A word in season being a parallel between the intended bloody massacre of the people of the Jews, in the reign of King Ahasuerus and the hellish powder-'plot against the Protestants in the reign of King James : together with an account of some of the wicked principles and practises of the Church of Rome, demonstrated in their barbarous and cruel murders and massacres of the Protestants in the Netherlands, France, Ireland, Piedmont, the Albigenses, &c. : also shewing that the present Church of Rome is an apostate church ... / by H.C., a lover of true Protestants.
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             A word in season being a parallel between the intended bloody massacre of the people of the Jews, in the reign of King Ahasuerus and the hellish powder-'plot against the Protestants in the reign of King James : together with an account of some of the wicked principles and practises of the Church of Rome, demonstrated in their barbarous and cruel murders and massacres of the Protestants in the Netherlands, France, Ireland, Piedmont, the Albigenses, &c. : also shewing that the present Church of Rome is an apostate church ... / by H.C., a lover of true Protestants.
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           A
           Word
           in
           Season
           :
           BEING
           A
           Parallel
           between
           the
           intended
           Bloody
           Massacre
           of
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           Ahasuerus
           ;
           and
           the
           Hellish
           Powder-Plot
           against
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           James
           .
        
         
           TOGETHER
           With
           an
           Account
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Wicked
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           Demonstrated
           in
           their
           Barbarous
           and
           Cruel
           Murders
           and
           Massacres
           of
           the
           Protestants
           in
           the
           
             Netherlands
             ,
             France
             ,
             Ireland
             ,
             Piedmont
             ,
          
           the
           Albigenses
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           ALSO
           SHEWING
           That
           the
           present
           Church
           of
           Rome
           is
           an
           Apostate
           Church
           ,
           and
           so
           discovered
           to
           be
           that
           
             Mystery
             Babylon
             ,
             Mother
             of
             Harlots
             ,
             and
             Abominations
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
          
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Revelations
           .
        
         
           By
           
             H.
             C.
          
           a
           Lover
           of
           true
           Protestants
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Francis
             Smith
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Elephant
           and
           Castle
           in
           Cornhill
           near
           the
           Royal-Exchange
           ,
           1679.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           The
           Author
           to
           the
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             Courteous
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           NOt
           because
           I
           envy
           the
           Person
           of
           any
           Man
           of
           any
           Persuasion
           ,
           so
           consequently
           not
           those
           of
           the
           Papal
           Church
           ,
           who
           at
           present
           I
           am
           concerned
           with
           ;
           but
           't
           is
           their
           Capital
           Errors
           ,
           and
           Damnable
           Principles
           I
           aim
           at
           in
           this
           my
           Discourse
           ,
           knowing
           they
           are
           contrary
           and
           repugnant
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           Truth
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           and
           Manners
           ,
           and
           having
           compassion
           on
           Souls
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           Ignorant
           ,
           lest
           they
           should
           fall
           into
           the
           Errors
           of
           the
           Wicked
           (
           and
           especially
           young
           ones
           )
           which
           are
           not
           aware
           of
           their
           Principles
           ,
           I
           have
           taken
           a
           little
           pains
           to
           gather
           up
           some
           of
           their
           Horrid
           Practices
           ,
           and
           Soul-destroying
           Principles
           ,
           into
           a
           narrow
           Compass
           ,
           that
           so
           in
           a
           little
           time
           any
           may
           perceive
           what
           kind
           of
           condition
           they
           shall
           be
           in
           that
           do
           taste
           ,
           touch
           ,
           or
           handle
           any
           of
           them
           ;
           therefore
           I
           beg
           of
           you
           all
           to
           whom
           this
           shall
           come
           ,
           to
           reade
           it
           considerately
           ,
           and
           compare
           their
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           with
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           see
           that
           there
           is
           as
           much
           difference
           between
           them
           ,
           as
           between
           Light
           and
           Darkness
           ,
           Good
           and
           Evil
           ,
           Heaven
           and
           Hell
           ,
           God
           and
           the
           Devil
           .
           And
           this
           is
           not
           my
           Opinion
           alone
           ,
           but
           the
           Opinion
           of
           almost
           all
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           :
           For
           that
           the
           Pope
           is
           Antichrist
           ,
           hath
           been
           put
           into
           most
           of
           the
           Confessions
           of
           Faith.
           I
           shall
           only
           recite
           the
           Testimony
           of
           one
           ,
           whose
           incomparable
           Learning
           and
           Piety
           may
           make
           his
           Words
           received
           ,
           or
           mine
           at
           least
           not
           over-hastily
           condemned
           ;
           it
           is
           the
           Reverend
           Doctor
           Usher
           ,
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           Armagh
           ,
           who
           in
           his
           Catechise
           writ
           thus
           .
        
         
           
             As
             Christ
             is
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             True
             Church
             ,
             so
             Antichrist
             is
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Romish
             Church
             ,
             which
             is
             his
             Body
             .
          
        
         
         
           Quest
           .
           
             Who
             is
             that
             Antichrist
             ?
          
        
         
           Answ
           .
           
             He
             is
             one
             who
             under
             a
             colour
             of
             being
             for
             Christ
             ,
             nd
             under
             Title
             of
             being
             his
             Vice-gerent
             ,
             exalteth
             himself
             above
             and
             against
             Christ
             ,
             opposing
             himself
             against
             all
             his
             Offices
             and
             Ordinances
             both
             in
             Church
             and
             Commonwealth
             ,
             bearing
             Authority
             over
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             ruling
             over
             that
             City
             with
             seven
             Hills
             ,
             which
             did
             bear
             Rule
             over
             the
             Nations
             ,
             and
             put
             our
             Lord
             to
             Death
             ;
             a
             Man
             of
             Sin
             ,
             a
             Child
             of
             Perdition
             ,
             a
             Destroyer
             ;
             establishing
             himself
             by
             Lying
             Miracles
             and
             False
             Wonders
             .
             All
             which
             Marks
             do
             agree
             together
             to
             be
             none
             but
             the
             Pope
             of
             Rome
             .
          
        
         
           Quest
           .
           
             What
             is
             the
             use
             of
             all
             his
             Doctrine
             ?
          
        
         
           Answ
           .
           
             That
             whosoever
             are
             partakers
             of
             the
             Sins
             of
             Rome
             ,
             are
             also
             under
             the
             same
             Curse
             .
          
        
         
           Quest
           .
           
             What
             further
             ?
          
        
         
           Answ
           .
           
             That
             there
             can
             be
             no
             sound
             agreement
             between
             Popery
             and
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             no
             more
             than
             between
             Light
             and
             Darkness
             ,
             Falshood
             and
             Truth
             ,
             God
             and
             Belial
             ;
             and
             therefore
             no
             Reconciliation
             can
             be
             devised
             betwixt
             them
             .
             For
             if
             the
             Antichrist
             shall
             be
             destroyed
             ,
             we
             cannot
             in
             any
             sort
             communicate
             with
             them
             in
             their
             Errors
             ,
             unless
             we
             will
             bear
             them
             company
             in
             their
             destruction
             also
             .
          
        
         
           An
           Account
           of
           which
           Errors
           ,
           Heresies
           ,
           and
           wicked
           Practices
           ,
           this
           Book
           may
           give
           you
           light
           in
           ,
           which
           I
           had
           not
           concerned
           my self
           withal
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           was
           stirred
           up
           from
           the
           consideration
           of
           their
           Damnable
           and
           Hellish
           Designs
           of
           late
           against
           England
           ;
           so
           that
           they
           may
           thank
           themselves
           for
           what
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           many
           more
           ,
           who
           are
           no
           friends
           to
           Popery
           .
        
         
           If
           these
           few
           Sheets
           shall
           do
           any
           good
           to
           the
           Establishing
           of
           those
           that
           have
           received
           the
           Truth
           as
           't
           is
           in
           Jesus
           ,
           or
           informing
           the
           Ignorant
           ,
           animating
           the
           Spirits
           of
           any
           against
           those
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           ,
           or
           bring
           any
           out
           of
           that
           gross
           Egyptian
           Darkness
           and
           leading
           them
           into
           the
           path
           of
           Light
           and
           Life
           ,
           I
           shall
           have
           my
           desire
           ;
           and
           I
           desire
           you
           may
           give
           God
           the
           Glory
           :
           Which
           that
           it
           may
           be
           so
           ,
           shall
           be
           the
           hearty
           prayers
           of
           him
           that
           is
           a
           lover
           of
           the
           true
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
        
         
           H.
           C.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Parallel
           betwixt
           the
           Jews
           Deliverance
           from
           the
           intended
           Bloody
           Massacre
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           Ahasuerus
           ,
           and
           our
           Deliverance
           from
           the
           Hellish
           Powder-Plot
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           James
           .
        
         
           BEloved
           Friends
           and
           Country-Men
           ,
           I
           am
           this
           Day
           ,
           as
           God's
           Messenger
           ,
           to
           remind
           you
           of
           a
           very
           Signal
           ,
           but
           almost-forgotten
           Deliverance
           ,
           which
           England
           received
           in
           the
           Year
           1605
           ,
           from
           that
           
             hellish
             Powder-plot
          
           of
           the
           
             blood-thirsty
             Papists
          
           :
           Which
           was
           not
           only
           a
           general
           Mercy
           then
           received
           ;
           but
           as
           it
           was
           a
           kindness
           to
           our
           Grand-Fathers
           and
           Fathers
           ,
           so
           also
           to
           us
           :
           For
           had
           Popery
           then
           entred
           England
           (
           which
           hath
           been
           ,
           yet
           is
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           will
           be
           
             Emmanuel's
             Land
             )
             what
             in
             all
             probability
             had
             we
             been
             at
             this
             time
             !
          
           (
           Now
           for
           as
           much
           as
           
             God
             delights
             to
             have
             his
             wonderful
             Works
             remembred
             ,
          
           (
           Psal
           .
           111.
           4.
           
           )
           by
           those
           that
           are
           in
           the
           fruition
           and
           enjoyment
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           more
           especially
           ,
           considering
           the
           need
           we
           may
           have
           of
           as
           great
           a
           kindness
           as
           then
           received
           ,
           already
           through
           Grace
           begun
           to
           be
           shewed
           ,
           the
           Lord
           of
           his
           rich
           Mercy
           bring
           
           Ahitophel's
           Counsel
           to
           nought
           totally
           )
           what
           cause
           have
           we
           to
           be
           praising
           God
           this
           day
           !
           that
           so
           your
           Hearts
           may
           be
           animated
           and
           stirred
           up
           to
           the
           Work.
           I
           shall
           in
           this
           my
           Discourse
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           run
           a
           Parallel
           between
           the
           wicked
           Conspiracy
           made
           against
           the
           Jews
           and
           
             People
             of
             God
          
           in
           the
           days
           of
           King
           Ahasuerus
           ,
           and
           the
           
             hellith
             Powder-Plot
          
           in
           the
           days
           of
           
             King
             James
             of
             happy
             Memory
             ,
             for
             defending
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             discountenancing
             the
             contrary
          
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           by
           that
           time
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           you
           will
           see
           what
           great
           cause
           there
           is
           to
           bless
           God
           for
           his
           unspeakable
           Goodness
           ,
           and
           also
           see
           what
           
             Enemies
             Papists
             are
          
           to
           all
           true
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           so
           I
           shall
           now
           begin
           what
           I
           have
           to
           say
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           in
           the
           days
           of
           Ahasuerus
           (
           who
           Reigned
           from
           India
           even
           to
           Ethiopia
           ,
           over
           one
           hundred
           and
           seven
           and
           twenty
           Provinces
           ,
           Esther
           1.
           1.
           
           )
           there
           was
           a
           Massacre
           designed
           upon
           all
           the
           Men
           ,
           Women
           ,
           and
           Children
           ,
           which
           were
           of
           the
           Nation
           of
           the
           Jews
           (
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           )
           Esther
           3.
           13.
           
        
         
           So
           in
           the
           days
           of
           
             King
             James
          
           1605.
           (
           about
           seventy
           three
           Years
           since
           )
           there
           was
           a
           Powder-Plot
           against
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           People
           of
           God
           ;
           for
           there
           was
           
             thirty
             six
             Barrels
             of
             Gun
             powder
          
           in
           a
           
           Seller
           under
           the
           Parliament
           House
           :
           And
           in
           stead
           of
           Shot
           ,
           they
           had
           laid
           upon
           the
           Powder
           ,
           Bars
           of
           Iron
           ,
           Logs
           of
           Timber
           ,
           massy
           Stones
           ,
           Iron
           Crows
           ,
           Pickaxes
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           working
           Tools
           ;
           and
           to
           cover
           all
           (
           that
           the
           Plot
           might
           not
           be
           discovered
           )
           they
           had
           laid
           great
           store
           of
           Billets
           and
           Faggots
           ;
           so
           that
           nothing
           was
           wanting
           to
           carry
           on
           their
           
             wicked
             Design
          
           :
           Neither
           were
           the
           Jesuites
           and
           Priests
           slack
           on
           their
           parts
           ,
           who
           usually
           concluded
           their
           Masses
           with
           Prayers
           for
           the
           success
           of
           that
           
             Good
             day
          
           ,
           as
           they
           called
           it
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           chief
           Conspirator
           in
           King
           
           Ahasuerus's
           days
           was
           wicked
           Haman
           ,
           a
           Person
           of
           no
           small
           note
           .
        
         
           So
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           those
           that
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           this
           
             Gun-powder
             Plot
          
           ,
           were
           great
           Men
           ,
           men
           of
           Note
           ,
           some
           that
           could
           give
           many
           Hundreds
           to
           carry
           it
           on
           .
           Mr.
           Percy
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Catesby
           ,
           finding
           the
           Charge
           lay
           heavy
           ,
           call
           in
           Sir
           
             Everard
             Digby
          
           of
           Rutlandshire
           ,
           and
           
             Francis
             Tresham
          
           ,
           Esquire
           .
           Catesby
           also
           took
           in
           
             Ambrose
             Rockwood
          
           ,
           and
           
             John
             Graunt
          
           ,
           two
           Recusant
           Gentlemen
           ,
           besides
           
             Winter
             ,
             Fanks
             ,
             John
             Writh
             .
          
