Book IV. M Y S T E R Y B A B Y L 0 N. sss 9 . Thole that are for confining this Baby/on to the Power of Rome in its Heathen State, are not well aware what they do; for if they do demand it, their Oppofites, who hold it to he RoiiJe Papal, may grant it for Argument's fake: But then. the Rem,dy is worfe than the Difeafe; for they Oip into fuch a Precipice, as neither Baroniw, Bel– larmine, Dr. Hqmmond, or the Rbemijfs, can fave or deliver them from. The true State of the Cafe is this: . Rome H eathen is Myitery Baby/on; this fay the Papifts: And the more willing they are to fay fo, becaufe it is a goed Argument to prove that Peter was at Rome, he fub– fcribi.ng his firft Eplll:le from Baby/on, I Pet. v. I 3• '!'be Church that is .a/ Bahylon, elef!ed together witb you, fa!uteth you, &c. but this being allowed, the worft is to come. This Baby!o11 is deftroyed, when the Power of Rome Heathen is taken away, fo as tO be no more for ever; but then what Condition cloth the State of Baby/on fall into? Doth it become the Throne of the Lamb, the City of the living God, the Habiratiou of H olinefs, and Dwelling·place of Zion, the tflle Church, the P lace of the holy Ones. ~nd Saints of the Moft High? 0 no! what then ? Hearken, and an Angd from Heaven Jhall tell you, Rev. xviii. I, 2 . And after thefe 'I'hings, of the H orns hating the Whore, making of her naked, and burning her Flelh with Fire, I Jaw another Angel come down from Heaven, having great Power, and the Earth was lightmed witb his Glory; and be cried mightily, with a jlrong Voice, Ja;•ing, Babylon, the Great is fallen, is.fallen, and is become the Habitation ~f Devils, and the Hold of every foul Spirit, and a Cage of ever)' unclean and hateful Bird. Now, you Papifl:<, if you will needs have Ba– by/on to be Rome Heathen, take it, and much Good do you with it; but then make Rome Papal better than an Habitation of Devils, if you.can. , If it be not Rome Heathen, then adieu to Dr. Hammond, and the Rhemijls, we have what we deGre: If it be, then Rome Papal is a far worfe Place.than R ome Heathen or BabyJon .ever was ;-and then what a fine Church do the· People make themfdves? IO. If the Place, Seat, and City of Rome was not utterly ruined, fo as to be no more for ever as a Place of Commerce, Trade, and human Society, when the Heathen Power ceafed,-t11en Rome Heathen cannot be this Baby/on, becaufe at the Ending and Downfall of this Baby/on, the Place, Seat, and City is utterly ruined, fo as to be no more a Place of Trade, Commerce, or human Society : And the ten Horns wbicb thou fawejl upon the Beajl, tbefe jha!! hate the Whore, and jha!! make her defolate, mu/ fha!! eat her F!ejb, and burn her with Fire. And the Woman which thou faweft is tbat p·eat City which reigneth over the Kings of the Earth. For her Sins which God bath ,.,_ membered, which have reached unto Heaven, therefore jhal! her Plagues come in one Day, .Death, and Mourning, and Famine, and /he fhall be utterly burnt with Fire. For jlrong is the Lord who judgeth her, Rev. xvii. 16, 18. and xviii. 8, ll, 12, '3· All Sorts of Merchandize, Traffic, Trade and Commerce with human Society, Jhall ceafe, fo as to b.e no more in her at all; and the good Things wJ1ich fhe in Fulnefs enjoye.d before, even all Things that were dainty and goodly, are now departed from her, and Jh~: Jhall find them no more at all, Ver. 14. for in 011e Hour is Jhe made de(olate. A11d a mighty Angel took up a Stone, like a great Mill:flone, aud cajl it into th.e S.ea,faying, '!'bus with Vi•lence jhaJ/that great City of Babylon be throw11 down, and jhall be fouud n.o more at all. And the Voice of Harpers, and Mtificia;u, and of Pipers, ar..d 'l'rumpeters, jhal! be heard no more at all in thee, and fiO Craftfman, of whatfoever Craft he be, /hall be fouud any more in thee; and the Sound of a Mi!l-jlone jhaJI be heard 1JO more at all in thee. And the Light of tbe Candle jha!l jhine 110 more at all in thee; and the Voice of the .Bridegroom, a~~d of tbe Bride, jhall be heard no mare at all in thee, Ver. 21, 2-z, 23. Bllt the Place, Seat, and City of Rome was not fo utterly ruined as to be no more for ever a Place of Trade, Traffic, M£rchandize, and human Society, when 1he Heathen Power of Rome ended. Ergo, Rome Heathen cannot be the Whore of Babylau, tmder prefent ConGderation, ·whofe Seat or City hath Gnce had a powerful Government, reigning in Pride and Pomp, for fome hundreds of Years. I 1 If Rome Papal be Myftery Baby/on, the City of Pride and ConfuGon, that is fet forth by St. John in the Apocalypfe; then neither the Ciiy of Jerufalem, the Sear of the ·'J'urks and Sarace;tS, nor Rome Heathen, is or can be the fame: But Rome Papal is the Myfl:ery Baby/on fet forth by St. John in the Apoca/ypfe-E,go, neither the City of Jeru– f al•m, the Seat of the 'lurks and .Saracens, nor Rome Heathen, eau be the fame. The !aft P ropofition js thus proved., If
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