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why_o do_v the_o lord_n send_v peter_n only_o to_o the_o sea_n to_o fish_n with_o a_o angle_n or_o hook_n but_o that_o he_o will_v insinuate_v that_o he_o intend_v to_o set_v peter_n over_o the_o whole_a surge_a sea_n of_o this_o tempestuous_a world_n and_o why_o do_v he_o command_v he_o to_o fish_n with_o a_o iron_n hook_n but_o that_o he_o be_v dispose_v to_o commit_v unto_o he_o the_o sword_n both_o of_o the_o spiritual_a and_o temporal_a empire_n hereunto_o we_o may_v add_v that_o worthy_a dispute_n of_o antoninus_n archbishop_n of_o florence_n part_n 3._o tit_n 22._o cap._n 5._o §_o 17_o that_o the_o subtiliss_n similiae_fw-la argumenta_fw-la habet_fw-la 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr turrâ—…_n in_o sum_n &_o alâ—…_n subtiliss_n pope_n be_v the_o vicar_n of_o jesus_n christ_n in_o the_o whole_a world_n have_v in_o stead_n of_o the_o live_a god_n the_o universal_a jurisdiction_n both_o of_o spiritual_a &_o temporal_a thing_n but_o the_o immediate_a administration_n of_o temporal_a thing_n he_o 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3._o because_o he_o be_v that_o prelate_n which_o have_v authority_n over_o the_o whole_a church_n 4._o because_o he_o be_v the_o prince_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n 5._o because_o he_o have_v supreme_a power_n in_o the_o church_n 6._o because_o he_o alone_o have_v fullness_n of_o power_n in_o the_o church_n 7._o because_o he_o be_v christ_n vicar_n general_a in_o the_o whole_a universal_a church_n for_o in_o the_o apostolic_a see_v the_o lord_n errare_fw-la dist._n ii_o c._n nolite_fw-la errare_fw-la have_v place_v the_o princehood_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n and_o therefore_o worthy_o be_v he_o call_v ecclesiae_fw-la princeps_fw-la ac_fw-la rex_fw-la regum_fw-la torra_fw-la 9_o torra_fw-la i._o de_fw-la turrecrem_fw-la lib._n 3._o sum_n cap._n 9_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o church_n &_o king_n of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o earth_n yea_o capistr_n yea_o amicij_fw-la epist_n dedic_fw-la ad_fw-la gre_n gor_o 13._o praefix_v capistr_n princeps_fw-la optimus_fw-la maximus_fw-la elect_a maximus_fw-la dâ—…st_n 40._o c._n si_fw-la papa_n et_fw-la r._n cis._n per_v pag._n 29._o joan._n andreas_n in_o c._n quanto_fw-la de_fw-la translat_fw-la panorm_a c_o licet_fw-la de_fw-fr elect_a of_o who_o the_o salvation_n of_o the_o church_n universal_a after_o god_n depend_v he_o be_v the_o head_n the_o root_n the_o monarch_n the_o fountain_n of_o ecclesiastical_a power_n have_v the_o same_o consistory_n with_o god_n &_o judgement_n seat_n with_o christ_n for_o so_o they_o write_v 14._o write_v i._o de_fw-la turrecrem_fw-la sum_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 8._o &_o r._n cuper_n pag._n 29._o n._n 16._o &_o 42._o n._n 14._o idem_fw-la tribunal_n christ_n &_o papâ—…â—…erris_n inter_fw-la papam_fw-la &_o deum_fw-la unum_fw-la &_o idem_fw-la fit_a tribunal_n unumque_fw-la &_o idem_fw-la consistorlum_fw-la he_o make_v law_n which_o bound_v the_o conscience_n and_o that_o with_o guilt_n of_o mortal_a sin_n 1._o sin_n r._n cuper_n pag._n 62._o n._n 66._o de_o constitut_o c._n licet_fw-la 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devote_a to_o his_o will_n be_v also_o willing_a and_o ready_a when_o mean_n and_o opportunity_n fail_v not_o to_o put_v in_o execution_n his_o antichristian_a censure_n and_o devilish_a designment_n in_o consideration_n whereof_o christian_a prince_n and_o people_n be_v not_o only_o bind_v to_o come_v out_o of_o babylon_n and_o to_o renounce_v 4._o apoc._n 18._o 4._o all_o communion_n with_o the_o pope_n and_o church_n of_o rome_n but_o also_o they_o be_v to_o reward_v the_o where_n of_o babylon_n as_o she_o have_v reward_v we_o 6._o apoc._n 18._o 6._o yea_o to_o repay_v her_o double_a and_o not_o only_o to_o hate_v she_o but_o also_o to_o make_v her_o desolate_a and_o naked_a to_o eat_v her_o flesh_n and_o consume_v 16._o apo._n 17._o 16._o she_o with_o fire_n and_o hereof_o christian_a prince_n be_v to_o be_v assure_v that_o as_o those_o which_o join_v with_o the_o pope_n in_o persecute_v the_o faithful_a do_v fight_n under_o the_o banner_n of_o antichrist_n the_o beast_n