           And
           Sir
           
             Edmund
             Baynam
          
           ,
           an
           attainted
           Person
           (
           who
           stiled
           himself
           
             Prince
             of
             the
             damned
             Crew
          
           )
           was
           sent
           to
           the
           Pope
           to
           acquaint
           him
           of
           the
           
             Gun-powder
             Plot.
          
           These
           were
           some
           of
           the
           Instruments
           imployed
           in
           this
           Design
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           as
           Haman
           was
           willing
           to
           be
           at
           vast
           Expences
           to
           have
           the
           Jews
           Massacre'd
           ;
           for
           he
           offers
           
             ten
             thousand
             Talents
             of
             Silver
          
           for
           the
           accomplishing
           the
           thing
           ,
           Esther
           3.
           9.
           
        
         
           So
           those
           men
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           ,
           did
           not
           care
           what
           Expences
           they
           were
           at
           .
           Sir
           
             Everard
             Digby
          
           offers
           
             one
             thousand
             five
             hundred
             Pounds
          
           ,
           and
           
             Tresham
             two
             thousand
          
           ,
           and
           
             Percy
             ,
             four
             thousand
          
           ,
           to
           forward
           the
           Action
           .
           And
           they
           were
           in
           great
           hopes
           of
           having
           in
           a
           few
           Months
           ten
           times
           as
           much
           .
           The
           
             Pope
             himself
             was
             willing
             to
             give
             one
             Million
             of
             Money
             to
             compleat
             the
             Spanish
             Armada
             ,
          
           which
           he
           called
           the
           
             Invincible
             Armada
          
           ,
           but
           God
           made
           it
           vincible
           ;
           for
           of
           
             one
             hundred
             and
             thirty
             four
             sail
             of
             Ships
          
           that
           came
           for
           England
           ,
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Drake
             with
             eight
             Fire-ships
          
           ,
           by
           God's
           blessing
           ,
           destroyed
           so
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           but
           
             fifty
             four
          
           returned
           to
           Spain
           .
           But
           will
           the
           Pope
           give
           this
           Million
           of
           Money
           gratis
           ,
           and
           expect
           nothing
           for
           it
           ?
           No
           I
           'le
           warrant
           you
           ,
           for
           he
           lays
           but
           one
           half
           down
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           half
           when
           they
           had
           won
           any
           notable
           Haven
           in
           our
           Dominions
           ;
           and
           with
           this
           proviso
           that
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           should
           be
           held
           Tributary
           to
           the
           
             See
             of
             Rome
          
           ;
           in
           token
           whereof
           he
           bestows
           on
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           his
           
             Apostolical
             Benediction
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Title
           of
           
             Defender
             of
             the
             Faith.
          
           Not
           at
           so
           little
           Charge
           was
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           whom
           the
           Pope
           animated
           to
           the
           Work
           ,
           by
           persuading
           him
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           could
           not
           be
           more
           gloriously
           
           nor
           meritoriously
           propagated
           ,
           than
           by
           the
           Conquest
           of
           England
           ,
           extirpating
           Heresie
           ,
           and
           planting
           the
           Catholique
           Roman
           Religion
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           subduing
           England
           was
           but
           a
           just
           thing
           ,
           considering
           that
           the
           
             Queen
             of
             England
             ,
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ,
             was
             Excommunicated
             ,
          
           and
           persisted
           contumaciously
           against
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
           By
           this
           means
           the
           
             King
             of
             Spain
          
           ,
           like
           Haman
           ,
           was
           willing
           to
           be
           at
           vast
           Expence
           to
           please
           the
           Pope
           ,
           whom
           indeed
           he
           dared
           not
           to
           displease
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           as
           much
           as
           his
           Crown
           was
           worth
           :
           And
           so
           that
           word
           is
           verified
           ,
           that
           
             she
             Raigneth
             over
             the
             Kings
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
          
           Rev.
           17.
           18.
           
        
         
           His
           Charges
           must
           needs
           be
           great
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           five
           Years
           a
           preparing
           their
           Fleet
           ,
           which
           consisted
           of
           
             an
             hundred
             thirty
             and
             four
             Sail
             ,
          
           containing
           
             fifty
             seven
             thousand
             eight
             hundred
             and
             eight
             Tun
             ,
          
           wherein
           were
           
             eight
             thousand
             and
             forty
             five
             Mariners
             ,
             nineteen
             thousand
             two
             hundred
             and
             ninety
             five
             Souldiers
             ,
          
           to
           cut
           the
           poor
           Protestants
           Throats
           ,
           had
           they
           been
           landed
           :
           
             Two
             thousand
             eighty
             eight
             Gally-Slaves
          
           ;
           and
           so
           sure
           were
           they
           that
           England
           should
           pay
           the
           Shot
           ,
           they
           spared
           no
           cost
           for
           Furnishing
           ;
           they
           were
           provided
           for
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ;
           they
           had
           Bullets
           of
           great
           shot
           
             two
             hundred
             and
             twenty
             thousand
          
           ,
           of
           Powder
           
             four
             thousand
          
           ,
           and
           
             two
             hundred
             Kintals
          
           ,
           every
           Kintal
           containing
           one
           hundred
           pound
           weight
           ;
           Musquets
           
             seven
             thousand
          
           ;
           of
           Partizans
           and
           Halberts
           
             ten
             thousand
          
           ,
           with
           store
           of
           other
           murthering
           Pieces
           ,
           as
           double
           Cannon
           ;
           they
           had
           also
           store
           of
           Torches
           ,
           Lamps
           ,
           Lanthorns
           ,
           
             Whips
             ,
             Butcherly
             Knives
             ,
             to
             murder
             and
             torment
             the
             poor
             English
             .
          
           This
           Army
           cost
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           thirty
           two
           thousand
           Ducats
           every
           day
           .
           Oh
           who
           would
           be
           at
           such
           charges
           to
           do
           God
           service
           ,
           as
           the
           Pope
           and
           
             King
             of
             Spain
             ,
             Catesby
             ,
             Tresham
             ,
             Percy
             ,
             Haman
             ,
          
           &c.
           were
           to
           do
           the
           Devil
           service
           !
        
         
           
             Don
             Pedro
          
           being
           asked
           the
           question
           of
           the
           intent
           of
           their
           coming
           to
           England
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Privy
           Council
           ,
           stoutly
           answered
           ,
           
             To
             subdue
             your
             Nation
          
           :
           But
           what
           would
           you
           have
           done
           with
           the
           
             Papists
             ?
             We
             would
             have
             sent
             them
          
           (
           good
           men
           )
           
             in
             the
             Nation
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             you
             Hereticks
             to
             Hell.
          
           But
           what
           meant
           you
           to
           do
           with
           your
           Whips
           of
           Cord
           and
           Wyer
           ?
           
             We
             meant
             to
             whip
             Hereticks
             to
             death
             .
          
           But
           what
           would
           you
           have
           done
           with
           the
           young
           Children
           ?
           Answer
           ,
           
             Them
             that
             were
             above
             seven
             years
             old
             ,
             should
             have
             gone
             the
             same
             way
             their
             Fathers
             did
             ,
             them
             under
             should
             have
             lived
             ;
             only
             we
             would
             have
             branded
             them
             in
             the
             Forehead
             with
             the
             letter
             L.
             for
             Lutherans
             ,
             and
             reserved
             them
             for
             perpetual
             Bondage
             .
          
           This
           
           Rome's
           cruelty
           is
           one
           infallible
           mark
           of
           her
           being
           
             the
             Whore
             of
             Babylon
          
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           better
           sign
           of
           her
           being
           a
           false
           Church
           ,
           than
           her
           pretence
           of
           Unity
           ,
           Antiquity
           ,
           Universality
           ,
           Infallibility
           and
           Miracles
           will
           render
           her
           to
           be
           a
           true
           one
           .
           For
           these
           
           Denominations
           do
           as
           rightly
           belong
           to
           the
           Devil
           himself
           ,
           as
           to
           her
           ;
           I
           conceive
           to
           both
           alike
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           chief
           cause
           and
           reason
           why
           Haman
           sought
           the
           lives
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           was
           ,
           because
           Mordecai
           the
           Jew
           would
           not
           bow
           and
           stoop
           to
           him
           :
           He
           was
           so
           full
           of
           Ambition
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Honour
           the
           King
           conferred
           on
           him
           signified
           nothing
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           Mordecai
           would
           not
           bow
           ,
           Esther
           5.
           13.
           
        
         
           So
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           because
           we
           will
           not
           bow
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           acknowledg
           him
           to
           be
           Head
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           who
           is
           a
           great
           Enemy
           to
           God
           ,
           by
           worshipping
           Idols
           ;
           to
           Christ
           ,
           by
           its
           new-found
           Mediators
           ;
           to
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           by
           putting
           a
           Pope
           in
           his
           room
           ;
           to
           the
           Scripture
           by
           its
           Legends
           and
           corrupt
           Traditions
           ;
           to
           Reason
           ,
           by
           its
           imposed
           Absurdities
           ;
           to
           Common
           Sense
           ,
           by
           its
           most
           foolish
           and
           Idolized
           Transubstantiations
           ;
           to
           all
           tender
           dissenting
           Consciences
           ,
           by
           Fire
           and
           Faggot
           ;
           an
           Enemy
           also
           to
           all
           Civil
           Government
           that
           refuses
           to
           be
           subject
           to
           it
           ,
           by
           
             Plots
             ,
             Assassinations
          
           ,
           and
           horrid
           Massacres
           .
           Shall
           we
           stoop
           to
           her
           that
           will
           not
           stoop
           to
           God
           ?
           Let
           Rome
           know
           ,
           that
           as
           Mordecai
           which
           was
           a
           Jew
           would
           not
           stoop
           to
           Haman
           ,
           Son
           of
           Hamadatha
           the
           
             Agagite
             ,
             Esther
          
           3.
           1.
           
           The
           Heathen
           King
           ,
           the
           Person
           and
           People
           whom
           God
           sent
           Saul
           to
           destroy
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           15.
           2
           ,
           3.
           which
           People
           were
           called
           
             Amalekites
             ,
             Agag
          
           being
           King
           of
           them
           ;
           they
           were
           a
           People
           hated
           by
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           of
           whom
           God
           said
           ,
           
             Numb
             .
             24.
             20.
             
             That
          
           Amalek
           
             was
             the
             first
             of
             the
             Nations
             ,
             but
             his
             latter
             end
             should
             be
             that
             he
             perish
             for
             ever
             .
          
           Now
           Mordecai
           knowing
           that
           they
           were
           a
           People
           of
           God's
           hatred
           ,
           and
           knowing
           Haman
           to
           be
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           Mordecai
           out
           of
           Conscience
           (
           I
           conceive
           )
           would
           not
           bow
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           also
           considering
           that
           they
           had
           been
           Enemies
           to
           the
           People
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           So
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           we
           knowing
           Rome
           to
           be
           an
           Enemy
           to
           the
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           hath
           purposed
           to
           destroy
           her
           ,
           and
           give
           her
           
             Blood
             to
             drink
          
           ,
           being
           worthy
           ,
           
             Rev.
             18.
             6.
             because
             she
             hath
             drunk
             deep
             of
             the
             Blood
             of
             the
             Martyrs
             of
             Jesus
             ,
          
           and
           also
           because
           she
           sets
           at
           nought
           God
           's
           holy
           Word
           ;
           therefore
           we
           cannot
           ,
           we
           will
           not
           bow
           to
           her
           Golden
           Image
           that
           she
           hath
           set
           up
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           her
           Threats
           .
           As
           Nebuchadnezzar
           threatned
           the
           three
           Worthies
           with
           a
           burning
           fiery
           Furnace
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           not
           bow
           down
           to
           the
           Image
           of
           Gold
           which
           he
           had
           set
           up
           .
           So
           this
           Mother
           of
           Harlots
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           not
           put
           your
           Necks
           under
           her
           Yoke
           ,
           
             then
             comes
             an
             Armada
             ,
             an
             Inquisition
             ,
             a
             Massacre
             ,
             a
             Powder-plot
             ,
             Fire
             ,
             Faggot
             ,
             Racks
             ,
             Assassinations
             ,
             Stranglings
             ,
             witness
             Justice
             Godfry
             ,
          
           Who
           for
           taking
           but
           an
           Examination
           which
           was
           his
           Place
           ,
           and
           Work
           ,
           and
           Sworn
           to
           it
           ,
           
             those
             Men
             of
             Blood
             could
             not
             sleep
             quietly
             ,
             till
             their
             malice
             was
             vented
             on
             his
             Body
             ,
             
             by
             strangling
             and
             other
             Tortures
             they
             put
             him
             to
             ,
          
           as
           is
           more
           than
           probable
           ,
           to
           protract
           his
           misery
           ;
           and
           after
           a
           considerable
           time
           thrust
           a
           Sword
           into
           his
           Body
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           World
           believe
           it
           was
           his
           own
           Act.
           Surely
           had
           he
           done
           it
           himself
           ,
           some
           Blood
           would
           have
           appeared
           on
           the
           Ground
           where
           he
           lay
           !
           but
           the
           Sword
           being
           run
           into
           his
           Body
           some
           considerable
           time
           after
           Strangling
           ,
           the
           Blood
           being
           coagulated
           ,
           nothing
           appears
           but
           a
           black
           Water
           ,
           which
           usually
           followeth
           after
           the
           Bloods
           coagulating
           :
           And
           that
           Act
           ,
           inhumane
           and
           horrid
           Act
           ,
           was
           done
           by
           the
           Papists
           ,
           is
           clear
           ,
           from
           their
           taking
           his
           Pocket
           Book
           ,
           where
           the
           Depositions
           and
           Examinations
           were
           ;
           which
           was
           that
           they
           wanted
           ,
           though
           not
           his
           Gold
           nor
           Silver
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           his
           great
           Lace
           Band
           he
           went
           out
           withal
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           was
           taken
           away
           ,
           the
           Gentleman
           being
           strangled
           ,
           doubtless
           the
           Band
           was
           torn
           in
           the
           Fray
           ;
           and
           to
           have
           let
           that
           gone
           ,
           would
           have
           told
           the
           Story
           too
           plainly
           .
           
