86z THE c H u R c H OF R 0 M E, Book. IV. M E T A P H 0 R. P A R A L L E L. of God, make whole Chrill: of a pitiful Wafer Cake, that after it is eaten, turns to Corruption; and before it is eaten, is a fit Feafl: for Rats and Mice; not only contrary to Reafon, but the full Verdict of all our Senfes. 7· That faith, That no Perfon, how good and pious foever he be, can be faved, out of the Pale of their polluted, ungodly, and devililh Church; though the Scripture plainly affirms, That in every Nation, he that fears God, and worketh Righteoufnef.,, is accepted with him. 8. That fays, It is no Sin to lie, fwear, and forfwear, to kill, Oay, and murder fuch as they call Heretics, though never fo good, if it be for the Caufe of the Church, witlt a thoufand Things df the like Import, which the People do verily believe: And as they dare not gainfay upon their Salvation, fo will they embrace and ufe all Opportu– nities ·to fight and make Warsl overcome Cities, and lay wall:e Countries and King– doms, to kill and Oay, by Maf.facre, and all Manner of murdering Ways, all Ranks and Degrees of Men, that oppofe the horrid Principles and Practices of thofe curfed Children. Nay, they will go boldly to their own Death, when convicted, and con– demned forVillanies, and deny that To-day, that they were conviCted of but Yefterday, and though never fo notoriouOy guilty, yet will take it upon their Death and Salvation, that they are as Innocent as the Child unborn. What can this be, though they drink it down for moll: fweet and pleafant Wine, but an lnfufton of the rankell and moll: deadly Poifon that the loweft Celler of the Bottomlefs Pit can afford, the very Wine ofForni– cations, and the moll: dangerous Drunkennefs and Intoxication in the World? Which is attended with this Aggravation, that the bell: prepared Medicines of the wife!l PhyG– cian will not recover them; for Baby/on having made the Multitude drunk with this Sort of poifoned Wine, how rare is it to have any come to themfelves, to their right Mind again! And to lhut up this Head, take this Argument : Argument. If no People in the Chriftian World hath made the Multitude, or common Sort of People drunk, corrupted and intoxicated their Minds by wicked Lies and falfe DoEtrihe, fuch as beforemerttioned, as Rome Papal, or Church of Rome, hath done: Then Rome Papal, or Church df Rome, is this Baby/on treated of. But no People in the Chriftian World hath made the Multitude,_ or common Sort of People tlrunk, corrupted and intoxicated their Minds by wicked Lies, and falfe Doc– 'trine, fuch as beforementioned, as Rome hath done: Ergo, Rome Papal, or Church of Rome, is this Baby/on trea1ed of. IX. Myfl:ery Bab)'lon is fuch ill Company, as to let Kings be dif– honeftly familiar with her, and make the lower and ruder Sort of her Af.fociates drunk. She is faid to lit drunk upon a Scarlet-colour– ed Beaft, and this Beafl: is full of the Names of Blafphemy: And I Jaw a Woman fit upon a Scarlet– coloured Bea.ft, full of the Names of Blafphemy, &c. Rev. xvii. 3· So that the Woman and the Beaft are diftinEt; the Woman, the Church; the Beafl:, the fecular Power, or civil State. This 1ppears evident from divers Conliderations, ariftng, ( r.) From other Prophecies relating to the fame Thing. (2.) From the Letterof the Text. (J.)From ArgumentsinReafon. (4.) From the Confeffion of the Woman Baby/on, or the Whore herfclf. r. From many Prophecies ; the Iamr Part of the Image is partly IX. Rome Papal, or Church of Rome, hath not only been ill Company to the Kings and great Men of the Earth, in drawing them into her Idolatry, abufe of God, his blef.fed Son, the Chriftian Re– ligion, and blef.fed Books of the Old and New Teftament ; but lhe hath made the lower an<! ruder Sort of People drunk too. And it is no Wonder, lhe thinks lhe may do any thing, having a Difpen– fation from Heaven, which the Pope keeps the Keys of, and fearing no Power on Earth; for fhe hath the Beafl:, the !ecular Power under her ; lhe !its upon him, and rides him, and is not only dif– tinet from the fecular Power, but above it; fa as what of the fecular Power is ftill left at R•me, is under the ConduCt and Management ofthe Church; there being no civil Admini!hation of Juftice, or Exercife of Laws, but what is authorized and al– lowed by his U nholinefs, the Head ; and the Car– dinals, the Shoulders, Breafts, and Arms of the Church, or State Eccleliaftical. To make this fully evident, the Pope cloth not only exercife a Power of appointing Seculars in Rome, and near to it; but he claims the like fupremacy Abroad, in the !Oands far off. If the fecular Princes fall off'from him, or if they will not be reconciled to him,
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