...St. Paul fays to the TheffalomanZ, i ThefT. " The Myftery of Iniquity doth already work, II. 7. "only he who now Letteth, will let, until he be " taken out of the way > J. r « And Then flu1! that Wicked be Revealed, cc whom the Lord mall confume with the Spirk...

...Cbrijlian Governours. be revealed in "his time. 7 For the myftery of iniquity doth already work : only he -who now letteth, 'will •let, until he be taken •out of the way. 8 And then fliall that wicked be revealed , whom the 'Lord • fliall confume with the Spirit...

...Popery could be compleated. And therefore the infpired Apoftle further adds on this very fubject:, " He who now letteth will let, " until he be taken out of the way ;" — " And " then fhall that wicked one be revealed ; even " him, whofe coming is after the working...

...Roman empire. Tertullian, who lived about the end of the fecond century, expounding thefe words, . Only he who now letteth, will let, until he be taken out of the way, fays, ' Who can this be but the Roman ' ftate? The divifion of which, into ten kingdoms, * will...

...Thofe of this way of thinking did alfo Strengthen their opinion from that text in 2 Theff. ii. 7, 8. " He who now letteth, will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then (hall that 'wicked one be revealed ;'' that is, Antichrift, who then was working under...

...withholdeth, that he might be revealed in his time. For the myjlery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth, will let until he be taken out of the way. And then Jhall that wicked be revealed, whom the confume with thefpirit of his mouth, and Jhall...

...with-holdeth, that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work : only he who now letteth, "will let, until he be taken out of the way ; 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his...

..." thefe things ? And now ye know what withhold" eth, that he might be revealed in his time. Only " he who now letteth, will let, until he be taken out " of the way." From the Apoftle's manner of expreffing himfelf, and from the tradition of the church concerning...

...Thessalontans ii. 6 — 9 — And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. — Who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. — Then shall that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth,...

....''';holdeth, that it might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work : only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.§§ ' He alludes to something that so confined antichrist, as to keep him back, so that he came...