             But
             this
             Blood
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Blood
             of
             many
             millions
             more
             ,
             crieth
             for
             Vengeance
             .
             That
             one
             instance
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             in
             that
             most
             inhumane
             Massacre
             in
             1642
             ,
             wherein
             were
             more
             than
             three
             hundred
             thousand
             in
             a
             few
             days
             put
             to
             Death
             ;
             some
             burnt
             ,
             some
             slain
             with
             the
             Sword
             ,
             some
             shot
             to
             Death
             ,
             some
             smothered
             ,
             some
             starved
             and
             pined
             to
             Death
             ,
             some
             killed
             with
             Staves
             ,
             some
             cut
             in
             pieces
             ,
             some
             hanged
             twice
             or
             thriee
             ,
             many
             thousands
             drowned
             at
          
           Portendown-Bridg
           :
           
             And
             when
             the
             poor
             Souls
             came
             swimming
             by
             the
             River
             side
             to
             save
             their
             Lives
             ,
             the
          
           Papists
           
             knockt
             them
             on
             the
             head
             with
             the
             But-end
             of
             their
             Musquets
             .
          
           But
           the
           Instance
           I
           mind
           is
           that
           at
           Portendown-Bridg
           ,
           a
           Woman
           was
           seen
           to
           rise
           Brest-high
           out
           of
           the
           River
           ,
           her
           Hair
           hanging
           down
           ,
           with
           Skin
           as
           white
           as
           Snow
           ,
           often
           crying
           out
           ,
           
             Revenge
             ,
             Revenge
             ,
             Revenge
          
           ,
           which
           made
           the
           Persons
           much
           amazed
           that
           saw
           ,
           and
           heard
           it
           .
           This
           was
           attested
           by
           one
           
             Elizabeth
             Price
          
           (
           whose
           Husband
           was
           thrown
           into
           that
           River
           )
           before
           the
           Commissioners
           appointed
           for
           that
           purpose
           ;
           with
           many
           more
           that
           might
           be
           named
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Sudden
           Death
           was
           designed
           by
           wicked
           Haman
           ,
           after
           one
           Years
           provision
           and
           preparation
           for
           the
           Work
           ;
           as
           the
           Spanish
           Invasion
           was
           five
           Years
           before
           compleated
           ,
           so
           there
           was
           to
           be
           one
           Year
           .
           For
           on
           the
           13th
           day
           of
           the
           first
           Month
           ,
           the
           King's
           Scribes
           were
           called
           to
           make
           the
           Writings
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           11th
           day
           of
           the
           twelfth
           Month
           ,
           the
           month
           Adar
           ,
           the
           Massacre
           was
           appointed
           ,
           and
           then
           nothing
           but
           sudden
           Death
           in
           one
           day
           :
           Saith
           the
           Word
           ,
           They
           were
           to
           Destroy
           ,
           Kill
           ,
           and
           to
           cause
           to
           Perish
           ,
           all
           Jews
           both
           young
           and
           old
           ,
           little
           Children
           and
           Women
           ,
           in
           one
           day
           ,
           Esther
           3.
           12
           ,
           13.
           
        
         
           So
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           Sudden
           Death
           was
           like
           to
           be
           the
           portion
           of
           the
           
             Protestants
             in
             England
          
           .
           Time
           for
           Repentance
           would
           have
           been
           reckoned
           
           too
           good
           for
           an
           Heretick
           .
           To
           
             kill
             them
             ,
             and
             send
             them
             to
             Hell
             speedily
             ,
             is
             an
             act
             meritorious
             ,
             and
             cause
             of
             Triumph
             :
             when
             there
             was
             near
             one
             hundred
             thousand
             lives
             in
             three
             days
             time
             taken
             away
             in
          
           France
           ,
           
             (
             which
             it
             seems
             no
             less
             could
             quench
             the
             thirst
             of
             that
             unsatiable
             Whore
             and
             Harlot
             )
          
           his
           Holiness
           at
           Rome
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           made
           Bonfires
           ,
           rings
           his
           Bells
           ,
           shoots
           off
           his
           Guns
           ,
           and
           sang
           (
           O
           horrid
           Blasphemy
           !
           )
           
             Te
             deum
             Laudamus
          
           ,
           We
           praise
           thee
           ,
           O
           God
           :
           As
           if
           he
           would
           draw
           in
           the
           most
           Gracious
           God
           to
           be
           accessary
           to
           his
           Murders
           ,
           and
           an
           accomplisher
           of
           his
           Bloody
           and
           Abominable
           Impieties
           .
           Sudden
           death
           is
           that
           they
           delight
           in
           ,
           when
           so
           many
           Barrels
           of
           Gun-powder
           were
           under
           the
           Parliament
           House
           ,
           and
           Chair
           of
           State.
           Thirty
           six
           Barrels
           would
           soon
           have
           dispatcht
           the
           
             King
             ,
             Princes
             ,
             Clergie
             ,
             Nobles
             ,
             Knights
             and
             Burgesses
             ,
             the
             very
             confluence
             of
             the
             Flower
             of
             Glory
             ,
             Learning
             ,
             Prudence
             ,
             and
             Authority
             in
             the
             Land
          
           ;
           Fathers
           ,
           Sons
           and
           Brothers
           ,
           Foes
           ,
           Papists
           ,
           Protestants
           ,
           all
           at
           one
           blast
           ;
           and
           after
           that
           had
           been
           done
           ,
           then
           a
           
             sudden
             Massacre
          
           throughout
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           so
           would
           have
           altered
           Religion
           and
           Government
           ,
           and
           brought
           in
           a
           Foraign
           Power
           .
           But
           our
           good
           God
           hath
           prevented
           them
           hitherto
           ,
           praised
           be
           his
           holy
           Name
           .
           O
           what
           a
           settled
           Detestation
           ,
           and
           fixed
           Opposition
           ,
           should
           we
           have
           against
           that
           Religion
           !
           whose
           Faith
           is
           Faction
           ,
           whose
           Promises
           are
           Equivocations
           ,
           whose
           Worship
           is
           Idolatry
           ,
           whose
           Principles
           are
           high
           Treason
           ,
           whose
           Mercies
           are
           Cruelties
           ,
           whose
           practices
           are
           
             Stabbing
             ,
             Strangling
             ,
             and
             poysoning
             of
             Kings
             ,
          
           whose
           frame
           of
           Government
           is
           a
           politick
           design
           to
           enslave
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           
             the
             Necks
             of
             Princes
             under
             their
             Iron
             Yoke
             ,
          
           and
           
             whose
             God
             is
             a
             pretty
             little
             tiny
             thing
             ,
          
           which
           the
           Priests
           first
           create
           with
           a
           Charm
           of
           four
           Words
           long
           ,
           and
           then
           worship
           the
           Works
           of
           their
           own
           Hands
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           chop
           him
           up
           at
           a
           bit
           ,
           and
           make
           no
           Bones
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Much
           Deceit
           and
           Hypocrisy
           was
           acted
           by
           wicked
           Haman
           ,
           when
           he
           intended
           to
           have
           the
           Jews
           Massacred
           :
           For
           he
           pretended
           to
           the
           King
           Ahasuerus
           ,
           that
           this
           People
           had
           Laws
           diverse
           from
           the
           King's
           Laws
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           kept
           not
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           besides
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           for
           the
           Kings
           profit
           to
           suffer
           such
           People
           ,
           Est
           .
           3.
           8.
           
           This
           he
           pretends
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           the
           great
           reason
           why
           he
           would
           have
           them
           destroyed
           ,
           when
           indeed
           it
           was
           not
           out
           of
           love
           he
           had
           to
           the
           King's
           Honour
           ,
           but
           his
           own
           ,
           through
           the
           pride
           of
           his
           own
           Heart
           :
           All
           the
           reason
           was
           ,
           because
           Mordecai
           would
           not
           bow
           to
           him
           ,
           Esther
           3.
           5.
           
        
         
           As
           hypocritical
           and
           deceitful
           hath
           Rome
           been
           ,
           in
           bringing
           about
           her
           wicked
           Designs
           at
           all
           times
           :
           for
           concerning
           this
           Powder-plot
           ,
           the
           
           better
           to
           bring
           about
           her
           design
           ,
           Mr.
           Percy
           takes
           some
           Rooms
           of
           one
           Mr.
           Winyard
           ,
           which
           Rooms
           served
           for
           withdrawing
           Rooms
           in
           Parliament-time
           for
           the
           Lords
           ,
           for
           these
           Rooms
           adjoyned
           to
           the
           Wall
           of
           the
           Parliament-House
           ,
           and
           Percy
           took
           Fauks
           under
           pretence
           to
           be
           his
           Man
           ,
           who
           changed
           his
           name
           into
           Johnson
           ,
           he
           had
           the
           Keys
           and
           keeping
           of
           the
           Rooms
           ;
           and
           these
           Rooms
           were
           taken
           for
           Lodging
           Rooms
           .
           They
           took
           also
           another
           House
           and
           a
           Seller
           ,
           just
           under
           the
           Parliament
           House
           ,
           under
           pretence
           to
           keep
           Coals
           and
           Wood
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           make
           the
           Serpents
           Nest
           in
           ;
           thus
           their
           deceit
           appears
           .
           Yea
           further
           ,
           When
           they
           wanted
           to
           bring
           the
           Plot
           upon
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           (
           for
           that
           they
           would
           have
           done
           )
           one
           of
           the
           Conspirators
           ,
           Mr.
           Keys
           ,
           a
           Relation
           of
           Mr.
           Pickring
           of
           Tichmarsh
           Grove
           ,
           in
           Northamptonshire
           (
           which
           Pickring
           was
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           Favourite
           of
           King
           
           James's
           )
           who
           had
           a
           very
           choice
           Horse
           :
           This
           Mr.
           Key
           ,
           (
           one
           of
           the
           Conspirntors
           )
           borrowed
           Mr.
           
           Pickring's
           Horse
           ,
           under
           pretence
           no
           Horse
           could
           serve
           his
           turn
           so
           well
           as
           that
           ,
           (
           which
           indeed
           would
           not
           ,
           considering
           he
           was
           a
           Protestant
           )
           ;
           this
           Horse
           was
           to
           stand
           in
           St.
           Georges
           Field
           ,
           ready
           for
           Fauks
           after
           the
           Blow
           was
           given
           ,
           as
           the
           Papists
           pretended
           to
           him
           .
           Mr.
           Pickring
           was
           to
           be
           killed
           ,
           and
           conveyed
           away
           so
           as
           not
           to
           be
           found
           ;
           and
           when
           Fauks
           came
           into
           St.
           Georges
           Fields
           ,
           the
           Papists
           did
           intend
           to
           kill
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           have
           mangled
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           not
           have
           been
           known
           from
           Mr.
           Pickring
           the
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           should
           have
           been
           bruited
           abroad
           presently
           ,
           that
           the
           Protestants
           had
           done
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Plot
           ;
           and
           to
           make
           the
           World
           believe
           it
           ,
           Here
           ,
           say
           they
           (
           or
           would
           have
           said
           )
           is
           Mr.
           Pickring
           with
           his
           choice
           Horse
           ,
           who
           did
           the
           thing
           ,
           and
           was
           about
           to
           make
           his
           escape
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           prevented
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           did
           intend
           to
           have
           Massacred
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           under
           that
           pretence
           of
           their
           blowing
           up
           the
           Parliament
           House
           .
        
         
           Fauks
           after
           he
           was
           taken
           and
           put
           into
           the
           Tower
           ,
           would
           not
           confess
           any
           thing
           ,
           notwithstanding
           they
           put
           him
           upon
           the
           Rack
           ,
           till
           he
           came
           to
           understand
           the
           design
           of
           his
           Brethren
           in
           Iniquity
           against
           him
           ,
           who
           promised
           him
           a
           great
           sum
           of
           Money
           to
           set
           the
           House
           on
           Fire
           ;
           yet
           when
           he
           came
           to
           make
           his
           escape
           in
           St.
           Georges
           Fields
           ,
           there
           they
           intended
           to
           take
           away
           his
           Life
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           bring
           about
           their
           design
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           confessed
           all
           when
           he
           came
           to
           hear
           this
           .
           Thus
           we
           see
           there
           is
           no
           manner
           of
           safety
           in
           being
           a
           Papist
           ,
           for
           they
           value
           not
           the
           lives
           of
           their
           own
           party
           to
           bring
           about
           their
           designs
           ;
           for
           if
           we
           will
           not
           be
           subject
           to
           them
           in
           every
           thing
           ,
           they
           matter
           not
           the
           lives
           of
           their
           own
           Proselytes
           .
           
             Witness
             King
          
           Henry
           
             the
             3d
             ,
             and
             4th
             of
          
           France
           ,
           
             the
             first
             ,
             because
             he
             would
             not
             destroy
             all
             the
             Hugonots
             and
             Protestants
             in
          
           France
           ,
           
             they
             Assassinated
             him
             ,
             and
             took
             away
             his
             Life
             .
             So
          
           Henry
           
             the
             4th
             
             was
             their
             Convert
             ,
             whom
             they
             twice
             Assissinated
             ,
             and
             the
             third
             time
             took
             away
             his
             Life
             ;
             so
             that
             a
             Man
             cannot
             promise
             himself
             any
             security
             under
             the
             Romish
             Religion
             ,
             but
             upon
             every
             humour
             and
             suspicion
             ,
             the
             Blood
             of
             the
             most
             Noble
             must
             go
             .
          
        
         
           6.
           
           As
           God
           wrought
           marvellously
           in
           the
           delivering
           the
           Seed
           of
           Abraham
           from
           the
           cruelty
           of
           wicked
           Haman
           ,
           so
           he
           
             did
             deliver
             England
          
           from
           the
           fate
           of
           Rome
           :
           Consider
           with
           me
           a
           little
           ,
           how
           the
           providence
           of
           God
           did
           work
           in
           the
           saving
           the
           former
           .
        
         
           King
           Ahasuerus
           makes
           a
           Feast
           ,
           invites
           his
           Nobles
           ,
           when
           his
           heart
           was
           merry
           with
           Wine
           ,
           he
           sends
           for
           Queen
           Vashti
           to
           come
           before
           him
           ,
           she
           refuseth
           to
           come
           ;
           the
           King
           and
           Nobles
           were
           greatly
           troubled
           for
           her
           not
           coming
           .
           Queen
           Vashti
           is
           no
           more
           to
           come
           into
           the
           King's
           presence
           ,
           she
           is
           shut
           out
           for
           ever
           from
           being
           Queen
           more
           ;
           this
           makes
           way
           for
           Esther
           who
           was
           a
           Jew
           ,
           to
           be
           an
           Instument
           to
           save
           her
           People
           .
        
