A15859:49
Speculum Christianum
Speculum Christianum or, A Christian survey for the conscience Containing, three tractates of that eminent, grave, and learned divine, master Hierome Zanchius. 1. Of the end of the world. 2. Of the perseverance of the saints. 3. A summary abridgement of his protections. Englished for the good of Gods church, and for a warning to wicked and impenitent men. By H.N.Speculum Christianum or, A Christian suruey for the conscience Containing, three tractates of that eminent, graue, and learned diuine, maister Hierome Zanchius. 1. Of the end of the world. 2. Of the perseuerance of the saints. 3. A summarie abridgement of his protections. Englished for the good of Gods church, and for a warning to wicked and impenitent men. By H.N.
London: printed by George Eld, 1614
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Further, although I do not deny the Popes Kingdom to be the Kingdom of Antichrist, for that therein many things are defended, which diametrically are repugnant to the doctrine of CHRIST; and therefore I will not gainsay, that the Pope, while he doth defend that Kingdom which warreth with the Kingdom of Christ, and doth obstinately oppose him-self to the doctrine of Christ, to be Antichrist▪ ayet it cannot be denied (as a thing probable) but that towards the end of the world there shall be One Man in the Church of Christ, who shall ⟨p. 40⟩exceed all other Antichrists in malice and power. &c. and who shall work miracles. And one might well contend, That the prophecy of John, as also of Daniel, touching three years and an half, wherein he should reign as is said, should be understood of that Man: As that neither he should dissent utterly from the judgement of the Fathers; nor yet oppugn that which all our writers with one consent do teach & make demonstration of concerning the coming of Antichrist revealed in the Pope of Rome, to the time of the end of the world, is a fallacy (or sophistication) from equivocation, seeing Antichrist sometime is taken for every one who doth obstinately oppose himself to the doctrine of Christ, sometime for the whole Kingdom of Antichrist; sometime (by an excellency of speech) for one villain, of all the rest most notorious, which shall sit upon the throne in Antichrists Kingdom toward the end of the world.
Further, although I doe not deny the Popes Kingdome to bee the Kingdome of Antichrist, for that therein many thinges are defended, which diametrically are repugnant to the doctrine of CHRIST; and therefore I will not gainsay, that the Pope, while hee doth defend that Kingdome which warreth with the Kingdome of Christ, and doth obstinately oppose him-selfe to the doctrine of Christ, to be Antichrist▪ ayet it cannot bee denied (as a thing probable) but that towards the end of the world there shalbe One Man in the Church of Christ, who shall ⟨p. 40⟩