CAP.13. 4Revelation o, f the Apocalypfe. 427 theymay agree better,Iwil follow himwillingly.It is the truth I feek after, not to detraft from the good eftimation of any; And yet I doubt not, but that whofoever, (hall fearch into every thing with fingle eyes, and with an equal' minde, will confetfe, that the Holy Ghost hath let up thefe ten fir.£tt Emperours for land -marks in the way, whereby both the entrance and proceeding ofAntichrist might bemade more manifeft. Andupon his heads the name ofBlafpkemieWasfet. This is added, leaf the heads lhould want their ornament. For the diadems belon- ged to the Horns, that is, tothe Emperours : now the name of blaf- phemie is let in their room. This name is that arrogant brag touch- ing the particular Church ofRome, to wit, that Peters Chaire cannot befeparated fromRome, that the Church of Rome is thefoundationand forme ofall other Churches ,asfromWhich they all cooks their begin- ning, as there is none of thole that beleeveth aright that is ignorant ; forfo dothVigilsus the Pope fpeak inhis Epiftle to Enthersts; as al- fo, That it cannot erre, and that they are to be counted heretickes, Who do think otherWifeof the Sacraments, or the arti les of faith, then the Church of Mme thinketh, as Martinas the fift fpeaks in a Bull fet forth at Conftance, and as Sixtus the ,4. fpeaks, writing againft the articles of Peter ofOxford. Rome carrieth many fuch names as this uponher heads, which were too long to fet down, and thefe !he kee- peth as her owne proper prerogatives, making her boat of them, as if they were the chicle tirings the hath to deck her heads withal'. See for this in the Book of Decrees, Cauf. 24. g. t. And Bellarm. Book 4. of the Pope ofReuse, Chapt. 4. z. And this Beast Which IfaWWas like a Leopard. This Beall in his full proportion is a Leopard, which is the female among the Pan- thers; It is an untameable wilde Beaft, moft hateful' againft man- kinde, that will fly upon a mans eyes, and will tear a Pi ìareof a man out ofthe paper in which it is made, in a furious manner. Bafil in his Serm. of theaccepting ofperrons. Like unto the divell, that carrieth the greateft hatred againft the image ofGod in a man, as Tapfaith in the fame place. This Beaft, together with theTygar, are the onely beasts almoft that are feen tobe fpotted with variety offpots, the reft have one co- lour onely, and fuch as is proper to every ones kinde. This.property is fpokenof in the Prophet, can the Blackamore change his skin, or the Leopardhisfpots ? Ierem. 13. 23. Are not theTopes of Rome the moft crud enemies, againft ail true Christians that live throughout Kk k the
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