         
           A
           great
           many
           fair
           Virgins
           ,
           were
           to
           be
           sought
           for
           (
           by
           the
           King's
           Command
           )
           out
           of
           all
           Provinces
           ,
           and
           brought
           to
           Shushan
           the
           King's
           Palace
           .
           Now
           Mordecai
           the
           Jew
           ,
           brings
           in
           Esther
           ,
           his
           Uncles
           Daughter
           ,
           who
           had
           neither
           Father
           nor
           Mother
           ;
           and
           among
           all
           the
           Virgins
           that
           were
           brought
           ,
           none
           pleased
           the
           King
           so
           well
           as
           Esther
           ,
           whom
           he
           made
           Queen
           .
        
         
           Again
           it
           came
           to
           pass
           on
           a
           certain
           Night
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           could
           not
           sleep
           ,
           (
           a
           Hand
           of
           God
           there
           was
           in
           that
           also
           )
           he
           calls
           for
           the
           Records
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           finds
           that
           two
           of
           the
           King's
           Chamberlains
           ,
           Bigthana
           and
           Teresh
           ,
           intended
           to
           lay
           Hands
           on
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           was
           discovered
           by
           Mordecai
           the
           Jew
           .
           Then
           saith
           the
           King
           ,
           What
           hath
           been
           done
           to
           him
           for
           that
           good
           deed
           ?
           Hath
           he
           not
           been
           promoted
           for
           the
           same
           ?
           No
           ,
           say
           the
           King's
           Servants
           .
           Who
           is
           in
           the
           Court
           ,
           saith
           the
           King
           ?
           Haman
           ,
           say
           the
           Servants
           .
           Now
           Haman
           at
           this
           time
           stood
           in
           the
           outer
           Court
           to
           speak
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           have
           Mordecai
           hanged
           on
           the
           Gallows
           he
           had
           prepared
           .
           The
           King
           commanded
           Haman
           to
           be
           called
           in
           :
           What
           (
           saith
           the
           King
           to
           Haman
           )
           shall
           be
           done
           to
           the
           man
           whom
           the
           King
           delighteth
           to
           honour
           ?
           Haman
           thinking
           he
           should
           be
           the
           man
           ,
           said
           thus
           ,
           
             Esther
             6.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
             Let
             the
             Royal
             Apparel
             be
             brought
             which
             the
             King
             useth
             to
             wear
             ,
             and
             the
             Horse
             that
             the
             King
             rideth
             upon
             ,
             and
             the
             Crown
             Royal
             ,
             which
             he
             useth
             to
             wear
             :
             And
             let
             this
             Apparel
             and
             Horse
             be
             delivered
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             one
             of
             the
             King
             's
             most
             noble
             Princes
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             array
             him
             withal
             ,
             whom
             the
             King
             delighteth
             to
             honour
             :
             And
             bring
             him
             on
             Horse-back
             through
             the
             Street
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             proclaim
             before
             him
             ;
             Thus
             shall
             be
             done
             to
             the
             man
             whom
             the
             King
             delighteth
             to
             honour
             .
             Then
             said
             the
             King
             to
          
           
           Haman
           ,
           
             Take
             the
             Apparel
             and
             Horse
             ,
             and
             do
             so
             to
          
           Mordecai
           the
           Jew
           
             that
             sitteth
             in
             the
             King's
             Gate
             ,
             and
             let
             nothing
             fail
             of
             all
             that
             thou
             hast
             spoken
             .
             Then
          
           Haman
           
             did
             as
             the
             King
             commanded
             ,
             but
          
           Haman
           
             hasted
             to
             his
             own
             House
             mourning
             ,
             and
             having
             his
             Head
             covered
             .
          
           Mark
           how
           God's
           Providence
           did
           work
           further
           .
           When
           Mordecai
           had
           by
           Proxy
           informed
           Queen
           Esther
           of
           wicked
           
           Haman's
           design
           ,
           and
           sent
           her
           a
           Copy
           of
           the
           Writings
           among
           the
           Jews
           ,
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           Hatateh
           the
           King's
           Chamberlain
           ,
           poor
           Mordecai
           weeps
           bitterly
           ,
           puts
           on
           Sackcloth
           ,
           and
           went
           into
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           cried
           with
           a
           loud
           and
           bitter
           Cry.
           But
           when
           Queen
           Esther
           came
           to
           hear
           of
           the
           Design
           ,
           she
           is
           in
           a
           very
           great
           strait
           ,
           she
           had
           not
           been
           called
           before
           the
           King
           for
           thirty
           days
           space
           :
           And
           there
           was
           a
           Law
           ,
           that
           whoever
           comes
           before
           the
           King
           into
           the
           inner
           Court
           ,
           except
           the
           King
           holds
           out
           his
           Scepter
           to
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           to
           be
           put
           to
           death
           .
           What
           shall
           Queen
           Esther
           do
           now
           ?
           Well
           ,
           out
           of
           love
           to
           her
           own
           Country
           ,
           and
           considering
           what
           Mordecai
           said
           ;
           Think
           not
           that
           thou
           shalt
           save
           thy
           own
           Life
           .
           Upon
           these
           considerations
           ,
           she
           resolves
           to
           go
           to
           the
           King
           with
           her
           Life
           in
           her
           Hand
           ,
           and
           
             if
             I
             perish
             ,
             I
             perish
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Queen
           .
           When
           she
           comes
           before
           the
           King
           ,
           God
           puts
           it
           in
           his
           heart
           to
           hold
           out
           his
           Scepter
           to
           her
           :
           so
           Esther
           drew
           near
           and
           touched
           the
           top
           of
           his
           Golden
           Scepter
           .
           Then
           saith
           the
           King
           to
           her
           ,
           What
           is
           thy
           Request
           ,
           and
           it
           shall
           be
           granted
           ,
           to
           the
           half
           of
           my
           Kingdom
           ?
           And
           Queen
           Esther
           answered
           ,
           Let
           the
           King
           and
           Haman
           come
           this
           day
           to
           a
           Dinner
           I
           shall
           prepare
           :
           The
           King
           and
           Haman
           did
           so
           .
           Now
           
           Haman's
           heart
           was
           lifted
           up
           ,
           when
           he
           heard
           that
           none
           but
           he
           was
           to
           go
           with
           the
           King
           to
           the
           Dinner
           the
           Queen
           had
           prepared
           ,
           yet
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             All
             this
             availeth
             me
             nothing
             ,
             so
             long
             as
          
           Mordecai
           
             standeth
             in
             the
             Kings
             Gate
          
           .
           When
           the
           King
           ,
           Queen
           ,
           and
           Haman
           was
           at
           the
           Banquet
           of
           Wine
           ,
           What
           is
           thy
           Request
           Queen
           Esther
           ,
           saith
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           it
           shall
           be
           performed
           to
           thee
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           half
           of
           my
           Kingdom
           ?
        
         
           Then
           Esther
           the
           Queen
           answered
           ,
           If
           I
           have
           found
           favour
           in
           thine
           Eyes
           ,
           O
           King
           ,
           if
           it
           please
           the
           King
           ,
           let
           my
           Life
           be
           given
           at
           my
           Petition
           ,
           and
           my
           People
           at
           my
           Request
           ;
           for
           we
           are
           sold
           ,
           I
           and
           my
           People
           to
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           to
           be
           slain
           ,
           and
           to
           perish
           :
           But
           if
           we
           had
           been
           sold
           for
           Bond-men
           ,
           and
           Bond-women
           ,
           I
           had
           held
           my
           Tongue
           .
           Then
           said
           the
           King
           Ahasuerus
           ,
           Who
           is
           he
           ?
           And
           where
           is
           he
           that
           durst
           presume
           in
           his
           heart
           so
           to
           do
           ?
           And
           Esther
           said
           ,
           The
           Enemy
           is
           this
           wicked
           Haman
           .
           Then
           the
           King
           rose
           up
           in
           Wrath
           ,
           and
           went
           into
           the
           Palace
           Garden
           ,
           and
           Haman
           being
           afraid
           ,
           standeth
           up
           and
           makes
           request
           for
           his
           Life
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           Esther
           the
           Queen
           ,
           in
           the
           Kings
           absence
           .
           When
           the
           King
           returned
           out
           of
           the
           Palace-Garden
           ,
           
           Haman
           was
           lying
           on
           the
           Bed
           where
           Esther
           was
           .
           What
           ,
           saith
           the
           King
           ,
           will
           he
           force
           the
           Queen
           before
           me
           in
           the
           House
           ?
           Thus
           the
           King
           was
           more
           and
           more
           enraged
           against
           Haman
           .
           Haman's
           face
           was
           covered
           of
           a
           sudden
           .
           The
           saith
           one
           of
           the
           King's
           Chamberlains
           ,
           there
           standeth
           a
           Gallows
           in
           
           Haman's
           House
           ,
           which
           he
           built
           for
           Mordecai
           ,
           who
           hath
           spoken
           good
           for
           the
           King
           ;
           then
           the
           King
           said
           ,
           Hang
           him
           thereon
           .
           So
           Haman
           was
           hanged
           ,
           and
           the
           former
           Writing
           reversed
           by
           sending
           Letters
           through
           all
           the
           Provinces
           ,
           and
           Orders
           was
           given
           the
           Jews
           should
           be
           ready
           to
           destroy
           all
           that
           day
           ,
           that
           came
           to
           destroy
           them
           ;
           and
           on
           that
           day
           they
           destroyed
           seventy
           five
           thousand
           ,
           but
           laid
           not
           their
           hands
           on
           the
           Prey
           .
           Thus
           you
           see
           ,
           how
           wonderfully
           God
           did
           work
           for
           their
           Deliverance
           .
        
         
           So
           in
           like
           manner
           did
           he
           for
           England
           ,
           for
           the
           Lord
           was
           pleased
           to
           prevent
           their
           design
           by
           two
           Prorogations
           before
           this
           Fifth
           of
           November
           ,
           and
           but
           ten
           days
           before
           the
           Parliament
           sate
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Letter
           sent
           from
           some
           (
           whose
           heart
           God
           had
           stirred
           up
           )
           to
           the
           Lord
           Mount-Eagle
           ,
           to
           have
           him
           exempt
           himself
           from
           the
           Parliament
           House
           that
           day
           :
           The
           said
           Lord
           Mount-Eagle
           takes
           the
           Letter
           ,
           and
           late
           at
           Night
           goes
           to
           White-Hall
           ,
           and
           sheweth
           it
           to
           the
           Earl
           of
           Salisbury
           ,
           then
           Principal
           Secretary
           ;
           the
           Earl
           of
           Salisbury
           acquaints
           the
           Chamberlain
           therewith
           ;
           these
           two
           Councellors
           shew
           the
           Letter
           to
           the
           Earls
           of
           Worcester
           and
           Northampton
           ,
           and
           all
           concluded
           how
           slightly
           the
           Contents
           seemed
           to
           be
           to
           shew
           the
           King
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           without
           Date
           and
           Subscription
           ,
           and
           not
           very
           legible
           :
           However
           the
           Earl
           of
           Salisbury
           presents
           the
           Letter
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 MY
                 Lord
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 love
                 I
                 bear
                 to
                 some
                 of
                 your
                 Friends
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 a
                 care
                 of
                 your
                 preservation
                 :
                 Therefore
                 I
                 would
                 advise
                 you
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 tender
                 your
                 Life
                 ,
                 to
                 devise
                 some
                 Excuse
                 to
                 shift
                 off
                 your
                 attendance
                 at
                 this
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 for
                 God
                 and
                 Man
                 have
                 concurred
                 to
                 punish
                 the
                 wickedness
                 of
                 this
                 Time
                 ;
                 and
                 think
                 not
                 slightly
                 of
                 this
                 Advertisement
                 ,
                 but
                 retire
                 your self
                 into
                 your
                 Country
                 ,
                 where
                 you
                 may
                 expect
                 the
                 event
                 in
                 safety
                 .
                 For
                 though
                 there
                 be
                 no
                 appearance
                 of
                 any
                 stir
                 ,
                 yet
                 I
                 say
                 they
                 shall
                 receive
                 a
                 terrible
                 Blow
                 this
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 they
                 shall
                 not
                 see
                 who
                 hurts
                 them
                 .
                 This
                 counsel
                 is
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 contemned
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 may
                 do
                 you
                 good
                 and
                 can
                 do
                 you
                 no
                 harm
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 danger
                 is
                 past
                 so
                 soon
                 as
                 you
                 have
                 burnt
                 the
                 Letter
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 hope
                 God
                 will
                 give
                 you
                 the
                 grace
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 good
                 use
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 to
                 whose
                 holy
                 protection
                 I
                 recommend
                 you
                 .
                 —
              
            
          
        
         
           God's
           goodness
           did
           greatly
           appear
           in
           giving
           the
           King
           that
           Wisdom
           to
           interpret
           some
           dark
           phrases
           in
           the
           Letter
           by
           receiving
           a
           
           terrible
           Blow
           ,
           this
           Parliament
           ;
           
             the
             King
             did
             presently
             apprehend
             that
             a
             sudden
             blow
             of
             Gun-powder
             was
             intended
             ,
          
           by
           some
           base
           Villain
           in
           a
           Corner
           :
           And
           that
           the
           danger
           was
           past
           ,
           so
           soon
           as
           the
           Letter
           was
           burnt
           .
           The
           King
           putting
           the
           former
           words
           ,
           
             a
             terrible
             Blow
          
           ,
           and
           these
           together
           ,
           gathered
           that
           for
           
             so
             soon
          
           ,
           was
           as
           quickly
           as
           the
           Letter
           was
           burnt
           ,
           the
           danger
           would
           be
           past
           .
           Order
           was
           given
           that
           the
           Rooms
           under
           the
           Parliament
           House
           should
           be
           searched
           throughly
           :
           Accordingly
           the
           Earl
           of
           Suffolk
           ,
           then
           Lord
           Chamberlain
           ,
           upon
           Monday
           in
           the
           Afternoon
           ,
           with
           the
           Lord
           Mount-Eagle
           ,
           repaired
           into
           those
           under
           Rooms
           ;
           and
           finding
           the
           Sellar
           well
           stored
           with
           Wood
           and
           Coals
           ,
           asked
           Fauks
           ,
           the
           counterfeit
           Johnson
           ,
           Whose
           they
           were
           ?
           Who
           answered
           ,
           The
           Lodgings
           belonged
           to
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Percy
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Sellar
           was
           to
           lay
           in
           his
           Winter
           Provision
           .
           When
           they
           were
           come
           forth
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Mount-Eagle
           told
           the
           Chamberlain
           when
           he
           heard
           
