_o 14._o n._n 6._o 8._o &_o 10._o c._n 16._o n._n 4._o &_o 8._o his_o petitio_fw-la principij_fw-la c._n 2._o n._n 17._o &_o 20._o c._n 5._o n._n 3._o c._n 6._o n._n 4._o c_o 7._o n._n 3._o &_o 7._o c._n 10_o n._n 4._o 5._o &_o 7._o c._n 11._o n._n 4._o &_o 7._o c._n 13._o n._n 6._o 8._o &_o 10._o he_o dissemble_v the_o difficulty_n c._n 2._o n._n 20._o c._n 4._o n._n 7._o c._n 7._o n._n 4._o c._n 16._o n._n 11._o his_o poor_a shift_n c._n 3._o n._n 1._o &_o 5._o c._n 6._o n_o 4._o his_o juggle_a c._n 10._o n._n 2._o c._n 12._o n._n 2._o c._n 13_o n._n 1._o &_o 2._o he_o translate_v not_o well_o c_o 3_o n._n 1_o c._n 5._o n._n 4._o c._n 15._o n._n 3._o he_o expound_v the_o scripture_n childish_o c._n 4._o n._n 8_o he_o mangle_v the_o scripture_n c._n 5_o n._n 5._o c._n 6._o n._n 5._o he_o admit_v what_o translation_n &_o interpretation_n he_o list_v c._n 6._o n._n 3._o he_o condemn_v ecclesiasticus_fw-la &_o the_o jew_n of_o his_o time_n c_o 6._o n_o 4._o he_o condemn_v the_o apostle_n and_o in_o some_o sort_n our_o saviour_n himself_n c._n 6._o n._n 5._o he_o join_v with_o porphiry_n a_o apostata_fw-la against_o all_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n and_o jew_n also_o c._n 5._o n._n â—_o 6._o 7._o n._n 7._o c._n 16._o n._n 5._o our_o saviour_n word_n in_o his_o opinion_n be_v not_o true_a c._n 14._o n._n 7._o his_o boldness_n with_o the_o scripture_n c._n 14._o n._n 16._o he_o join_v with_o the_o jew_n in_o impugn_v the_o pope_n c._n 16._o n._n 3._o his_o exposition_n contrary_a to_o all_o other_o even_o his_o own_o fellow_n c_o 16._o n._n 7._o he_o bely_v the_o primitive_a church_n against_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o father_n c_o 13_o n._n 9_o he_o scoff_v at_o s._n gregory_n cap._n 6_o n._n 7._o c_o 8._o n._n 6._o he_o corrupt_v s._n ireraeus_n his_o word_n and_o meaning_n c_o 10._o n._n 7._o he_o impugn_v the_o father_n authority_n c._n 12._o n._n 2._o he_o acknowledge_v the_o father_n to_o be_v against_o he_o c._n 14._o n._n 19_o he_o abuse_v s._n hierome_n c._n 16_o n._n 9_o he_o make_v much_o account_n of_o one_o father_n if_o he_o favour_v his_o fancy_n c._n 4._o n._n 1â—_n he_o forget_v what_o he_o impugn_v c_o 5._o n._n 2_o c._n 7._o n._n 6._o he_o confirm_v one_o absurdity_n with_o another_o far_o great_a c_o 5._o n._n 2._o he_o cut_v of_o those_o word_n which_o make_v most_o to_o the_o purpose_n c_o 6._o n._n 3_o he_o prove_v a_o universal_a by_o a_o particular_a c_o 10_o n_z 3._o he_o run_v to_o generality_n when_o he_o can_v answer_v the_o particular_a argument_n c._n 1â—_n n._n 4._o his_o strange_a paradexe_n cap._n 14._o n._n 9_o he_o bely_v the_o pope_n and_o church_n of_o rome_n c._n 14._o
because_o the_o seed_n of_o god_n word_n have_v be_v cast_v into_o the_o world_n by_o the_o apostle_n which_o fructify_a and_o increase_v by_o little_a and_o little_a be_v to_o replenish_v the_o whole_a world_n as_o one_o that_o have_v put_v fire_n to_o diverse_a part_n of_o a_o city_n may_v true_o be_v say_v to_o have_v set_v all_o the_o city_n on_o fire_n because_o he_o have_v apply_v the_o fire_n which_o increase_v by_o little_a and_o little_a be_v to_o consume_v the_o whole_a city_n and_o this_o very_a same_o signify_v the_o apostle_n when_o he_o say_v in_o the_o whole_a world_n it_o be_v fructify_a and_o increase_v for_o it_o have_v not_o take_v possession_n whole_o of_o the_o whole_a world_n see_v it_o be_v yet_o more_o and_o more_o spread_v afterward_o abroad_o and_o yet_o in_o a_o certain_a manner_n it_o have_v take_v possession_n that_o be_v vertuallie_o and_o not_o actuallie_o we_o may_v also_o answer_v with_o s._n hierome_n in_o matth._n 20._o &_o s._n thomas_n in_o rom._n 10._o that_o the_o gospel_n come_v to_o all_o in_o two_o manner_n one_o way_n by_o fame_n another_o way_n by_o peculiar_a preacher_n and_o foundation_n of_o church_n and_o that_o in_o the_o first_o manner_n the_o gospel_n come_v to_o all_o nation_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n then_o know_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o that_o s._n paul_n speak_v of_o this_o in_o which_o sort_n also_o s._n chrysostome_n in_o matth._n 24._o be_v to_o be_v understand_v but_o in_o the_o second_o manner_n that_o it_o come_v not_o then_o but_o be_v to_o come_v in_o the_o time_n appoint_v and_o that_o our_o lord_n matth._n 24._o luc._n ult._n &_o act._n 1._o speak_v of_o this_o add_v last_o