of_o they_o 13._o apoc._n 17._o 13._o with_o one_o consent_n whole_o devote_a to_o the_o pope_n and_o swear_v unto_o he_o to_o who_o for_o a_o time_n they_o give_v over_o themselves_o and_o their_o whole_a power_n to_o help_v and_o support_v the_o beast_n think_v themselves_o bound_n as_o he_o have_v persuade_v they_o to_o exercise_v their_o temporal_a sword_n that_o be_v their_o civil_a power_n for_o the_o sanctam_fw-la de_fw-fr maiorit_fw-la c._n unam_fw-la sanctam_fw-la church_n mean_v himself_o and_o at_o his_o beck_n and_o commandment_n and_o be_v join_v to_o he_o &_o unite_v one_o with_o another_o by_o holy_a league_n as_o they_o call_v they_o make_v holy_a war_n forsooth_o against_o 14._o apoc._n 17._o 13._o 14._o christ_n the_o lamb_n in_o his_o true_a member_n but_o when_o as_o christ_n shall_v begin_v to_o consume_v antichrist_n with_o the_o preach_n of_o his_o word_n as_o he_o be_v sure_a to_o overcome_v because_o he_o be_v the_o lord_n of_o lord_n than_o these_o ten_o 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thereunto_o add_v scotland_n and_o ireland_n a_o good_a part_n of_o france_n helvetia_n polonia_n boemia_fw-la &_o pannonie_n so_o that_o diverse_a of_o these_o 10._o king_n have_v already_o forsake_v the_o whore_n of_o babylon_n and_o have_v bereave_v she_o of_o a_o great_a part_n of_o her_o maintenance_n and_o leave_v she_o as_o much_o as_o in_o they_o lie_v naked_a &_o the_o rest_n in_o god_n good_a time_n will_v accomplish_v his_o will_n 12._o seventh_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o john_n his_o treatise_n of_o rome_n 7._o 7._o extend_v until_o the_o destruction_n thereof_o if_o therefore_o by_o babylon_n 18._o apo._n 17._o &_o 18._o be_v mean_v only_o heathenish_a rome_n under_o the_o persecute_v emperor_n then_o the_o destruction_n which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n denounce_v against_o the_o whore_n of_o babylon_n do_v befall_v rome_n while_o it_o be_v heathenish_a but_o it_o be_v absurd_a to_o say_v that_o this_o destruction_n befall_v heathenish_a rome_n for_o first_o this_o destruction_n be_v a_o utter_a &_o final_a destruction_n apocal._n 18._o 21._o 22._o 23._o and_o before_o this_o destruction_n the_o empire_n be_v to_o be_v divide_v into_o ten_o kingdom_n which_o first_o shall_v join_v with_o antichrist_n and_o afterward_o oppugn_v he_o which_o be_v utter_o false_a of_o rome_n heathenish_a but_o yet_o be_v begin_v to_o be_v fulfil_v of_o rome_n popish_a and_o will_v in_o due_a time_n be_v accomplish_v and_o again_o it_o be_v most_o plain_a that_o john_n 8._o 8._o intreat_v of_o the_o state_n and_o condition_n of_o rome_n as_o it_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o antichrist_n but_o antichrist_n as_o the_o papist_n themselves_o confess_v be_v not_o to_o come_v while_o rome_n be_v heathenish_a but_o after_o the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n and_o last_o hierome_n and_o other_o of_o the_o father_n in_o who_o time_n rome_n be_v not_o heathenish_a do_v notwithstanding_o call_v it_o babylon_n not_o that_o 9_o 9_o then_o it_o be_v or_o 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antichrist_n shall_v sit_v at_o all_o in_o rome_n then_o shall_v he_o sit_v in_o rome_n christen_v profess_v herself_o to_o be_v the_o church_n of_o christ._n but_o he_o shall_v sit_v in_o rome_n as_o have_v be_v prove_v in_o part_n and_o shall_v further_o be_v clear_v therefore_o in_o rome_n christen_v and_o profess_v herself_o to_o be_v the_o church_n of_o god_n the_o proposition_n be_v build_v upon_o this_o foundation_n that_o antichrist_n shall_v sit_v in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o if_o antichrist_n shall_v sit_v at_o rome_n he_o shall_v sit_v in_o rome_n profess_v herself_o the_o church_n of_o god_n now_o then_o that_o antichrist_n shall_v sit_v in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n i_o prove_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o saint_n paul_n affirm_v 2._o thessaly_n 2._o 4._o that_o antichrist_n shall_v sit_v in_o the_o temple_n 4._o 2._o thess._n 2._o 4._o of_o god_n but_o because_o the_o papist_n labour_v by_o might_n and_o main_a to_o extort_v this_o place_n from_o we_o as_o serve_v rather_o to_o prove_v their_o conceit_n that_o antichrist_n shall_v sit_v