T H E c H u R c H 0 F R 0 M E, Book IV. M E T A P I-l 0 R. -er by the Arms of a Flood. 6. He became ftrong by a !mall People. 7· He !hall have Power over the fattefl: Places of the Province, ac.d there fcatter his Riches. 8. Such as do wickedly againft Religion, he fi1all accept. 9· Under him the Saints fall by Captivity and Spoil, by Sword and Flame, many Days. I O. Shall do according to his own Will, not accounting himfelf tied to any L aws . 1 r. H e fhall exalt himfelf above every God, and fpeak marvellous Things againfl: the God of Gods. PARALLEL. peror Mauritius ; and by the Help of Goths and Vandals enlarged his Power. 6. Became ftrong by a fmall People, having only a declining Church, and apofl:ate Chriftians to aflifl: him. 7· He hath Power over !tal]', which is re– puted the Garden of Europe, &c. 8. He hath accepted, entertained, and en– couraged the People of any Nation, that would turn w1cked, and facrifice all Piety and Religion, to ferve his !ntereft. 9· Under him the Saints have fallen, by Flames, Captivity, and Spoil, many D ays. I o. He hath done according to his own V\' ill, and doth not look upon any Law• to be obligatory to him, either from God or Men. I I. He, the Pope, bath exalted himfelf above every God, that is, ll1ch "s are lo accounted amongfl: Men, or Gods on Earth, by excommunicaring, depoung, tread ing upon their Necks, ar.d kicking off their Crowns; ·by his blafphemous Edicts and Injunctions he exalts himfe!f above God himfelf and his written L aws, &c. I2. Shall not regard the God of I2. He doth not regard the God of his Anhis Ancefl:ors. .cefl:ors, either the Idols of the Emperors, or the God of the good Bifhops that went before him. I3· NortheDelireof Wedlock. '3· He hath been remote from the Delire of Women in a lawful Way, nay, and frights his Clergy from it too, who are made uncapable of fpiriiual Promotion, and cenfured as heinous Tranfgreffors, if married. 1 4· Nor any God in a pious ·If. He hath not regarded any God in a pious W ay ; for though he doth name the true God .often, ancl in Words profefs him, yet in Works he cloth defy him, ond prophane his holy Name. Way. 15. Shall give Honor to them t 5. He gives honor to them who i1ave armed that have armed Forces. Forces, and lends them Afliflance to carry on his t6. Shall own a ftrange God, with fplendid Ceremonies, Dan. xi. 38. black and diabolical Defigns. I 6. fie hath owned a fl:range God ; a Mark compleatly made up in the Mafs, which is adored with fplendid Ceremonies. U pan all which we fairly frame this Argument. ·If all thele fixteen Characters meet no where fo clear and evident, as upon the Pope of Rome; then the Pope of Rome is the little H orn, and vile Perlon, kt forth in the Book of Daniel: But all the aforefaid CharaCters meet no where fo clear and evident, as ~pon the Pope of Rcme, &c. Ergo, &c. To thefe Characters we fiull add a few more out of rhe ·Evangelift Matthew, the zoth of the Afls, the firft Epift]e_ to '.Timoth)', and the Second to the .'.Theffillonians, and fo draw to a Conclulion. Chrift foretold that Enemies ihould come in his Name, and own him to be the true Chrifl:, with ,an Intent to deceive;· that they fhould .appear in Sheeps (loathing, and under this Vizard hide their de– vouring-Teeth. And, Matt. xxvii. 1,5• Beware of falfe Prophets, 3 The Popes of Rome in their Succeflion, have been cloathed in Sheeps Cloathing, .coveted their Defign with the Name of Chrifl:, the true Chrifl:, but with an Intent to cleceive ; for all their Pre– . tences of Jefus being the true Chrifl:, .have been but as a Vizarcl to hide their devouring Teeth; whilll they hid themfdves under the Notion of ·.Chrifl:ianitY., they have carried on moft.pernicious .and
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