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And that the Prince of Devils, though so ambitious to be like God, could never reach the Spirit of Prophecy, this to me is a demonstration, viz. That in the daies of his celebrated Oracles (when it was properest,) he has not foretold the coming of some successful Antichristian Power (as the Papal or Mahometan) under the Character of a divine Institution. |
And that the Prince of Devils, though so ambitious to be like God, could never reach the Spirit of Prophecy, this to me is a demonstration, viz. That in the days of his celebrated Oracles (when it was properest,) he has not foretold the coming of Some successful Antichristian Power (as the Papal or Mahometan) under the Character of a divine Institution. |
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The boldest attempt in a determinate Prediction that I remember amongst the Heathens, is that mentioned by St. Austin, de Civit. lib 18. cap. 53. Excogitaverunt nescio quos versus Graecos, tanquam consulenti, cuidam divino Oraculo effusos, ut Coleretur Christi nomen per 365 annos; deinde completo memorato numero annorum, sine morâ sumeret finem. This, as he in the next Chapter computes, should have been fulfilled in the Consulship of Honorius and Eutychianus. Whether it was Oraculum daemonum aut figmentum hominum, he assures us not. To me it seems grounded on some Opinions of the Primitive Christians, concerning Antichrist's appearance; but how miserably it fail'd, St. Austin observes, that in the very year Gaudentius and Jovius overthrew the Temples of the Heathen gods in Cartage; Et plurimi Christiani facti qui tanquam verâ illâ Divinatione revocabantur à fide, postquam eam completo eodem annorum numero inanem irridendamque viderunt. De Civit. lib. 18. cap. 54. |
The Boldest attempt in a determinate Prediction that I Remember among the heathens, is that mentioned by Saint Austin, de Civit lib 18. cap. 53. Excogitaverunt nescio quos versus Greeks, tanquam consulenti, cuidam divino Oraculo effusos, ut Coleretur Christ Nome per 365 annos; Deinde completo memorato numero Annorum, sine morâ sumeret finem. This, as he in the next Chapter computes, should have been fulfilled in the Consulship of Honorius and Eutychianus. Whither it was Oraculum Daemonum Or figmentum hominum, he assures us not. To me it seems grounded on Some Opinions of the Primitive Christians, Concerning Antichrist's appearance; but how miserably it failed, Saint Austin observes, that in the very year Gaudentius and Jovius overthrew the Temples of the Heathen God's in Cartage; Et Plurimi Christians facti qui tanquam verâ illâ Divination revocabantur à fide, Postquam eam completo Eodem Annorum numero inanem irridendamque viderunt. De Civit lib. 18. cap. 54. |
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