that_o it_o be_v not_o absurd_a if_o we_o grant_v that_o our_o lord_n speak_v proper_o and_o the_o apostle_n figurativelie_o for_o the_o reason_n which_o compel_v we_o to_o take_v our_o lord_n word_n in_o a_o proper_a signification_n have_v not_o the_o same_o force_n if_o they_o be_v apply_v to_o the_o word_n of_o s._n paul_n especial_o see_v our_o lord_n speak_v of_o a_o thing_n to_o come_v and_o s._n paul_n of_o a_o thing_n past_a m._n downams_n answer_v confute_v 1._o it_o please_v m._n downam_n to_o be_v a_o little_a merry_a about_o these_o 6._o demonstration_n call_v they_o six_o slender_a conjecture_n and_o think_v bellarmyne_n trouble_v with_o melancholy_n for_o deem_v otherwise_o but_o i_o will_v leave_v it_o to_o the_o reader_n judgement_n if_o it_o be_v not_o more_o likely_a that_o he_o be_v load_v with_o folly_n afterward_o he_o jest_v at_o bellarmine_n for_o make_v antichrist_n death_n &_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n which_o shall_v be_v after_o his_o death_n to_o be_v two_o sign_n of_o his_o come_n as_o though_o all_o this_o be_v not_o to_o fall_v out_o within_o 3._o or_o 4._o year_n after_o his_o come_n and_o consequent_o do_v not_o plain_o demonstrate_v that_o he_o come_v not_o a_o 1000_o year_n since_o which_o be_v that_o which_o bellarmine_n go_v about_o to_o prove_v and_o so_o may_v very_o well_o use_v these_o sign_n to_o demonstrate_v his_o not_o come_v so_o long_o ago_o 2._o but_o come_v to_o answer_v the_o first_o demonstration_n it_o be_v wonderful_a to_o see_v how_o many_o word_n he_o spend_v in_o vain_a and_o how_o few_o to_o the_o purpose_n for_o he_o be_v to_o answer_v bellarmine_n proof_n which_o i_o have_v allege_v he_o scarce_o ever_o touch_v any_o of_o they_o but_o make_v a_o long_a discourse_n altogether_o frivolous_a about_o the_o exposition_n of_o that_o whole_a place_n matth._n 24._o wherefore_o i_o shall_v be_v enforce_v to_o gather_v up_o here_o and_o there_o some_o scatter_a denial_n and_o so_o reply_v to_o this_o his_o break_a and_o confuse_a answer_n 3._o and_o first_o to_o the_o father_n which_o bellarmine_n allege_v as_o his_o chief_a proof_n i_o find_v only_o these_o word_n of_o he_o or_o to_o what_o end_n say_v he_o shall_v i_o spend_v my_o time_n in_o answer_v the_o testimony_n of_o the_o father_n who_o suppose_v that_o the_o gospel_n shall_v be_v preach_v in_o all_o the_o world_n before_o the_o come_n of_o antichrist_n see_v according_a to_o the_o meaning_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n it_o be_v to_o be_v preach_v in_o all_o the_o world_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o be_v not_o this_o a_o wise_a answer_n think_v father_n downam_n reject_v the_o father_n you_o to_o accuse_v the_o father_n to_o be_v against_o christ_n because_o their_o doctrine_n be_v contrary_a to_o m._n downams_n but_o i_o take_v it_o few_o will_v believe_v he_o upon_o his_o bare_a word_n against_o bellarmine_n alone_o &_o much_o less_o have_v so_o many_o ancient_a father_n join_v with_o he_o 4._o bellarmine_n other_o proof_n be_v out_o of_o the_o text_n because_o by_o that_o great_a tribulation_n before_o which_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o gospel_n shall_v be_v preach_v in_o the_o whole_a world_n the_o father_n and_o in_o particular_a s._n augustine_n understand_v antichrist_n persecution_n but_o m._n downam_n never_o mention_v s._n augustine_n or_o other_o father_n flat_o deni_v their_o doctrine_n in_o this_o point_n as_o he_o have_v do_v in_o the_o former_a &_o therefore_o indeed_o never_o go_v about_o to_o answer_v the_o argument_n but_o to_o deny_v the_o conclusion_n whatsoever_o the_o proof_n be_v 5._o yea_o that_o which_o be_v worse_o because_o he_o will_v seem_v to_o say_v something_o he_o bear_v the_o reader_n in_o hand_n that_o bellarmine_n have_v be_v so_o simple_a as_o to_o prove_v his_o conclusion_n only_o own_o downam_n omit_v bellarmine_n proof_n &_o answer_v his_o own_o out_o of_o those_o word_n matth._n 24._o this_o gospel_n of_o the_o kingdom_n shall_v be_v preach_v in_o the_o whole_a world_n in_o testimony_n to_o all_o nation_n and_o then_o he_o answer_v very_o gravelie_o but_o our_o saviour_n christ_n do_v not_o say_v that_o the_o gospel_n shall_v be_v preach_v throughout_o the_o world_n before_o the_o come_n of_o antichrist_n but_o before_o the_o end_n and_o be_v 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