John Trapp on 2 Thessalonians 2:4

Verſe 4, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Ipho oppoſith himſelf] Who ſtandeth in full oppoſition to Chriſt, as a counter-Chriſt. The enemy and adverſary is this wicked Haman, Eſth. 7.6. ſo this man of ſinne, that Antichriſt of Rome. When the Pope ſets forth any buls, commonly he thus concludes, Non obſtantibus conſtitutionibus Apoſtolicis, caeteriſ que , contrarys quibuſcu que , The conſtitutions and ordinances of the Apoſtles, and all things elſe to the contrary not withſtanding.Tamen eſt ipſiſ ſimun Dei[illegible: 1 letter]ver bam. The Popes interpretation of Scripture, though it never ſo much croſſe the text, yet it is to be eſteemed the very Word of God, ſaith Hoſius.

And exalteth himſelf] Perfrica frontem (ſaid Calvus to Vatinius) & digniorem te dic qui Praetor ſieres quam Catonem. Q[illegible: 1 letter]inoul. 1962 Pope Boniface 3. ſet a good face upon it, and arrogated the title of Univerſall Biſhop. The ancient Romans painted pride with three crowns on her head. On the firſt was in[illegible: 1 letter]eri[illegible: 1 letter]ed Tranſcende, on the ſecond, Non ob dio, on the third, Perturbo. The modern Romans ſee all this daily [illegible: 1 letter]cted by their Biſhop.

Above all that is called god] In the year 1540. Pope Paul the third ſuffered himſelf to be thus blaſphemouſly ſlattered. Paulo tertis optim[illegible: 1 letter] maximo in terris Deo. In the year 1610. books were printed at Bononi an [illegible: 1 letter]at Naples, with this inſcription, Paulo V. vice-deo, Chriſtianae reipublicae Monarchae invictiſſmo, Ponìificiae omnipotentiae conſ[illegible: 1 letter]rvatori acerrimo. To Paul the fift vice-god, moſt invincible Monarch of Chriſtendome, moſt ſtout Defender of the papall omnipotency. The Pope can do all that Chriſt can do, and is more then God, ſaith Hostienſis the Canoniſt, and after him Zabarell: Of wrong he can make right,Cap. 4. of vice vertue, of nothing ſomething, ſaith Bellarmine. Lib [illegible: 2 letters]de Pan [illegible: 1 letter]i[illegible: 1 letter] Rom. He is liſted above the angels, ſo that he can excommunicate them: he can diſpenſe againſt not only the law of nature, but againſt all the Evangeliſts, Prophets, and Apoſtles, ſaith Pope Iohn 23, in extravs one of his paraſites clawed him thus, Oraclis vocis mundi moderaris habenas: Et meritò in terris diceris eſſe Deus.

Or that is worſhipped] Or, That is Auguſt, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. above Princes and potentates. He is cried up for Lord of Lords and King of Kings, one that hath both the ſwords throughout the world, and an[illegible: 1 letter]llimited Empire over all reaſonable creatures, Dulià adorandiu, &c. How he trod upon the Emperour of Germany, and how he lathed Henry 2. of England, and Henry 4. of France till the bloud followed, is better known, then that I need here to relate. Sed exorto Evangelij jubare ſagaciores (ut spero) principes ad nutum Romani Orbily non ſolvent ſubligacula, ſaith one.