Book IV. MY S T E R Y B A B Y L 0 N. M ETA PHOR. whofe H ands the Kingdom was tranOatcd. PAR ALL EL. go off" the Stoge for.ever, as the Man of Sin, great Oppofer of Chrirt , and ~on of .Perd:tion, when G od fhall lend hb Son fro.n .1-Laven to fight againrt, and Daughter his deceived Nations; of whom it is faid, 'rhe Lord jh,z/1 go f orth, and fight againjf thofe Nations, as when he fought ill t/;e Dal' of B.,ttle, .Zech. xiv. which will be fi> dreadful a Fight or Battle, as never yet was fought, for Slaughter and Blood ; and fo dertroy this vilePerfon with the Brightnefs of his Appearance, to .fu lfill 2 'rhejf. ii. and cart him, as the Son of Perdition, into the burning Flames, to fulfil! Rev. xix. 20. And the Fowls of Heaven jhal/ befilled with their Flejh. And here is the Mind that bath !J/ifdom, 'rhe,Beajl that was, a11d is not, and yet is, is of the feventh Head, and is the eiuhth, a11d goeth into Perdition. 'V. rr\e fidl Beafl:, or Head of V. The lafl: Beafl:, or Head of the Roman Kingthe Chall.ean Kingdom, or.Literal dom, called Myflery Baby/on, doth ' invade Sion, ,Baby/on, did invade Judea, befiege the Gofpei-Church hath cloti:ly belieged her, and Jerufalem, take theCity,and tramblocked up her Privi leges, and trampled under .pie it unda Foot, till raifed again Foot the holy Ci<y for a .]ong fpace of Time, by an EdiCI: from the next ,great Rev. XI. 2, ·King of Pcrjia. VI. The fi rrt ·Beafl:, or Power •of the Chaldean Kingdom, called ,Literal Baby/on, did take-away rhe two.Oiive-Trees, that fl:ood before the God of the whole Eart h. Vll. Chaldea, or Literal Bab.y– lon, did f~t up Image-·Worfh ip, commanding, upon pain of .Burn– ing, the W orfhip pers of .the true God to. fall down, Jer. v. 38. Dan. iii. 6. It is the Place of graven Images, and they are mad upon their .Idols. And whofo fa!le/h not down, and worjhippetb,jhallthefame Hour be ea}/ into the Mid}/ of the·burning fiery Furnace. Vl!L Chaldra, or Literal Baby– Ion, was the Place of Captivity and Spoil; for fhe carried the Ser· vants of ·God .away captive, and made a Spoil of their Treafitres, and rejoiced in fo cloing. .Here we fh all find Ezekiel, and Daniel, and Thoufands more in .Captivi– ty; here we fhall find the Spoils of Jerufalem, and the Enemy re– joicing m the Spoil, ]er. lii. 2 ~. 29, 30. Ezek. I. Dan. 1. Becaufe ye were glad, becauje ye rejoiced at the Dejlrufiion, ye aregrow11 fat as the Heifers at Grafs, and bellow as Bu/ls,&c. Jer. v. . J 1, and ·li. 35VI. The !aft Beart, or Power of the Roman Kingdom, harh taken away, or endeavored to Oay the t wo Witnelf"s, that bore up the Light and ::r:ertimony of God to the World. ' VII. Rome, or Myfrery Bab;•lon, requires Wor– •fhip to be given to the Crucifix, the Image of rhe Virgin Mar.y, and other Samts, but.efpeciaUy to the Idol of the Mafs; {(, that whofoever wi ll not own that moll ridiculous Idolatry, of a Piece of conlecrared Bread, coming our of [he Prieft's un~ hallowed H ands, to be their God an,i Savior, fhall be burned at -a Stake ; as many blelfed Men and \\Tomen, young and old, wtre in the.J\1arian Davs. ~ce Fox's Afls and Momane11ts. · Vlll. Row:e, or MyOery Ba!~·lon,-is become the Place of Captivity and Spoil; for it is by her O rders, ·DiCtates, and l nf!uence, that the Ser– ·vants of God have been carried .away captive, and their .Goods and .Polfellions made a Spoil of in all Parts of the Chrirtian World. -In her Dominions it was, where we find John Hus, Jeromeof Prague, the noble Lord Cobbanz, and Thoefands more,.cap– ti·vated and dertroyed . It is in their Gaols we find good Men imprifoned; in Popijh Countries we find the Inquifition, and other cruel Urao-es: For who is it in all the Chrillian World befides, that imprifons, fpoils, and de!\ rors Men for their Re– .!igion, that perfecutes the People of God, but the Valfals of this finful City of Rome? Her wicked Sons did not only kill and fpoil in Bohemia, Pied– -mont, and other Countries, but they rejoiced in their horrid \Vickednefs, as appears in the Hifl:ories of the Saints Sufterings, written by Mr. Fox, Mr. Clark, Sir 0am. };foreland, and others, &c. IX. Chaldea, or Literal Baby/on, JX. Rome, or Myflery · Ba1!)/on, notwithfl:and- -notwi<ht1anding her great Wicking her great Crimes, and mofl: horrid Wicked– ednefs, yet was the moll lofty and nets, yet bath been the mort Proud of any City proud of all Countries belides, or People in the Chriflian World, who faith in called the Lady of Kingdoms, ·alzd her Heart, I fit a .ftueen, am 110 Widow, jha/ljee .lhe Glory .and Beauty of Excellency, no Sorrow; for which Haught;nefs and Pride of hers,
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