(2) His coming means the end of the world: ib.p.262.

(3) We are not far from it: ib.
p.402.One of the reasons which seem to have made this view probable to Bacon was the irruption of the Mongols into Europe during his lifetime; cp.p.268 and vii.p.234.Another was the prevalent corruption, especially of the clergy, which impressed him deeply; see Compendium studii philosophiae, ed.

Brewer, p.402.

(4) "Truth will prevail," etc.: Opus Majus, i.pp.19, 20.

He claimed for experimental science that it would produce inventions which could be usefully employed against Antichrist: ib.vii.p.