CAP. 2. ; evelation ofthe Apoca1ypfe.. 79 this her perfeaion in her wickedneffe in the Schoole of the Nicolai- Growing tans of which afterwards Thee became a Schoole- mifirefhe, in- Thyatira. ftrtiaing others with the fame precepts of this her devillifh art. For thiswas wont to be the guife of Heretickes, to abufe the helpe . ofwomen to fpread their poyfonfull opinions. Simon Magzr -r had his Helena ; Carpocrates had his Marcellina ; Appelles had his Philumena ; Montanus after that in latter times in places bor- dering upon this Thyatira had his Pri/cilla and Maximilla. In the Counterpaine the matter is more evident. For this Iezabel is Rome, that Q eene, that Idolatreffe, that Inchauntreffe, that Har- lot, that Killer of Martyrs, that Tropheneffe, the headofall Chur- ches, and the head-Spring of allPaving life, which never to this day mu overcome by any heretic, ; and many fuchother things, withwch we {hall fee her in this Boole, partly fet forth and garnifhed by the Holy Cihoff, partly impudently boafting of her felfe. Even now wee heard how the Pope was noted out by Salaam, now here wee have the Citie pointed out by Iezabel: Both which doe ferve to defcribe the fame Synagogue of Satan, feeing the 'Pope and the Citie are two things to joyntly going together. Now how well doth it fort with the times, that the Holy Gbof} thould now fet fuch a Citie before our eyes ? How long time had the Tope deceived the world under a thew of godlineffe, that he fee- med to be in the account of former ages about the beginning of his growing honour, like another hypocriticall Salaam I But after that hee was encreafed fomightily, being lift up above Kings and Emperours, fo that now all men began to tremble at the very name of the `Pope of Rome, his Rome, became to be Iezabel the Q4teene, that painted Qz_eene, paff fhame andhoneflie. Balaam thereforeand Iezabel declare the fame kind of wickedneffe, yet as it is diflin- guifhed by the encreafe, and feverall ages of it. Rome inher infan- cie did carry her felfe, though but little more chafily , yet more clofely and, warily ; thee made pretence as if thee could fpeake nothing but what the L O R D put into her mouth ; but when thee was growne to full age, jika to Iezabel the Trophcteffe, thee . openly proclaimes it , that fhee cannot erre, and that fhec is the Rule of Faith and of all Pietie, That Rome the Infant, abnfed the helpe of Kings, tobring in and to eflablilh her Idolatry ; This Rome, in her pride commandeth men by her owne authoritie to commit fornication, and to eat things offered to Idols, by requi- ring ftraitly the worfhipping of Statues and Images. Who can fuffic i-
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