A view of the marginal notes of the popish Testament, translated into English by the English fugitiue papists resiant at Rhemes in France. By George Wither

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A view of the marginal notes of the popish Testament, translated into English by the English fugitiue papists resiant at Rhemes in France. By George Wither
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Wither, George, 1540-1605.
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Printed at London :: By Edm. Bollifant for Thomas Woodcocke,
[1588]
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Bible -- N.T -- English -- Versions -- Douai -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
Bible. -- N.T -- Commentaries -- Early works to 1800.
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The answer.

As there be that enterpret this, of the tribulation that hath or shall fall vpon the earth, for the contempt of the word, so compre∣hending the calamities that haue befalne since antichrist inua∣ded the papal seate: so there be also that enterpret this of the end of the world, and Christs comming to iudgement. To whom I assent rather, for these two causes. One, for that the signes here, are the same which the Euangelists set downe to be signes of the end of the world. The other bicause nothing but the sight of so

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great and excellent maiestie as our Lord and Sauior shall come withall to iudgement, can daunt, and in such order terrifie the great potentates, and princes of the earth, that they know not whether to turne them, how to escape, or where to hide them∣selues.

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