John Trapp on 2 Thessalonians 2:3

Verſe 3. Except there come a falling] Gr. An apostaſie, viz. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. of people from the truth, when the whole world went a wondering, and a wandering after the beaſt, Revel. 13.3. To the fathers theſe prophecies of Antichriſt were riddles. The prophecy is ſealed to the end, Dan. 12. till unſealed by event. Austin ſaith ingenuouſly he underſtood not this text. And herein he did better then thoſe other of the Latine Fathers that interpreted it of the falling away of ſundry Nations from the Roman Empire.

And that man of ſin] That breathing devil, ſo portentouſly, ſo pee[illegible: 1 letter]l[illegible: 1 letter]ſly vicious, Lipſ. Ant. left. Ʋt ejus nomen non hominis, ſed vitij eſſe videatur (as Li[illegible: 1 letter]ſius ſaith of one Tubuſus a Roman Praetor) that ſin it ſelf can hardly be more ſinfull.

The ſonne of perdition] Deſtined to deſtruction, even to be caſt alive into the lake of fire burning with brimſtone, Revel. 19.20. Onuph, in vita Well might Pope Marcellus the ſecond ſtrike his hand upon the table, and ſay, Non video qu[illegible: 1 letter]modò qui locum hunc altiſſimum te[illegible: 1 letter]ent, ſalvari poſſunt. Cor[illegible: 2 letters] a Lapide to Nam 11.14 I ſee not how any Pope can be ſaved. When I was firſt in orders (ſaid Pope Pius Quintus] I had ſome good hopes of ſalvation: When I was made a Cardinal, I doubted: but now that I am Pope, I do almoſt deſpair.