           Percy
           's
           name
           named
           ,
           he
           did
           much
           suspect
           Percy
           to
           be
           the
           Inditer
           of
           that
           Letter
           .
           The
           Lord
           Chamberlain
           returned
           and
           told
           the
           King
           and
           Council
           what
           he
           had
           seen
           ,
           and
           the
           suspicion
           the
           Lord
           Mount-Eagle
           had
           of
           Percy
           ,
           and
           of
           Johnson
           his
           Man
           ;
           all
           which
           increased
           his
           Majesties
           jealousie
           ,
           and
           a
           Charge
           was
           given
           that
           a
           narrower
           search
           should
           be
           made
           ,
           the
           Billets
           and
           Coals
           turned
           up
           to
           the
           bottom
           .
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Knevet
          
           ,
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           one
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Privy-Chamber
           ,
           and
           a
           Justice
           of
           Peace
           in
           Westminster
           ,
           was
           imployed
           herein
           ;
           who
           about
           Mid-night
           before
           the
           Parliament
           was
           to
           begin
           ,
           went
           with
           a
           small
           ,
           but
           trusty
           number
           of
           Persons
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           sellar
           door
           they
           found
           Fauks
           at
           so
           unseasonable
           an
           hour
           ,
           Cloaked
           and
           Booted
           ,
           with
           a
           Dark-Lanthorn
           ;
           they
           found
           about
           him
           three
           Matches
           ,
           and
           other
           Instruments
           for
           blowing
           up
           the
           Powder
           :
           He
           was
           no
           whit
           daunted
           ,
           and
           instantly
           confessed
           his
           Guiltiness
           ,
           and
           was
           so
           far
           from
           Repentance
           ,
           that
           he
           vowed
           had
           he
           been
           within
           the
           House
           (
           as
           he
           came
           but
           just
           forth
           )
           he
           would
           have
           blown
           up
           the
           House
           ,
           with
           himself
           and
           them
           all
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           further
           said
           ,
           That
           the
           Devil
           and
           not
           God
           ,
           had
           discovered
           that
           Design
           .
           And
           when
           they
           came
           to
           ransack
           the
           Billets
           ,
           they
           found
           the
           Serpents
           Nest
           ,
           thirty
           six
           Barrels
           of
           Powder
           ,
           with
           Bars
           of
           Iron
           ,
           and
           massy
           Stones
           .
           This
           Wretch
           would
           not
           discover
           the
           Plot
           ,
           till
           he
           knew
           the
           design
           of
           his
           Brethren
           in
           Iniquity
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           murder
           him
           in
           St.
           Georges
           Fields
           ,
           when
           he
           came
           to
           take
           Mr.
           Pickrings
           Horse
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           so
           mangled
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           World
           should
           have
           thought
           that
           it
           had
           been
           Mr.
           Pickring
           the
           Protestant
           ;
           and
           so
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           would
           have
           fathered
           the
           Plot
           upon
           them
           .
           This
           Villain
           remembred
           the
           Oath
           of
           Secrefie
           that
           he
           took
           with
           the
           rest
           ,
           from
           Gerard
           and
           Tresmond
           ,
           Jesuitical
           
           Priests
           ,
           who
           by
           their
           Apostolical
           Power
           ,
           did
           commend
           the
           Fact
           and
           absolve
           the
           Actors
           ;
           the
           Oath
           was
           in
           these
           words
           :
        
         
           
             You
             shall
             swear
             by
             the
             Blessed
             Trinity
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Sacrament
             you
             now
             purpose
             to
             receive
             ,
             never
             to
             disclose
             directly
             ,
             or
             indirectly
             ,
             by
             word
             or
             circumstance
             ,
             the
             matter
             that
             shall
             be
             proposed
             to
             you
             to
             keep
             secret
             ,
             nor
             desist
             from
             the
             Execution
             thereof
             ,
             until
             the
             rest
             give
             you
             leave
             .
          
        
         
           6.
           
           As
           the
           Wicked
           was
           snared
           in
           the
           work
           of
           his
           own
           hands
           ,
           in
           the
           days
           of
           Ahasuerus
           ;
           wicked
           Haman
           was
           hanged
           on
           the
           Gallows
           he
           made
           for
           Mordecai
           ,
           Est
           .
           7.
           10.
           
           Yea
           ,
           his
           ten
           Sons
           were
           hanged
           also
           ,
           and
           seventy
           five
           thousand
           were
           slain
           ,
           who
           thought
           to
           have
           slain
           the
           Jews
           ,
           Est
           .
           9.
           16.
           
        
         
           So
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           about
           the
           Gun-powder
           Plot
           ,
           the
           judgment
           returns
           on
           their
           own
           Pate
           ,
           many
           of
           their
           lives
           being
           taken
           away
           that
           were
           Actors
           of
           it
           .
           Fauks
           was
           Hanged
           and
           Quartered
           ,
           as
           some
           say
           ;
           others
           say
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           a
           pair
           of
           Iron
           Boots
           ,
           made
           red-hot
           ,
           which
           he
           was
           put
           to
           stand
           in
           .
           Sixteen
           were
           taken
           in
           the
           Country
           and
           sent
           to
           
             London
             .
             Catesby
             ,
             Rockwood
          
           ,
           and
           Grant
           ,
           had
           their
           Faces
           scorched
           with
           some
           Powder
           which
           they
           had
           put
           in
           a
           Chimny-corner
           ;
           a
           Billet
           thrown
           into
           the
           Fire
           ,
           raised
           a
           spark
           that
           fell
           on
           the
           Powder
           .
           Two
           whose
           names
           were
           Wright
           ,
           were
           shot
           down
           dead
           in
           a
           Fray
           ,
           that
           was
           in
           
           Holback-House
           in
           Staffordshire
           ,
           which
           belonged
           to
           
             Stephen
             Littleton
          
           ;
           these
           and
           many
           others
           were
           pursued
           there
           by
           the
           high
           Sheriff
           of
           Worcestershire
           ;
           those
           that
           were
           in
           this
           House
           being
           desperate
           ,
           set
           open
           the
           Gates
           ,
           and
           suffer'd
           the
           Sheriffs
           Men
           to
           rush
           upon
           them
           :
           Rockwood
           ,
           and
           
             Thomas
             Winter
          
           were
           sorely
           wounded
           ,
           Gatesby
           and
           Percy
           desperately
           fighting
           back
           to
           back
           ,
           were
           both
           shot
           through
           and
           slain
           with
           one
           Musquet-Bullet
           ;
           the
           rest
           being
           taken
           were
           carried
           to
           London
           ,
           where
           they
           received
           the
           just
           demerit
           of
           their
           Wickedness
           .
        
         
           But
           most
           remarkable
           is
           that
           Judgment
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           befel
           the
           Papists
           in
           Black-friars
           ,
           on
           a
           Lord's
           Day
           ,
           
             Anno
             Christi
          
           ,
           1623.
           about
           seventeen
           Years
           after
           this
           Plot
           was
           levelled
           against
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           which
           
           was
           the
           Fifth
           of
           November
           ,
           by
           the
           Roman
           Account
           :
           One
           Drury
           ,
           a
           Romish
           Priest
           ,
           a
           Man
           of
           parts
           ,
           was
           to
           preach
           in
           a
           fair
           House
           in
           Black-friars
           .
           Upon
           this
           Report
           ,
           many
           Protestants
           as
           well
           as
           Papists
           ,
           Schollers
           as
           well
           as
           others
           ,
           assembled
           to
           hear
           him
           ;
           he
           had
           not
           discoursed
           half
           an
           Hour
           ,
           but
           the
           Floor
           whereon
           he
           was
           and
           his
           Company
           ,
           fell
           down
           with
           such
           Violence
           ,
           as
           therewith
           the
           Floor
           of
           the
           Chamber
           underneath
           where
           Redgate
           was
           and
           his
           Company
           (
           another
           Jesuite
           Priest
           )
           was
           broken
           down
           with
           it
           ,
           so
           that
           both
           the
           Floors
           ,
           with
           the
           Beams
           ,
           Girders
           ,
           Joyces
           ,
           Boards
           and
           Seilings
           fell
           down
           together
           upon
           the
           third
           Floor
           ;
           some
           there
           were
           that
           were
           pulled
           out
           alive
           ,
           but
           so
           bruised
           or
           spent
           for
           want
           of
           Breath
           ,
           that
           some
           lived
           not
           many
           hours
           ,
           some
           died
           not
           many
           days
           after
           .
           On
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           at
           Night
           ,
           were
           numbered
           ninety
           one
           dead
           Bodies
           .
           Both
           the
           Jesuites
           were
           killed
           .
        
         
           One
           thing
           is
           very
           remarkable
           further
           ,
           There
           was
           at
           this
           time
           one
           Parker
           ,
           who
           was
           a
           Factor
           for
           the
           English
           Seminaries
           and
           Nuns
           beyond
           Sea
           ;
           he
           had
           so
           dealt
           with
           two
           of
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           got
           from
           one
           a
           Son
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           other
           a
           Daughter
           ,
           to
           send
           them
           to
           Religious
           Houses
           ,
           as
           they
           falsly
           call
           them
           beyond
           Sea.
           
        
         
           This
           Parker
           ,
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           took
           his
           Nephew
           with
           him
           ,
           a
           Lad
           about
           sixteen
           Years
           old
           ;
           the
           Youth
           lost
           his
           Life
           ,
           but
           Parker
           escaped
           with
           a
           bruised
           Body
           .
           But
           though
           he
           had
           his
           Life
           given
           him
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           prize
           his
           Mercy
           ,
           but
           would
           often
           wish
           that
           he
           had
           died
           among
           so
           many
           Martyrs
           .
           (
           Many
           such
           Martyrs
           have
           been
           made
           at
           Tybourn
           for
           Treason
           )
           But
           ,
           Beloved
           ,
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           Wicked
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           reservation
           to
           future
           Judgment
           :
           For
           about
           ten
           days
           after
           ,
           this
           Parker
           was
           shooting
           London-Bridg
           with
           his
           aforesaid
           Neece
           ,
           whom
           he
           was
           conveying
           beyond
           Sea
           ,
           they
           were
           both
           cast
           away
           ,
           and
           drowned
           in
           the
           Thames
           .
        
         
           Judg
           by
           this
           ,
           O
           Parents
           ,
           whether
           God
           is
           well
           pleased
           with
           disposing
           your
           Children
           to
           Popish
           Education
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           Should
           we
           go
           back
           to
           the
           Spanish
           Invasion
           ,
           and
           see
           how
           God
           turned
           their
           own
           Cruelties
           on
           their
           own
           Heads
           .
           For
           on
           the
           29th
           of
           May
           ,
           1588.
           the
           Fleet
           set
           sail
           out
           of
           the
           River
           Tago
           :
           but
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           an
           Enemy
           to
           all
           such
           Hostile
           Actions
           ,
           caused
           a
           Storm
           to
           raise
           ,
           a
           very
           dreadful
           one
           ,
           their
           Ships
           were
           dispers'd
           ,
           some
           their
           Masts
           broken
           and
           blown
           over-board
           ;
           and
           abundance
           of
           their
           Men
           died
           with
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           and
           their
           Fleet
           was
           so
           torn
           that
           they
           could
           not
           possibly
           come
           out
           that
           Year
           .
           The
           next
           Year
           coming
           out
           again
           with
           a
           Fleet
           of
           about
           one
           hundred
           and
           thirty
           sail
           ,
           they
           seemed
           as
           if
           they
           made
           for
           Plymouth
           ,
           they
           came
           with
           lofty
           Towers
           like
           Castles
           
           (
           their
           Ships
           being
           so
           built
           )
           in
           front
           like
           a
           Half-Moon
           :
           On
           July
           the
           twenty
           third
           they
           had
           a
           great
           Fight
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           they
           ever
           had
           ;
           the
           English
           Commanders
           found
           very
           hard
           work
           to
           Fight
           them
           ,
           and
           were
           out
           of
           all
           hopes
           of
           doing
           much
           good
           ,
           because
           they
           did
           not
           dare
           to
           board
           them
           ,
           they
           having
           so
           many
           thousand
           Souldiers
           ;
           but
           God
           was
           pleased
           to
           put
           a
           Project
           into
           the
           Heart
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           (
           Or
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Drake
          
           )
           So
           that
           the
           next
           day
           after
           they
           had
           cast
           Anchor
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Admiral
           made
           ready
           eight
           Ships
           ,
           filled
           with
           Wild-fire
           ,
           Pitch
           ,
           Rosin
           ,
           Brimstone
           ,
           and
           other
           combustible
           matter
           ,
           their
           Ordnance
           being
           charged
           with
           Bullets
           ,
           Stones
           ,
           Chains
           ,
           all
           the
           Men
           being
           taken
           out
           ;
           about
           two
           a
           Clock
           after
           Mid-night
           ,
           the
           Ships
           were
           let
           drive
           with
           Wind
           and
           Tide
           (
           under
           the
           guidance
           of
           Young
           and
           Prowse
           )
           among
           the
           Spanish
           Fleet
           ,
           their
           Train
           taking
           fire
           ,
           such
           a
           Thunder-clap
           was
           given
           by
           them
           in
           the
           dead
           of
           the
           Night
           ,
           the
           Spaniards
           were
           amazed
           ,
           and
           knowing
           not
           better
           how
           to
           avoid
           these
           Fire-Ships
           than
           by
           cutting
           their
           Cables
           asunder
           ,
           which
           they
           did
           ,
           and
           so
           some
           run
           upon
           the
           Sands
           ,
           others
           were
           taken
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           they
           lost
           
             eighty
             one
          
           Vessels
           ,
           
             thirteen
             thousand
             five
             hundred
          
           and
           odd
           Souldiers
           ,
           Prisoners
           taken
           in
           
             England
             ,
             Ireland
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Low-Countries
           about
           two
           thousand
           ,
           and
           there
           returned
           to
           Spain
           but
           a
           small
           number
           of
           Ships
           and
           Men
           ,
           to
           what
           they
           had
           when
           they
           came
           out
           ;
           thus
           their
           
             Invincible
             Armada
          
           by
           God's
           blessing
           proved
           Vincible
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           Beloved
           ,
           I
           think
           none
           will
           be
           so
           unbelieving
           as
           to
           think
           that
           all
           these
           Judgments
           came
           by
           chance
           ;
           no
           ,
           God
           forbid
           ye
           should
           ;
           we
           would
           not
           be
           rash
           in
           censuring
           ,
           yet
           when
           we
           see
           Judgments
           executed
           on
           Sinners
           in
           the
           act
           of
           their
           Sins
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           impudent
           and
           presumptuous
           therein
           ,
           not
           to
           acknowledg
           such
           to
           be
           judged
           by
           the
           Lord
           ,
           is
           to
           wink
           at
           their
           Light
           ,
           
             Psal
             .
             9.
             16.
             
