Book IV. MYSTERY BABY L 0 N. M E T A P H 0 R. P A R A L L E L. Papal, or Church of Rome hath been, and flill is--Then Rome Papal, or Church of Rome is this great, very great Woman, City, and Whore fpoken of. But there is no united Body of People, or vifible Community in the Chriflian 'World, that is fo great in Name, Power, Multitude and Action, vile Actions, as Rome Papal, or the Church of Ram~ isErgo, Rome Papal, Uc. is this great, very great Woman, City, and Whore f])oken of., To reinforce this Argument, let it be conGdered that the Chrifl:ian World is difl:in– guiOJed or divided into two Parts, viz, Papifl:s and Protefl:ants ; the Prorefl:ants cannot be this Whore; 1. Becanfc they own Jefus Chrifl: to be the Head of the Church, and only him. 2. They have never revo!ted or changed him, fo as to fet llp another in his Room, under any Title whatfoever, but pro!"t:fs him to be their Lord, and are in Obedience an<! Subjection to his Laws in all Matters purely religious. . 3· Neither is their Name, Power, Multitude, or Actions, fo great by far as the Pa– pifl:s are; they being but fmail, inconGderable, and low, in all Papifl: Countries: r'nd when the Proteftant Religion harh gonen up to be the protdt Religion of any Nation, Kingdom or City, what is that Nation, Kingdom, or City, in comparifon of thofe Nations, Kingdoms and Cities, where the P api!ls reign, and Popery IS profelt? Th~ .every intelligent Man loath fo full a Profpect of, that it appears necdlefs tO give proof by lnftances. VI. Baby/on, this Woman, City ·of Confllfion, and Whore, which is very great, fnteth upon many Vvaters; which is expounded to be Peoples, and MlliLirudes, and Nations, and Tonglles; And he, the Angel, faid unto me, the Wa– ters u:hich thou Jawejt where the Jf/horejitteth,are Peoples, andMul– Jitudes, and Tongues, &c. Rev. xvii. 1, 1 5· Which according to rhe learned Mcde, and a famous French Author, is more than a third Part of the ten conGderable Parts, which the Roman Monar<:hy fell into, nor long before the Pope,, Man of Sin, or Head of Myflery Baby/on, a!fumed the Imperial Seat .and Crowns, which afterwards be~ came ten Kingdoms with crowne-d Heads, aflifl:ing the BeaH: againft the Lamh, and perlecuting of the Saints, diftinguilhed into tenKing– .doms or Empires. 1. OfGerma"). 2. France. 3· England. 4 · Scot– land. 5· Denmark. 6. Polonia. 7· The Kingdom of Spain. 8. The Kingdom ofNavarre. 9· The Kingdom of Hungary. 10. The Kingdom of Naples and Sicily. ·All which Rome Papal had in Pof– feffion, as Ollr French Author faith, in the Days of PopeLeo the tenth, which was lefs than 200 Years. VJ. Rome Papal or Church of Rome, is.not only a great Woman, City of ConfuGon and Whore, that hath fet up the M on of Sin, great Belial, or higlwft Spn of Wickednefs, but lhe likewife Gts upon many ·waters, viz. People, and !VIuhitudes, N>rions, and Tongues, which may be illuftrated by undeniable lnfl:ances. 1. She fat upon, or ruled over more than one thirclPart of ten, which was formerly under the Ro1;Jan Empire in its civil StJte, which, more than one third Part, hath fince fallen into ten States or Kingdoms, under the Government of ten crowned Heads, and have all agreed to give their Power to this !art Beafl:, according to what was foretold by Daniel, Chap. vii. concerning the little Horn, which had a Mouth (peaking great Things, whofe Looks were more Hour than his Fellows; bv whom three of the firft Horns of the Roman Powe'r in its civil State was plucked up by the Roots, anc;i in their place ftJcceeded ten Kings, or crowned 11ead~, ~ ho have their Crovms given them by this !aft Beafl:: And as they have their Crowns given by, and hold th, ir Kinglbip unoer the Pope, little Horn, !aft Beait, or Man of Sin, in requital of his fatherly Care, to give his Sons fo great a Pa– trimony, they gave their Power unro him, and en– g.age againll the Lamb, making war with and per– !tcuting the Saint', till the Word of God, or Pro– phecy of Daniel, is fulfilled, which ten crowned Heads anfwer to the ten Toes in Nebuchadnezzar's lm•ge, to the ten Horns in this 17th of the Apo– calypfe, that are fo concerned in the Bea!t's King– dom, as to be overcome by the Lamb, and turn to h«te the Whore, that before they fupported, and for whofe P!eafure they did perfecure the Saints, which ten States or Kingdoms are by our French Author, in his !look, called the Ac– complifhmenr of the Prophecy, p. 345· dirtingui!hed to be as in the other Column fee forth. All which Kingdoms, as King ]ames in his learned Works makes our, took · their
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