m He ſhall ſo far degenerate from the Rule of Chriſt, and from Pr. mitive Chriftianity,that he ſhall be the Head of that Apoſtary, 1, Tim 4. 1. 2 Thefſ. 2. 3. mark'thoſe Places, the firſt whereof is fully opened by Mr. Fojcph Mede, in his Do&rine of Demons ; the other by Riſic, Jewel in bis Comment on that Place. 0 7. e. the Detire of Wivin® te, forbidding to marry, forbidding Priefts Marriage. 'G
33 Burt in his eſtate ſhall he honour the Gag gF || + forces p : and a god whom his fathers knew nor, ſþy and. -| pleaſant things. 4
p Mauzzim, of Strengths or ſtrongs Holds. The P>@niciins wor,
Senſes of this p=y3 yn tranſlated God of Forces, yet none comes nexre;$t);
than Mr. Mede, who interprets it of Demons or titular Gods, which ” the Romans ſhould worfhip with Chriſt, ſuppoſing them to be Ange. | or Saints, This is not to be thought a novel Opinion, for many 6f the by Fathers ſay, that this Mauzzim is the Idol that Antichrift ſhould wor., ſhip. So the Meaning is, That in Chriſt's Seat or Place,the Temple A they ſhould worſhip Saints and Angels with Chriſt, as the Prepoſition y imports, rogether with Chriſt; Which it's notorious they do. Thar which made this Place obſcure, was, that Men generally took this, ſtrange God for an Idol ; for indeed the Fews call the Gentiles Goa. ſo; and ſo doth V.T. often, becauſe they are foreign to the true Go which was their God ; but the true God was foreign and ſtrange to the Romans, becauſe their Gods were Idols. Therefore the Philoſophers called Chriſt Eivoy Aatuortoy, a ſtrange God, This God they ſhould honour with Gold andSilver, and precious Stones ; The Vulgar tran. {lates Mauzzim Prorettor, and we know too well how the Romani; adorn the Churches and Shrines of theſe their Patrons and titylzr Saints, P/al. 27. 1. and 28. 8+ and 31. 3+ And the Fathers ſometimes fatally hit upon this Expreſſion at the firſt ſetting and honouring of Martyrs, calling them ſtrong Holds, and ſtrong Towers of Defence but the Council of Confantinople called the them Devil's ſtron g-Holtds, Thus they called their 1mages alſo. 39 Thus ſhall he do in the + moſt ſtrong holds with ai
ſtrange god q, whom he ſhall acknowledge and increaſe"
with glory: and he ſhall cauſe them to rule over man, and ſhall divide the Land for þ gain 7. "
q A Confirmation and Ingemination of what he ſaid before : He tat” uſe all Art and Authority to propagate this idolatrous Worſhip. We have laid by the Intepretation of theſe things of Antzochus,though 74. lanus, Funius, and others, apply all to him z but the Angel fpeaks the Romans, and it's plainly verified of Auzichrift,who did not only tak upon him. to diſpoſe of Kingdoms and Provinces by uſurped Power; his Profit, drawing incredible Maſſes of Money from them, but up a pretended religious Account, appointing tutelar Saints over then,
49 And at the time of the end ſhall the King of the South puſh at him s, and the King of the North ſhall cone 2gainſt him like a whirlwind with Chariots, and nith Hurſmen, - and with many Ships, and he ſhall enter into the countries, and ſhall overflow and paſs over t.
Ss In the laſt times towards the end of the World, for it cannot x true of Antiochus,who died the 11th Year of kis Reign,and theſe thing
are joined to the laſt ReſurreCtion, ch. 12. 2. Therefore ſome undet- ſtand the- Turk and Saracen, who is. without the Church, as Antidif before-mentioned ſate in the Temple ; he extending his Dominions into Af4 and Africa, will be a great ſtop to Antichrrfts Proceeding and Incroachments. # 7.e. The Turk from the North ſhall invads, and run down the Saracen ; Mede. | 41 He ſhall enter alſo into the || -þ glorious land, and,
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many countreys ſhall be overthrown : but theſe ſhall elcape; out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief
the children of Ammon #«.
u When the Turk ſhould ſubdue Fudea, thoſe People of Edom, Mr! ab and Ammon,ſhall be left, becauſe all along to this day theſe 4riiw live partly by Robberies, and partly by Turkifh Salaries, to ſecure they Carguans. Theſe ſhall live, and not be overthrown by Mahometans. |
42 He ſhall + ſtretch forth his hand alſo upon the”
countreys, and the land of Egypt ſhall not eſcape x.
x Though Egypt (and the adjacent Countries) long ſtood out ut der the Mamalucks, yet was forced to ſubmit to the Ortomor EmPpit% Anno 1517» |
43 But he ſhall have power over the treaſures 0 Gold and of Silver, and over all the precious things
Egypt - and the Libyans and the Ethiopians ſhall be at h1s ſteps y.
» i.e, The Parts weſtward from Zg ypt along the Barbary-Coaſt, and
Ethiopia, not the Abyſſmes, but Arabia.
44. But Tidings out of the Eaſt, and out of the North ſhall rrouble him z : therefore he ſhall go forth with gre fury to deſtroy, and utterly to make away many. |
7 The Chriſtian Princes of the North, and the diſperſed [ſrazlth
and the Jews carried captive into the North, Fer. 16. 14, 15- a
alſo Kings of the Eaſt, ſhall come and trouble him ; and all bis Power
tation. # Artiochus did according to his Will: he ſhall be atbitrary in | 211 not be able to withſtand. See Rev. 1 6. 12.
his Attions, notwithſtanding any Checks of divine and humane Laws, The Cauſe follows. + This is true of the Romans, who would deify what they pleaſe, and dety 1t or ungod it. Moft true of the Perſecu- tors of Chrift and Chriſtians in the time of the Zmperours,but moſt no- toriouſly of the Roman Antichriſt, See how this agrees with that Pre- phecy, 2 Theſſ. 2. 3, 4, tO Ver. LO, Rev. 17. 3» 4 Then ſhall Anti- chriſt continue long and prevail. Read tor this, Rev. 13. per torum, 2 That which God hath decreed to be done by him againft the Saints ſhall be done, and that which God hath purpoſed to be done upon him, ſhall be executed allo to hie Deſtructions
45 And he ſhall plant the Tabernacles of his Pane between the Seas 4 1n the || -| glorious holy Mountain ; JG. he ſhall come to his end, and none ſhall help him. te!
a The Euxine, and Mediterranean, at Confantincple, and even to - Red Sea, in the glorious holy Mountain in the Church of Chrliteare \f So the Turk. Or in the Weſtern Seas, Mediterranean and Arr the Pope, reaching to the Weſtern Ocean ; both Antichriſts, 0c vw out, and the other within the 7-mple, of God,
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