             God
             is
             known
             by
             the
             Judgments
             he
             executeth
             .
          
           Shall
           Nebuchadnezzar
           while
           he
           is
           vaunting
           of
           his
           great
           Babylon
           ,
           be
           bereft
           of
           his
           Wits
           ?
           Shall
           Herod
           ,
           while
           he
           is
           priding
           himself
           in
           the
           flattering
           applause
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           be
           eaten
           with
           Worms
           ?
           Shall
           Haman
           ,
           while
           he
           is
           practizing
           to
           destroy
           all
           the
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           be
           hanged
           on
           the
           Gallows
           fifty
           Cubits
           high
           ,
           which
           he
           prepared
           for
           Mordecai
           ?
           Shall
           the
           House
           where
           the
           Philistines
           met
           together
           to
           sport
           with
           Sampson
           ,
           fall
           upon
           their
           Heads
           ?
           Shall
           these
           and
           such
           like
           Judgments
           overtake
           Men
           in
           acts
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           yet
           be
           accounted
           no
           Judgment
           ,
           no
           evidences
           of
           God's
           Revenging
           Judgments
           ?
           Truly
           then
           we
           may
           deny
           all
           Providence
           .
        
         
           ☞
           God
           will
           certainly
           take
           Vengeance
           on
           all
           his
           Implacable
           Enemies
           ,
           God
           will
           not
           forget
           the
           Blood
           of
           so
           many
           Millions
           of
           Americans
           ,
           which
           now
           crieth
           for
           Vengeance
           ,
           whose
           greatest
           guilt
           was
           their
           
           Gold
           ;
           nor
           the
           cry
           of
           the
           Blood
           of
           so
           many
           hundred
           thousands
           of
           Men
           ,
           Women
           ,
           and
           Children
           ,
           Infants
           ,
           Virgins
           ,
           Wives
           ,
           Widows
           ,
           and
           the
           variety
           of
           the
           most
           unheard-of
           Cruelties
           which
           Malice
           could
           invent
           ,
           whose
           Blood
           will
           be
           a
           lasting
           Monument
           of
           Romes
           Barbarity
           :
           The
           Blood
           of
           those
           ten
           thousand
           Souls
           that
           were
           taken
           away
           in
           three
           days
           time
           in
           Paris
           ,
           while
           his
           Vnholiness
           ,
           the
           Pope
           ,
           makes
           Bonfires
           ,
           rings
           his
           Bells
           for
           joy
           ,
           shoots
           off
           his
           Guns
           ,
           and
           sings
           
             Te
             Deum
             laudamus
          
           ,
           we
           praise
           thee
           ,
           O
           God
           ,
           for
           it
           .
           The
           
             Massacre
             of
             Ireland
          
           ,
           where
           was
           (
           as
           I
           said
           )
           
             three
             hundred
             thousand
             Starved
             and
             Murdered
             ,
          
           whose
           Blood
           calls
           aloud
           to
           be
           reckoned
           for
           .
           
             O
             the
             Blood-shed
             in
             Piedmont
          
           ,
           wherein
           a
           vast
           number
           of
           quiet
           peaceable
           Souls
           were
           by
           the
           
             insatiable
             malice
             of
             Cut-throat
             Papists
          
           ,
           at
           the
           instigation
           and
           importunity
           of
           the
           Pope
           and
           his
           cruel
           Clergy
           ,
           murder'd
           !
           
             The
             Blood
             of
             Sir
          
           Edmund-Bury
           Godfry
           ,
           
             will
             not
             leave
             crying
             till
             God
             avenge
             it
             :
          
           We
           see
           by
           that
           what
           they
           would
           do
           with
           us
           all
           ,
           did
           it
           lie
           in
           their
           power
           ;
           the
           
             Powder-Plot
             ,
             the
             Burning
             of
          
           London
           
             again
             and
             again
          
           attempted
           ;
           the
           
             Spanish
             Invasion
          
           ;
           the
           many
           that
           have
           been
           privately
           Murdered
           ,
           must
           all
           be
           reckoned
           for
           :
           God
           hath
           every
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           a
           thousand
           more
           ,
           in
           his
           Book
           of
           Remembrance
           ,
           which
           he
           will
           exactly
           remember
           when
           
           Babylon's
           Sins
           are
           grown
           to
           the
           height
           .
        
         
           
             Let
             me
             give
             you
             a
             short
             Scheme
             of
             the
             variety
             of
             Popish
             Tortures
             ,
             practized
             by
             the
             Bloody
             Idolaters
             ,
             upon
             the
             poor
             Christians
             in
          
           Ireland
           ,
           Paris
           ,
           and
           Piedmont
           .
        
         
           Some
           had
           their
           Bellies
           ript
           up
           when
           they
           were
           with
           Child
           ,
           and
           the
           living
           Child
           laid
           on
           the
           dead
           Mother
           ;
           some
           driven
           into
           a
           River
           ,
           and
           there
           Drowned
           in
           great
           numbers
           ;
           if
           any
           could
           Swim
           ,
           they
           either
           shot
           at
           them
           ,
           or
           knockt
           them
           on
           the
           Head
           with
           the
           But-ends
           of
           their
           Musquets
           ,
           as
           they
           came
           near
           the
           Land.
           
        
         
           One
           Mrs.
           Manuel
           they
           threw
           into
           the
           Water
           then
           in
           Labour
           ,
           the
           Child
           being
           half
           born
           when
           the
           Mother
           was
           drowned
           .
        
         
           The
           merciless
           Papists
           having
           set
           fire
           on
           a
           Castle
           where
           many
           Protestants
           were
           ,
           and
           hearing
           them
           screek
           ,
           
             O
             how
             sweetly
             do
             they
             cry
             !
          
           said
           they
           ,
           rejoycing
           .
        
         
           In
           one
           place
           they
           burnt
           two
           Protestants
           Bibles
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             It
             was
             Hell
             fire
             they
             burnt
          
           ;
           other
           Bibles
           they
           took
           and
           cut
           in
           pieces
           ;
           and
           they
           took
           the
           Bible
           of
           one
           Mr.
           
             Edward
             Slack
          
           ,
           a
           Minister
           ,
           opening
           of
           it
           ,
           they
           laid
           it
           in
           a
           puddle
           of
           Water
           ,
           and
           then
           stampt
           upon
           it
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             A
             Plague
             on
             't
             !
             this
             Bible
             hath
             bred
             all
             the
             Quarrel
             .
          
           Women
           great
           with
           Child
           ,
           had
           Swords
           run
           in
           them
           in
           such
           an
           inhuman
           manner
           
           that
           the
           Children
           in
           the
           Womb
           thrust
           their
           Arms
           and
           Feet
           out
           of
           the
           Wounds
           :
           Others
           have
           been
           tortured
           alive
           ,
           others
           deadly
           wounded
           and
           laid
           on
           Tenter-hooks
           ;
           others
           their
           Flesh
           sliced
           off
           their
           Bodies
           ;
           some
           with
           Ropes
           and
           Wit
           hs
           about
           their
           Necks
           ,
           have
           been
           drawn
           through
           Water
           ,
           Bogs
           ,
           Woods
           ,
           Streets
           ,
           to
           inforce
           them
           to
           confess
           their
           Treasure
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           had
           so
           done
           ,
           and
           gotten
           their
           Treasure
           ,
           were
           basely
           Murdered
           ;
           some
           were
           hanged
           up
           by
           their
           Arms
           ,
           and
           Soldiers
           did
           try
           the
           strength
           of
           their
           Swords
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           A
           School-Master
           of
           Rovas
           being
           stript
           Naked
           ,
           had
           his
           Nails
           tore
           off
           with
           Pincers
           ,
           his
           Hands
           stabb'd
           with
           a
           Dagger-point
           ,
           drawn
           through
           the
           Borroughs
           of
           Lucerna
           in
           Piedmont
           ,
           and
           had
           his
           Flesh
           cut
           off
           with
           a
           Faulchion
           ,
           crying
           out
           to
           him
           ,
           
             What
             sayest
             thou
             now
             ?
             Will
             you
             go
             to
             Mass
             ?
          
           To
           which
           with
           admirable
           constancy
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           
             Much
             rather
             Death
             than
             Mass
          
           ,
           crying
           ,
           
             O
             dispatch
             me
             quickly
             for
             the
             love
             of
             God!
          
           Some
           they
           ript
           up
           ,
           and
           their
           Guts
           left
           to
           trial
           about
           their
           Heels
           ;
           Women
           great
           with
           Child
           were
           hung
           up
           by
           the
           Heels
           ,
           and
           Bellies
           ript
           open
           till
           the
           Children
           dropt
           out
           ,
           and
           then
           cast
           into
           a
           Ditch
           .
           Some
           Children
           have
           had
           their
           Brains
           dasht
           out
           against
           the
           Wall
           ,
           and
           their
           Bodies
           thrown
           to
           Dogs
           and
           Swine
           ;
           some
           Children
           thrown
           to
           Dogs
           to
           be
           devoured
           by
           them
           ;
           some
           trampled
           upon
           to
           death
           ;
           other
           Infants
           have
           been
           found
           sucking
           the
           brests
           of
           their
           dead
           Mothers
           :
           Some
           were
           driven
           to
           the
           Woods
           and
           Mountains
           in
           the
           extremity
           of
           Frost
           and
           Snow
           ,
           having
           first
           been
           stript
           stark
           naked
           ,
           and
           so
           were
           starved
           ;
           others
           have
           been
           driven
           to
           take
           shelter
           in
           Caves
           ,
           and
           there
           by
           Fire
           and
           Smoke
           made
           at
           the
           Caves
           mouth
           ,
           were
           smothered
           and
           choaked
           to
           Death
           .
           Some
           of
           the
           Murderers
           in
           Piedmont
           finding
           eleven
           Men
           ,
           made
           a
           Furnace
           red-hot
           ,
           and
           made
           one
           cast
           in
           another
           ,
           and
           the
           last
           they
           cast
           in
           themselves
           .
        
         
           In
           Piedmont
           two
           Children
           ,
           both
           Dumb
           ,
           murthered
           .
           The
           Marquess
           of
           Pionessa
           commanded
           the
           Hangman
           to
           take
           the
           Body
           of
           
             Giovani
             Pullions
          
           ,
           after
           many
           Scorns
           laid
           upon
           him
           by
           the
           Friars
           ,
           to
           be
           dragged
           to
           a
           Tree
           and
           there
           Hanged
           ,
           who
           before
           they
           hanged
           ,
           used
           many
           Arguments
           to
           him
           to
           leave
           his
           Religion
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           prevail
           .
           Some
           time
           after
           an
           Elder
           of
           the
           Church
           at
           Rosanna
           ,
           was
           brought
           to
           the
           same
           place
           to
           die
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           of
           Pionessa
           three
           or
           four
           days
           after
           going
           that
           way
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           the
           Soldiers
           discharging
           a
           Musquet
           on
           the
           dead
           Bodies
           ,
           there
           came
           a
           stream
           of
           fresh
           Blood
           from
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           the
           Marquess
           seeing
           ,
           said
           ,
           
             This
             Blood
             crieth
             for
             Vengeance
          
           .
        
         
         
           Some
           have
           been
           compelled
           to
           carry
           their
           own
           Parents
           to
           the
           place
           of
           Execution
           ,
           others
           to
           set
           fire
           to
           the
           Pile
           that
           burnt
           them
           ;
           some
           Mother
           's
           compelled
           to
           cast
           their
           own
           Children
           into
           the
           Water
           to
           drown
           them
           ;
           some
           Wives
           to
           hang
           up
           their
           own
           Husbands
           ,
           and
           Children
           to
           hang
           up
           their
           own
           Parents
           ,
           and
           when
           this
           was
           done
           inhopes
           of
           Life
           ,
           because
           Life
           was
           promised
           for
           so
           doing
           ,
           were
           Massacred
           themselves
           ;
           some
           have
           been
           boil'd
           to
           death
           in
           Cauldrons
           ;
           some
           have
           had
           their
           Eyes
           twisted
           out
           with
           Cords
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Massacre
           was
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           the
           Popish
           Priests
           gave
           the
           Sacrament
           to
           many
           Irish
           ,
           upon
           condition
           that
           they
           should
           
             not
             spare
             Men
             ,
             Women
             ,
             nor
             Children
             that
             were
             Protestants
             .
          
        
         
           One
           Hulligan
           a
           Priest
           ,
           when
           this
           Massacre
           began
           ,
           read
           an
           Excommunication
           against
           all
           those
           that
           from
           henceforth
           should
           harbour
           any
           
             English
             ,
             Scotish
          
           ,
           or
           Welsh
           ,
           or
           give
           them
           Alms
           ,
           whereby
           many
           were
           
             famished
             to
             death
          
           .
        
