Tnt C B U R ·c H .oF R 0 M E, Book -IV~ that the Papi(h can never avoid the F .,rce of ir, ttn1efs they can produce fome Prote– ftant Kingdom, or Smte, that tk.:minet"d.:J over the King-s Oi_· the Earth in a more emi– nent Way and Manner, than Rcmc i~ here charged with: Bm that is impoffible. The Conclufion IS therefore true. And now having thus in fifteen Particulars run .the Metaphor by way of Parallel, betwixt Myftery Baby/on, and Rome Papal, as the fame is fot forth in tee L!poca(>pfi. ·other Hiltories, •nd known E:<per.iences, we 01all, before we quit this Tafk, briefly conftder, how the flt'l:s and Prugrefs of the Chmch of R ome do mo!l: fu lly comport with other Types and Prophecies uf ·holy Scripture, namely, with Literal Baby/on, that was her Type, and fr•m1 whence (he derives her Name; from the Prophecy of Daniel, concermng the 1iul~ Horn, vile Per(on, or Man of Sin, which is her Head.; the Prophecy of the Apollle Paul, in two remarkable Epit\les, the Fir!l: .ro 'Timothy, and the Second to the 'Ihejfalonians; and conclude. The ~urn we 1hall ca!l: into one general Aq~ument, and lo proceed ro the various Branches of it. The concluding Argument ts thts : Argument. That People whofe ACts and Progrefs do mo!l: firly and fully comport with Literal BabJ•Ion, which was a Type, with the P rophecy of D~niel "bout the little Horn, and Revelations of the New Te!l:ament about the !aft Scene of Things, is un– doubtedly the wicked and blooJy Whore of Ba/J)'Ion. But Rome Papal, or Church of Rome, is that People, whofe Acts and J>rogrefs do mo!l: fitly and fully comport with Literal Baby/an, the Prophecy of Daniel, and Reve– }ation of the New Teflament, about the Jail ~cene of Things. Ergo, Rome Papal, or Church ofRome, is undoubtedly the wicked and bloody Whore of Baby/on. The Truth of this Argument we will endeavor to illu!l:rate by this Induction of Par. ticulars following. MET A P H ·O R. .J. AS .Literal Baby/on was the · Head-City of the fir!l: or Cbaldea11Kingdom, called theGiory of theCbaldeanKingdom, and Great B sbylon, &c. !fa. xiii. 19. "I!. ·Literal Baby/on had a great Head or King over her, calltd.t..u– cifer, or Son of the Morning. · 11!. Literal BabJ-Ion had Domi. nion over.many Countries or Pro– ~inces. 'JV, Cbatdea, or Literal.llab)'lon, fell under a four.fold Circum– ·ftance, in refpeEt of her fupreme L ord, or chief [-lead: A s, ( 1 ) :rhat he 'Was, 'when in great P ride he did infultingly Jay, Is not this great Baby/oil, that I have built, by the Might of •iiiY Power., for the Honor of my Majefly? (.2.) He .was not, whtn by the Watchers, and tbe holy One,, he was tolfed from his 1 hrone, and nude .to eat cGrafs with Oxen, till feven Tirnr·s, or Years, part over him. (3.·) Yet wa;, when his Reafon, and the H "arts ·of his Nobles returned to him, and gave·him a Re·advance– ment. •(4.) Went off finaliy, when G od brought the Medes and Per– fians againft his Succelfor, in<O PARALLEL. 1. so Rome Papal is the H ead-City of the b!l: Kingdom, called, Great Baby/on, or the Great and Motber.City, Rev. xvii. 18. Jl. So Rome Papal bath a great Head or .King over her, called the Angel of the Bottomlefs-Pit, .Son of the Evening, Darknefs, or Perdition. Jll. Rome, or Myilery Babylo11, hath Dominion over many Countries or Kingdoms, no kfs than 'he Territories or Jurifilit'l:ions of ten confiderable .Kings, called ten Horns. JV. Rome, or .Myllery Babylotz, is fore told by the Angd to fall under a four-fold Circumilance, in relpec1 to her fupreme Lord, or chief Head, the la{( Bealt, by her called, Our Lord God the Pope. ( t .) \NJ1en ·he .carries the\>\ bore in State, makes Vi/ar with the Saints, and overco~es them; when ·his Adherents fay, 11/bo is like .unto the Beaji? who is a};/e to make War with him? Then be was. (2.) He is not, when the Hornsjhall hate the ff/hore, make.hir dPji>late, eat her Fl.jb, and burn her with Fire: And good Men join if!\te with them, to> take away the little Horn's Dominion, and kacl him into Captivity, whofe Life 1hall be prolonged for .a Seafon and Time, even unto the time of the End. (;;.) He yet is, when by v.irrue .of a falfe Prophet, and all.the Helps Satan the Dr.1gon can afford him, he lhall make a Rally of the carelefs Natior.s, to bring up.again!l: the Jews, after the Reltoratton, to compleat the Battle of Armaged– don, foretold l:Jy divers Prophecies. (+·) He !hall g<>
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