in_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n at_o jerusalem_n i_o will_v therefore_o deliver_v the_o place_n from_o their_o corruption_n and_o also_o make_v good_a our_o interpretation_n for_o first_o the_o temple_n at_o jerusalem_n and_o city_n itself_o as_o it_o be_v a_o type_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n so_o when_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n be_v once_o plant_v by_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o gospel_n throughout_o the_o world_n it_o be_v utter_o and_o final_o to_o be_v abolish_v according_a to_o the_o prophecy_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n mat._n 24._o 14._o and_o then_o shall_v be_v the_o end_n namely_o of_o the_o temple_n and_o city_n of_o jerusalem_n for_o after_o the_o temple_n be_v once_o utter_o destroy_v by_o titus_n vespasian_n as_o christ_n 2._o mat._n 24._o 2._o have_v foreshow_v it_o be_v never_o to_o be_v re-edify_v for_o as_o daniel_n say_v according_a to_o the_o vulgar_a translation_n which_o with_o the_o papist_n be_v the_o only_a authentic_a text_n of_o scripture_n chap._n 9_o 27._o et_fw-la erit_fw-la 27._o dan._n 9_o 27._o in_o templo_fw-la abominatio_fw-la desolationis_fw-la &_o usque_fw-la ad_fw-la consummationem_fw-la &_o finem_fw-la perseverabit_fw-la desolatio_fw-la and_o there_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o temple_n the_o abomination_n of_o desolation_n and_o unto_o the_o consummation_n and_o end_n the_o desolation_n shall_v continue_v or_o as_o hierome_n speak_v 9_o in_o dan._n 9_o more_o plain_o usque_fw-la ad_fw-la consummationem_fw-la &_o finem_fw-la mundi_fw-la perseverabit_fw-la desolatio_fw-la the_o desolation_n shall_v continue_v unto_o the_o consummation_n and_o end_n of_o the_o world_n our_o saviour_n christ_n also_o luo._n 21._o 22._o 24._o foretell_v that_o jerusalem_n be_v destroy_v by_o the_o 24._o luc._n 21._o 22._o 24._o roman_n shall_v be_v tread_v under_o foot_n by_o the_o gentile_n until_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gentile_n be_v fulfil_v that_o be_v until_o the_o second_o come_v of_o christ_n which_o in_o the_o next_o word_n be_v describe_v wherefore_o when_o as_o julian_n the_o apostata_fw-la endeavour_v by_o the_o jew_n to_o re-edify_v the_o temple_n that_o he_o may_v convince_v the_o preach_n of_o christ_n of_o falsehood_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ult._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 20._o socrat._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 20._o sozom._n lib._n 5._o cap._n ult._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o theodoret_n speak_v which_o he_o can_v not_o do_v unless_o christ_n have_v teach_v that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v re-edify_v our_o saviour_n christ_n by_o fire_n first_o from_o heaven_n and_o after_o out_o of_o the_o earth_n and_o by_o a_o fearful_a earthquake_n hinder_v this_o enterprise_n thereby_o approve_v his_o godhead_n and_o show_v that_o he_o be_v not_o please_v as_o sozomen_n say_v with_o the_o renew_n of_o the_o temple_n it_o seem_v also_o to_o have_v be_v the_o judgement_n of_o cyrill_n with_o many_o other_o in_o the_o 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head_n of_o the_o roman_a beast_n and_o consequent_o shall_v have_v rome_n for_o his_o principal_a seat_n let_v we_o see_v then_o whether_o the_o jesuit_n be_v able_a to_o bring_v so_o much_o as_o a_o show_n of_o reason_n against_o this_o truth_n for_o it_o may_v be_v you_o expect_v his_o proof_n antichrist_n say_v he_o 13._o lib._n 3._o the_o pont_n rom._n cap._n 13._o make_v his_o collection_n out_o of_o apoc._n 17._o 16._o shall_v hate_v rome_n and_o shall_v fight_v with_o she_o and_o shall_v make_v her_o desolate_a and_o burn_v she_o whereupon_o it_o follow_v manifest_o that_o rome_n shall_v not_o be_v the_o seat_n of_o antichrist_n but_o it_o shall_v seem_v the_o jesuit_n be_v in_o a_o dream_n when_o he_o frame_v this_o argument_n for_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o not_o antichrist_n but_o the_o ten_o horn_n that_o be_v the_o ten_o king_n shall_v hate_v the_o whore_n that_o be_v the_o antichristian_a city_n &_o precedent_n thereof_o &_o according_o tertullian_n prostituta_fw-la 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