         
           At
           this
           time
           ,
           when
           the
           
             Irish
             Massacre
          
           was
           acting
           ,
           they
           boasted
           ,
           
             That
             when
             they
             had
             destroyed
             the
          
           Irish
           ,
           
             they
             would
             go
             over
             to
          
           England
           ,
           
             and
             not
             leave
             the
             memorial
             of
             an
          
           English-Man
           
             under
             Heaven
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Popish
           Priests
           after
           they
           had
           given
           their
           Crew
           a
           dismiss
           at
           Mass
           ,
           the
           day
           before
           the
           Massacre
           ,
           told
           them
           they
           should
           go
           and
           take
           possession
           of
           all
           the
           Protestants
           Lands
           ,
           also
           to
           Strip
           ,
           Rob
           ,
           and
           Dispoil
           them
           :
           for
           the
           Protestants
           were
           worse
           than
           Dogs
           ,
           they
           were
           Devils
           ,
           and
           therefore
           their
           killing
           them
           was
           a
           meritorious
           Act.
           Some
           had
           their
           Brains
           taken
           out
           and
           fried
           in
           a
           Pan
           ;
           many
           stoned
           to
           Death
           ;
           some
           have
           been
           put
           into
           a
           Hole
           ,
           and
           nothing
           but
           their
           Head
           appearing
           ,
           covered
           to
           the
           Neck
           with
           Stones
           and
           Earth
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           feel
           Death
           ,
           and
           taste
           death
           more
           deliberately
           .
        
         
           Some
           have
           been
           stript
           stark-naked
           and
           driven
           by
           the
           Inhumane
           Persecutors
           through
           the
           Streets
           ;
           and
           if
           their
           weakness
           was
           such
           that
           they
           could
           not
           go
           so
           fast
           as
           they
           would
           have
           them
           ,
           they
           would
           prick
           them
           forward
           with
           Swords
           and
           Spears
           .
           Some
           have
           been
           so
           wracked
           ,
           that
           in
           their
           Festering
           Wounds
           ,
           Worms
           and
           other
           Vermin
           have
           bred
           .
        
         
           Some
           of
           the
           Papists
           openly
           profest
           in
           Irelands
           Massacre
           ,
           that
           they
           
             held
             it
             as
             lawful
             to
             kill
             a
             Protestant
             ,
             as
             a
             Dog
             :
          
           And
           one
           of
           their
           Priests
           said
           ,
           
             It
             was
             as
             lawful
             to
             take
             away
             their
             Lives
             ,
             as
             a
             Bone
             out
             of
             a
             Dogs
             mouth
             .
          
        
         
           One
           
             Ann
             Hill
          
           ,
           going
           with
           a
           young
           Child
           on
           her
           back
           to
           save
           her
           Life
           ,
           and
           four
           more
           by
           her
           side
           ,
           they
           met
           her
           and
           pulled
           the
           Child
           from
           off
           her
           Back
           and
           trod
           on
           it
           till
           it
           died
           ,
           stript
           her
           and
           the
           four
           Children
           naked
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           died
           with
           cold
           .
        
         
           One
           
             Joan
             Addis
          
           they
           stabbed
           ,
           and
           then
           put
           the
           Child
           to
           her
           
           Brest
           ,
           and
           bid
           it
           
             Suck
             ,
             English
             Bastard
          
           .
        
         
           One
           Good-wife
           Lea
           they
           carried
           and
           her
           Daughter
           into
           the
           Woods
           ,
           and
           first
           hung
           the
           Mother
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Daughter
           by
           the
           hair
           of
           her
           Mother's
           Head.
           
        
         
           Poor
           Children
           that
           went
           out
           into
           the
           Fields
           to
           eat
           Weeds
           and
           Grass
           ,
           they
           murdered
           without
           all
           pity
           .
        
         
           Some
           of
           those
           
             Bloody
             Murderers
          
           have
           boasted
           ,
           that
           their
           Arms
           have
           been
           so
           weary
           with
           killing
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           lift
           them
           up
           to
           their
           Heads
           .
           Some
           Infants
           have
           been
           closed
           up
           in
           their
           Mothers
           Belly
           and
           been
           strangled
           .
           
             Many
             thousands
             have
             died
             in
             the
             Inquisition
             .
          
           Some
           have
           been
           drawn
           with
           promises
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           threats
           of
           death
           to
           renounce
           their
           Religion
           and
           turn
           Papists
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           have
           so
           done
           ,
           have
           been
           murdered
           ;
           the
           scoffing
           Papists
           telling
           them
           it
           was
           good
           to
           kill
           them
           while
           they
           were
           in
           a
           good
           humour
           ,
           lest
           they
           should
           recant
           if
           they
           lived
           longer
           .
        
         
           Others
           have
           yielded
           up
           their
           Forts
           and
           Castles
           upon
           Articles
           and
           Conditions
           to
           have
           their
           lives
           spared
           ,
           and
           then
           being
           disarmed
           ,
           were
           kept
           in
           the
           Fort
           or
           Castle
           ,
           till
           starved
           ,
           with
           this
           Jesuitical
           Evasion
           ,
           
             We
             promised
             you
             your
             Lives
             ,
             but
             not
             Food
             to
             preserve
             them
             .
          
           Like
           that
           Treachery
           the
           Marquiss
           of
           Pionessa
           was
           guilty
           of
           in
           the
           late
           Massacre
           in
           
             Piedmont
             ,
             April
             ,
             Anno
          
           1655.
           
           The
           Deputies
           of
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           by
           the
           Subtilties
           of
           this
           Marquis
           of
           Pionessa
           ,
           were
           detained
           at
           Turin
           ,
           in
           which
           time
           a
           great
           Army
           arrived
           at
           St.
           Giovani
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           Towns
           ,
           to
           the
           number
           of
           fifteen
           thousand
           ,
           which
           set
           upon
           the
           poor
           Protestants
           in
           an
           inhumane
           manner
           ;
           the
           Marquiss
           also
           made
           a
           great
           Dinner
           for
           many
           of
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           Deputies
           many
           fair
           promises
           ,
           that
           there
           should
           be
           no
           hurt
           to
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           but
           quarter
           a
           few
           Troops
           ,
           as
           a
           token
           of
           their
           Obedience
           ;
           they
           did
           assent
           to
           what
           the
           Marquiss
           designed
           .
           But
           no
           sooner
           were
           those
           Troops
           entered
           ,
           but
           they
           put
           all
           to
           Fire
           and
           Sword
           ,
           slaying
           all
           they
           met
           with
           in
           the
           most
           barbarous
           manner
           that
           could
           be
           invented
           .
        
         
           Much
           like
           this
           was
           that
           of
           Admiral
           Coligny
           with
           abundance
           of
           Protestants
           ,
           who
           were
           enticed
           to
           Paris
           with
           Promises
           and
           Oaths
           of
           Security
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           a
           Marriage
           between
           two
           Houses
           ,
           where
           were
           barbarously
           slain
           
             ten
             thousand
             Protestants
          
           ,
           whose
           Blood
           ran
           down
           the
           Chanel
           like
           Water
           .
        
         
           Not
           much
           different
           from
           this
           ,
           was
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Savoy
           ,
           Soveraign
           Prince
           of
           the
           Valleys
           of
           Piedmont
           ,
           after
           a
           tedious
           and
           chargeable
           Application
           of
           the
           Protestants
           to
           him
           ,
           for
           a
           confirmation
           of
           their
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           did
           at
           last
           by
           an
           Edict
           promise
           expressly
           that
           he
           would
           confirm
           unto
           them
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           the
           Liberty
           
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           of
           these
           Priviledges
           granted
           to
           them
           by
           his
           Predecessors
           ,
           Dukes
           of
           Savoy
           .
           Yet
           by
           the
           powerful
           persuasion
           of
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           as
           they
           call
           it
           ;
           or
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           Friars
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           one
           Gastalt
           was
           at
           last
           sent
           from
           the
           Prince
           with
           a
           Commission
           ,
           who
           calls
           himself
           
             Conservator
             General
             of
             the
             Catholick
             Faith
             against
             the
             Reformed
             Professors
             ,
          
           affirming
           that
           he
           had
           received
           Instructions
           from
           the
           Prince
           ,
           
             That
             in
             case
             they
             will
             not
             within
             three
             Days
             receive
             the
             Romish
             Religion
             ,
             they
             must
             for
             ever
             bid
             farewel
             to
             their
             Native
             Country
             ,
             Houses
             ,
             Lands
             ,
             and
             Possessions
          
           ;
           adding
           moreover
           ,
           
             It
             should
             be
             death
             without
             mercy
             ,
             if
             after
             that
             space
             of
             time
             any
             were
             taken
             in
             those
             Places
             .
          
        
         
           So
           that
           you
           see
           those
           Men
           make
           little
           conscience
           of
           Promises
           ,
           or
           Covenants
           .
           But
           what
           need
           we
           question
           that
           ?
           'T
           is
           a
           Maxim
           owned
           by
           the
           Priests
           ,
           
             That
             Faith
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             kept
             with
             Hereticks
          
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           Oaths
           ,
           Covenants
           ,
           Promises
           ,
           made
           to
           and
           with
           the
           silly
           Protestants
           ,
           are
           of
           no
           force
           longer
           than
           it
           pleaseth
           the
           Pope
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           seems
           indeed
           by
           their
           practices
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           the
           Pope
           (
           to
           the
           scandal
           of
           all
           the
           World
           )
           persuaded
           the
           King
           Vladislaus
           ,
           to
           break
           his
           League
           with
           the
           Turk
           upon
           some
           seeming
           Advantage
           :
           the
           Pope
           absolved
           him
           from
           his
           Oath
           :
           But
           God
           revenged
           the
           Perjury
           ,
           with
           the
           death
           of
           many
           thousand
           poor
           Christians
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           As
           the
           People
           of
           God
           of
           old
           (
           the
           Jews
           )
           did
           keep
           the
           fourteenth
           and
           fifteenth
           days
           of
           the
           Month
           Adar
           ,
           Annually
           ,
           in
           remembrance
           of
           that
           great
           Deliverance
           from
           
           Haman's
           designed
           Massacre
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           in
           Est
           .
           9.
           18
           ,
           29.
           
        
         
           So
           in
           King
           
           James's
           dayes
           ,
           from
           a
           sense
           of
           the
           Mercy
           then
           received
           ,
           it
           was
           Enacted
           ,
           that
           
             November
             the
             Fifth
          
           should
           be
           kept
           throughout
           the
           Nation
           ,
           with
           praising
           God
           for
           so
           great
           Deliverance
           .
           Let
           this
           (
           Beloved
           )
           be
           your
           work
           this
           day
           to
           praise
           God
           from
           your
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           let
           the
           thankfulness
           of
           your
           Hearts
           be
           seen
           in
           the
           holiness
           of
           your
           Lives
           ,
           
             Psal
             .
             50.
             ult
             .
             He
             that
             praiseth
             me
             ,
             glorifieth
             me
             ;
             and
             to
             him
             that
             ordereth
             his
             Conversation
             aright
             ,
             to
             him
             will
             I
             shew
             my
             Salvation
             .
          
           Do
           also
           as
           the
           Jews
           did
           ,
           send
           Portions
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Poor
           ,
           Est
           .
           9.
           22.
           
           To
           praise
           God
           heartily
           for
           former
           Deliverances
           ,
           will
           engage
           God
           to
           give
           us
           more
           Salvation
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           
             begun
             to
             give
          
           England
           
             already
             in
             his
             discovering
             this
             horrid
             Plot
             against
             it
             :
          
           His
           Name
           be
           praised
           for
           that
           Mercy
           ;
           and
           O
           Good
           Lord
           ,
           as
           Thou
           hast
           still
           delivered
           us
           from
           
             Invasions
             ,
             Horrid
             Massacres
             ,
             Powder-Plots
             ,
             Assassinations
             ,
             Stranglings
             ,
          
           and
           all
           sinful
           Conspiracies
           of
           thine
           implacable
           Enemies
           ;
           let
           us
           now
           praise
           that
           God
           with
           joyful
           Lips
           ,
           that
           hath
           hitherto
           kept
           us
           (
           and
           we
           hope
           still
           will
           )
           from
           those
           whose
           
           
             faith
             is
             Faction
          
           ,
           whose
           
             Promises
             are
             Equivocations
          
           ,
           whose
           
             Worship
             is
             Idolatry
          
           ,
           whose
           
             Principles
             are
             High-Treason
          
           ,
           and
           whose
           
             Mercies
             are
             Cruelties
          
           .
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
      
       
         
           A
           Hymn
           sung
           after
           the
           Discourse
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Praising
           God
           ,
           for
           so
           great
           Deliverance
           as
           England
           enjoyed
           in
           1605.
           
        
         
           
             HAman
             of
             old
             ,
             the
             Seed
             of
             God
             ,
          
           
             He
             thought
             for
             to
             destroy
             :
          
           
             So
             wicked
             Men
             in
             this
             our
             Age
             ,
          
           
             God's
             Church
             seek
             to
             annoy
             .
          
        
         
           
             Though
             they
             have
             digged
             wide
             and
             deep
             ,
          
           
             Their
             secret
             Plots
             to
             hide
             ;
          
           
             Yet
             when
             they
             dig
             as
             deep
             as
             Hell
          
           
             Our
             God
             will
             them
             deride
             .
          
        
         
           
             For
             he
             the
             first
             Man's
             thought
             did
             know
             ,
          
           
             Of
             this
             Plot
             of
             November
             ;
          
           
             And
             it
             in
             His
             due
             time
             did
             show
             ,
          
           
             And
             's
             People
             did
             remember
             .
          
        
         
           
             O
             Lord
             ,
             as
             Thou
             remembred'st
             us
             ,
          
           
             To
             save
             us
             from
             that
             Blow
             ;
          
           
             So
             on
             November
             we
             'll
             remember
             ,
          
           
             Thy
             Praises
             forth
             to
             show
             .
          
        
         
           
             Let
             Men
             and
             Devils
             do
             their
             worst
             ,
          
           
             A
             True
             Church
             Thou
             wilt
             have
             ;
          
           
             Though
             she
             that
             's
             false
             will
             do
             her
             best
             ,
          
           
             To
             throw
             it
             in
             the
             Grave
             .
          
        
         
           
             When
             Cain
             his
             Brother
             Abel
             slew
             ,
          
           
             His
             Seed
             God
             did
             revive
             :
          
           
           
             When
             Pharoah
             pursu'd
             th'
             Israelites
             ,
          
           
             The
             Seas
             '
             gainst
             him
             did
             strive
             .
          
