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John Trapp on 2 Thessalonians 2:8

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2 Thessalonians2:8

Verſe 8. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. And then ſhall that wicked] Gr. That lawleſſe, yokeleſſe, masterleſſe monſter, to whom in the Councel of Lateran 1516. (one year only before Luther ſtood up to reform) there was granted plenary power over the whole Church; which was never ſetled upon him in any former Councel. Pope Nicolas the firſt ſaid, Diſt. 96. That he was above law, becauſe Conſtantine had ſtiled the Pope God. But the very gloſſe derides him for this inference.

With the ſpirit of his mouth] i.e. With the evidence of his word in the mouths of his faithfull Miniſters. Vide catalogum Teſtium veritatis. Bellarmine confeſſeth to his great grief,Lib 3 de Papa Rom cap. 11. that ever ſince the Lutherans have declared the Pope to be Antichriſt, his kingdom hath not only not increaſed, but every day more and more decreaſed and decaied.

With the brightneſſe of his coming] At the laſt day. The holy City ſhall they tread under foot fourty and two moneths, Rev. 11.2. that is (as ſome compute it) till the year of grace, 1866. But that's but a conjecture.

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