CA P 9. A Revelationofthe Apocalypfe. 329 by this molt grievous fcourge of the Turkifh'-tyrannie. Do they not Very impudcntly,and obftinatelyftrive to make good, that Ima- ges Whichare confecrated to the trueGod, and to hisglorifiedSaints,are by no means to be reckoned among.ft Idols ? Btjt what other Images loth the Holy Ghofi' here fpèak of, but thofe that are maintained fo ftifly, and pleaded for fo peevifhly in the Chriftianworld, and that after the third-part of men have been (lain by the Turks ? What other Images Both he call devillifb ? What other Yvorßip loth he call the Worfhipof Devils ? The matter is plain, it cannot .be denyed. Leave off therefore at length, ORome! to feek out thefe foolifh fhifts and ftarting holes ; Do not thus deceive thy felf, and blear thine own eyes. Thy Odoration before the Image of the Virgin, is all one, as if thou (houlde(t pray to Vengs. The worfhip which thou offereft before the painted fimilitude of the Father, is made to the Devil, and not unto God The Holy ghofl here is my _Author, That warrants me to be thus bold in my affertion, though thou, as thy manner is, wilt cry our, that-thefe are'blafphemous words, and wilit accufe the Holy Truth of impiety. But it is not-to be hoped that words Ihould teach thee, and make thee vifer, when as blows, and thofe filch hard and mighty ones, will not pierce into thy hard, proved, and Leviathan-like heart. Notwithfthnding, though thou wilt get no good by thefe judgements of. God, all- the godly will detect thee, who doeft, with thefe horrible fins of thine, bring_ this molt fell and fierce Fury, this cruel! Turk upon the Chrifti- an world, and keepeft him in fo long: Art thou not afhamed to exhort the Chrilian Princes as thou doéft; to wage war againft the Turk, whom yet thou makeit to be invincible with thy Idols ? To pretend to have a minde ,to fight againft a cruel! enemy, andyet fecretly and under-hand to furnifh himwith aid, that fo all our forces againft him, fhould be made a prey unto him ? If indeed thou doeft from thy heart.defire to have this Arch-fpovler.of the world tobe repreffed, or rather tobe clean takenaway and deftroyed, eaft away from thee thy dunghill Gods , calf off thy facrilegious fupremacy; reform all thy other groffe corrwptions,according to the rule oftrue piety ; then (halt thou fee this mifchievous and terrible Mon.ter, that is overwhelmed with all manner of wickedneffe,tocome to ruin of himfelfe, as the which would not ftand one moment as he Both, if he were not upheld,and underpropped with thy abominations. But
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