'Book IV. M Y S T E R Y B A B Y t 0 N. M E T APH O R . PARAL L E L Dan. vii. 20. Wbofe L ooko were him; which appears in three Things : r. In his more flout, &c. terrible Bulls, that he makes to roar and !tare moll: dreadfully. 2. In his Power and Acts of depoflng Princes. 3· In alferting 'himfelf to be God's .Vicegerenr, againfi: whom no Perfon, upon any Caufe orPr.e::r~nce .whatfoever, ought to lift up. H~nd or Tongue, upon the l 0enalty of a rot~l Rum 1n thiS World, and an eternal Rum 111 the vVbrld to come. VJI . T he little Horn makes War VI I. The Pope of Rome hath made War with with the Saints, Dan. vii. 21. I bethe Sainrso and prevailed againft them, and thac held, nnd the fame Horn made T1/nr to their Ruin, as 10 Liberty, Ef(ate, and even Life withtheSaints,mtdprevailedngainfl. itfelf ; as the true Witnerles of Chrill have moll: them, and that for a long 'time, even fadly experienced in many Countries, in divers by– to the Wearing out of the poor Saints pall Ages, even for fuch a Series of T ime, that of tbe Mojl High, Ver. 25. may be properly called a Wearing out of the Sain ts of the Moll High; for his Cruelty ended r.ot in a Month, or a Year, but hath lalled for many hundred Years: So that for Length of Time, Numbers of Counr1ies, and Multi<utks of Perfons, there is no Power that ever reigned, hath om-done, or equalized <his vile and bloody Monfter ; upon which we frame this Argument. Ji the Pope of Rome may be more firly faid to have Eyes like the Eyes of a Man, a Mouth fpeJking prefumpruous Things, and Looks more ftom than his Fellows; to ~1ave made War with dJe Saints, to have prevailed againfl: them and wore them our, more than any other Po~er rhat ever yet reigned: Then he is the .little l-lorn, or vi1~ J\:rfon under Confideranon . .But the former is true :- Ergo, .fo is the latter. VIII. The little Horn is diverfe VJII. T11e Pope of Rome is diverfe from the reil: from the reft of <he Horns, Dan. of <he Potentate> in thefe four Refpects: I. The .vii. 2+· dud he }hall be dh·erfe from Manner of his R1fe. 2. His Pretenfions to Power. the fi1jt, and }hall fubdue three 3· In his Pmgrefs to his f-Jei~ht of Dignity. 4· lrt Kings. his Managemtnt of the Power he has ufurped, ( 1.) He ""sImall or little in his· R1fe, but an or– dinary Bi!hop, before he came to be aremporal Prince. (2.) He pretends riot to hold his Kingdom by Inheritance, or Gift of rbe People, as other Kings Jo, but by a fpecia1 and divine Patent. (3·) In his Progrefs to the Heiglu of his D1gni[y~ by leaving his fixeJ SEation, as Pafl:or of a Church~ and by Dtceir, Trca!On, and Violation of all Laws, mounrs the Throne of !mpnial Granc.it:ur. (4.) He rults by a l"upreme eccle· fiJftical Power, as well as Tc:mporal; pretendc; to the Keys of 1·-feaven, as well as the "Sword of· J uftice on Earth, 0Jewing himli::lf to be the DeJil: that h.uh two Horns like a Lamb, fpoken of, Rev. xiii. 1 I. IX. This bttle Born hatl1 fo many Marks upon him, that they are too ntJmerouS to hand!...: d11._ tioCtly after our ufual l\k1hod; and therefore we 01:111 put the re~ maining Pan into agentral Rank, and conclude this Subject. JX. The Pope of Rome hath fo many Marks 0( CharaC:krs uron hi:11, that are too ntnntrOL1S to be bar.dled Jif1:inctli in a l;ttlc Room ; and therefore we f!laH hut rou~h t.p·Jn thun, fo fJr as they !hew the Ttxtc; made good, and form an Idea of Truth io the Minds of Men. 1. lle mun thangc Times and Laws. 1. The Pope hath changed Times and L aws in two Relpech: ( 1.) He hath fer up and plucked down K1ngs, which is called a Changing of 'times nr.d Seafons, Dmt. ii. 21. (2.) He has mace !trance A:rerations of the Laws, Orders, and lnltitl1tiolls ofed in the Chu"h, i·n refpect of Officers, Adminiflration of Sacra– mems, and Cekbration of Days. 2 . Continue a loog Space of Time. 3· He is a vile Perfon. 4· Had not the Fl·onor he hath, fairly givt'n to him, eirher byGod· or Man, but gainod it by Flattery. 5· Remcvtd the preceding Pow2. I-lath continued above twelve hundred Years. · 3· He is as vile a l'erfon as any in the \Vorld, tolerates all Kinds of W1ckednefs, by his Diipen– fations, Pardons, f..cfc•. 4· Had his Exaltation neither by Inheri tance, lawful Cor.qucft, nor rightful Gift from rightful Donators. 5· He had the Help of Phocas, to kill the Empcror
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