        
         
           
             When
             Jezebel
             God's
             Prophets
             sought
             ,
          
           
             Them
             every
             one
             to
             kill
             ,
          
           
             God
             turn'd
             her
             Witchcraft
             unto
             nought
             ,
          
           
             By
             his
             Almighty
             Skill
             .
          
        
         
           
             When
             Haman
             thought
             the
             Jews
             to
             kill
             ,
          
           
             And
             utterly
             destroy
             ;
          
           
             The
             Lord
             on
             him
             destruction
             brought
             ,
          
           
             And
             his
             whole
             Family
             .
          
        
         
           
             From
             Rome
             and
             Hell
             deliver
             us
             ,
          
           
             For
             Blood
             they
             thirst
             for
             still
             ;
          
           
             Defend
             us
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             our
             Cause
             is
             just
             ,
          
           
             Of
             Blood
             give
             her
             her
             fill
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             Golden
             Cup
             there
             's
             in
             one
             Hand
             ,
          
           
             A
             Sword
             there
             's
             in
             the
             other
             ;
          
           
             If
             we
             the
             Poyson
             will
             not
             drink
             ,
          
           
             We
             shan't
             be
             call'd
             a
             Brother
             .
          
        
         
           
             Our
             Names
             will
             then
             be
             Hereticks
             ,
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             Fire
             and
             Sword
             's
             too
             good
          
           
             For
             those
             that
             do
             decline
             her
             ways
             ,
          
           
             And
             love
             God's
             holy
             Word
             .
          
        
         
           
             From
             an
             Invasion
             ,
             Lord
             deliver
             ;
          
           
             From
             Massacre
             also
             ;
          
           
             From
             Powder-Plot
             preserve
             us
             still
             ,
          
           
             That
             we
             may
             know
             no
             Woe
             .
          
        
         
           
             Then
             shall
             Thy
             Name
             extolled
             be
             ,
          
           
             By
             Praises
             in
             a
             Song
             ,
          
           
             Who
             hath
             his
             Church
             and
             People
             sav'd
             ,
          
           
             From
             Men
             and
             Devils
             strong
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             REVEL
             .
             xvii
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             And
             upon
             her
             Forehead
             was
             a
             Name
             written
             ,
             MYSTERY
             ,
             BABYLON
             THE
             GREAT
             ,
             THE
             MOTHER
             OF
             HARLOTS
             ,
             AND
             ABOMINATIONS
             OF
             THE
             EARTH
             .
          
        
         
           THese
           words
           ,
           Beloved
           ,
           contain
           the
           Inscription
           that
           is
           written
           upon
           the
           Forehead
           of
           Antichrist
           ;
           and
           they
           may
           be
           written
           in
           Capital
           Letters
           in
           our
           Bibles
           ,
           to
           show
           unto
           us
           that
           this
           Inscription
           is
           as
           plain
           ,
           obvious
           ,
           and
           legible
           upon
           the
           Forehead
           of
           Antichrist
           ,
           as
           in
           our
           Books
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Forehead
           we
           may
           safely
           understand
           the
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           of
           the
           false
           Church
           :
           For
           as
           what
           is
           written
           on
           the
           Forehead
           is
           plain
           ,
           apparent
           ,
           and
           obvious
           to
           all
           Spectators
           :
           So
           all
           that
           will
           but
           take
           a
           prospect
           of
           Romes
           Practices
           and
           Principles
           ,
           through
           the
           Glass
           of
           God's
           sacred
           Word
           ,
           must
           needs
           read
           this
           Inscription
           ,
           
             Mystery
             ,
             Babylon
             the
             Great
             ,
             the
             Mother
             of
             Harlots
             ,
             and
             Abominations
             of
             the
             Earth
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           She
           is
           called
           Babylon
           ,
           because
           she
           resembles
           Babylon
           ,
           where
           the
           the
           Jews
           and
           the
           People
           of
           God
           were
           seventy
           Years
           in
           Captivity
           :
           For
           as
           Literal
           Babylon
           held
           the
           Bodies
           of
           Men
           in
           Captivity
           ,
           so
           Rome
           ,
           which
           is
           Mystery
           Spiritual
           Babylon
           ,
           keeps
           their
           Souls
           .
           Therefore
           some
           of
           the
           Learned
           have
           said
           ,
           Babylon
           was
           the
           
             first
             Rome
          
           ,
           and
           Rome
           is
           the
           
             second
             Babylon
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           She
           is
           called
           
             Mystery
             Babylon
          
           ,
           because
           she
           pretends
           to
           be
           Sion
           ,
           but
           is
           truly
           Babylon
           .
           That
           that
           is
           a
           Mystery
           ,
           is
           something
           hidden
           :
           So
           Rome
           is
           Babylon
           ,
           but
           hidden
           under
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Mother
           Church
           ,
           God's
           Temple
           ,
           the
           Mistress
           of
           Faith.
           Rome
           hides
           her
           Fornication
           under
           the
           name
           of
           the
           pure
           Spouse
           ,
           her
           Impiety
           and
           Blasphemy
           under
           the
           name
           of
           Piety
           and
           Infallibility
           ,
           she
           dares
           not
           appear
           to
           be
           what
           she
           is
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           She
           is
           called
           
             the
             Mother
             of
             Harlots
          
           ,
           because
           she
           is
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           great
           Apostacy
           from
           Christ
           ;
           and
           is
           not
           only
           a
           Harlot
           her self
           ,
           
           but
           hath
           many
           Daughters
           of
           the
           same
           Nature
           ,
           whom
           she
           hath
           taught
           to
           commit
           Spiritual
           Whoredom
           .
           How
           many
           Kings
           ,
           Kingdoms
           ,
           Nations
           ,
           and
           Languages
           ,
           hath
           she
           infected
           by
           the
           Golden-Cup
           of
           her
           Fornication
           ?
           This
           poor
           Nation
           of
           England
           was
           once
           greatly
           infected
           and
           poysoned
           by
           that
           Harlot
           ,
           that
           indeed
           to
           this
           day
           some
           Reliques
           of
           her
           Poyson
           ,
           which
           was
           then
           drunk
           ,
           remain
           .
           The
           good
           Physician
           of
           Value
           cleanse
           this
           Nation
           wholly
           of
           all
           such
           Poysonous
           and
           Infectious
           Doctrines
           .
           Hence
           't
           is
           the
           Spirit
           hath
           this
           Emphatical
           phrase
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           GREAT
           ,
           because
           there
           never
           was
           ,
           nor
           will
           be
           a
           greater
           Harlot
           than
           she
           is
           ,
           and
           hath
           been
           ;
           there
           is
           not
           a
           worse
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           she
           is
           the
           Mother
           ,
           the
           first
           ,
           the
           greatest
           that
           can
           be
           named
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           She
           is
           called
           
             the
             Abomination
             of
             the
             Earth
          
           ,
           because
           she
           is
           the
           Mother
           of
           all
           false
           and
           Adulterous
           Churches
           ;
           so
           the
           Abomination
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           the
           Mother
           of
           Impious
           and
           Idolatrous
           Practices
           .
           The
           Doctrine
           from
           these
           words
           is
           this
           :
           
             
               Doct.
               That
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               is
               Mystery
               Babylon
               ,
               the
               Mother
               of
               Harlots
               ,
               and
               Abominations
               of
               the
               Earth
               .
            
          
        
         
           This
           Doctrine
           appears
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           the
           description
           the
           Sripture
           giveth
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
           She
           standeth
           ,
           or
           is
           built
           upon
           Seven
           Mountains
           ,
           or
           Hills
           .
           This
           is
           her
           Scituation
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           see
           ,
           
             Rev.
             17.
             9.
             
             The
             seven
             Heads
             are
             seven
             Hills
             ,
             on
             which
             the
             Woman
             sitteth
          
           ;
           that
           Woman
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           the
           Mother
           of
           Harlots
           .
           And
           this
           stands
           strongly
           against
           them
           ,
           unless
           they
           can
           find
           out
           another
           City
           which
           is
           so
           Situated
           ,
           which
           is
           impossible
           ,
           and
           this
           they
           cannot
           deny
           but
           the
           City
           is
           so
           Situated
           ,
           many
           of
           the
           Fathers
           acknowledg
           it
           .
           Beside
           ,
           Rome
           being
           built
           on
           seven
           Hills
           ,
           her
           own
           Poets
           sing
           loudly
           of
           it
           ;
           as
           
             Virgil
             ,
             Ovid
             ,
             Propertius
          
           .
           See
           the
           Book
           intitled
           ,
           
             The
             Man
             of
             Sin.
          
           Also
           the
           Reverend
           Bishop
           Vsher
           is
           of
           the
           same
           mind
           .
           But
           that
           which
           they
           Object
           ,
           is
           this
           :
        
         
           Object
           .
           1.
           
           Say
           they
           ,
           
             This
             is
             meant
             of
          
           Rome
           
             in
             her
             Heathen
             State
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             her
             State
             of
             Christianity
             .
          
        
         
           Answ
           .
           1.
           
           That
           cannot
           be
           meant
           of
           Rome
           in
           its
           Heathen
           State
           ,
           because
           the
           Apostle
           spake
           Prophetically
           ,
           of
           a
           Time
           to
           come
           .
           Rome
           consisted
           of
           seven
           forms
           of
           Government
           ,
           called
           
             Seven
             Kings
          
           ,
           (
           Rev.
           17.
           10.
           
           )
           to
           govern
           the
           Common
           wealth
           .
           1.
           
           Kings
           ,
           properly
           so
           called
           :
           2.
           
           Consuls
           .
           3.
           
           Decemviri
           .
           4.
           
           Tribunes
           of
           Souldiers
           .
           5.
           
           Dicrators
           .
           6.
           
           Emperors
           ,
           properly
           so
           called
           .
           7.
           
           Antichrist
           ,
           the
           state
           of
           
           the
           Beast
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           note
           of
           difference
           from
           all
           the
           others
           which
           were
           yet
           to
           come
           .
           Now
           five
           of
           those
           in
           the
           Apostles
           days
           were
           fallen
           ;
           one
           then
           was
           in
           being
           ,
           namely
           the
           Roman
           Emperor
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           (
           that
           was
           the
           Beast
           Antichrist
           )
           was
           yet
           to
           come
           .
           Therefore
           if
           the
           Antichrist
           ,
           the
           Beast
           ,
           the
           Mother
           of
           Harlots
           ,
           was
           not
           then
           in
           being
           ,
           in
           the
           Apostles
           sense
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           be
           Rome
           under
           the
           Reign
           of
           the
           Emperors
           in
           her
           Heathen
           State.
           But
           Rev.
           17.
           10.
           clears
           this
           fully
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           cannot
           be
           Heathen
           Rome
           ,
           because
           she
           never
           made
           a
           Covenant
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           broke
           it
           .
           The
           Antichrist
           is
           a
           Whore
           ,
           a
           Harlot
           ,
           one
           that
           hath
           left
           her
           first
           Husband
           .
           Heathen
           Rome
           never
           professed
           Christ
           ,
           therefore
           it
           cannot
           be
           her
           .
           It
           must
           needs
           be
           Rome
           Apostate
           :
           For
           the
           Antichrist
           ,
           the
           Man
           of
           Sin
           ,
           is
           some
           Apostate
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           see
           in
           2
           Thess
           .
           2.
           3.
           
           The
           Apostle
           there
           exhorting
           the
           Saints
           to
           constancy
           in
           the
           Faith
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           should
           not
           expect
           Christ's
           coming
           (
           which
           they
           so
           much
           looked
           for
           )
           till
           there
           was
           some
           great
           Apostacy
           from
           the
           Faith
           ,
           
             ver
             .
             3.
             
             Let
             no
             Man
             deceive
             you
             with
             vain
             words
             by
             any
             means
             ,
             for
             that
             Day
             shall
             not
             come
             except
             there
             be
             a
             falling
             away
             first
             ,
             and
             that
             Man
             of
             Sin
             be
             revealed
             ,
             the
             Son
             of
             Perdition
             .
          
           So
           that
           this
           Beast
           is
           one
           that
           falls
           from
           the
           Truth
           ,
           which
           Heathen
           Rome
           never
           did
           .
           But
           Rome
           in
           its
           profest
           Christian
           State
           hath
           so
           done
           :
           For
           she
           was
           once
           a
           famous
           Church
           ,
           when
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           writ
           the
           Epistle
           to
           them
           ,
           Rom.
           1.
           8.
           
           St.
           Paul
           thanks
           God
           that
           
             their
             Faith
             was
             spoken
             of
             throughout
             the
             whole
             World
          
           ;
           and
           many
           Elders
           and
           Christians
           did
           suffer
           under
           the
           sixth
           form
           of
           Government
           .
           But
           now
           she
           is
           Rome
           Apostate
           ,
           the
           fallen
           Star
           ,
           mentioned
           in
           
             Rev.
             9.
             1.
             
             I
             saw
             a
             Star
             fall
             from
             Heaven
             to
             the
             Earth
             ,
          
           to
           earthly
           Concupisence
           ,
           an
           earthly
           Mind
           ,
           
             which
             had
             the
             Key
             of
             the
             bottomless
             Pit.
          
           The
           Pope
           ,
           &c.
           pretend
           to
           have
           the
           Key
           of
           Hell
           :
           By
           that
           means
           they
           delivered
           Trajan
           the
           Emperor's
           Soul
           out
           of
           Hell
           ;
           a
           great
           Persecuter
           of
           the
           Christians
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           not
           impose
           the
           belief
           of
           this
           on
           you
           in
           the
           least
           .
           Rome
           did
           once
           shine
           as
           a
           glorious
           Star
           ,
           but
           now
           a
           place
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Smoke
           that
           comes
           out
           of
           the
           Pit.
           The
           Sun
           and
           Moon
           are
           darkned
           .
           True
           Principles
           of
           Christ
           are
           hid
           from
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           by
           the
           black
           and
           smoaky
           principles
           of
           the
           fallen
           Star.
           
        
         
           So
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           she
           is
           called
           ,
           a
           Whore
           ,
           a
           Harlot
           .
           Which
           she
           would
           not
           have
           been
           called
           ,
           had
           she
           not
           defiled
           her
           Lord's
           Bed.
           We
           have
           her
           portraied
           to
           the
           life
           ,
           in
           1
           
             Tim.
             4.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
             Now
             the
             Spirit
             speaketh
             expressly
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             latter
             Times
             some
             shall
             depart
             from
             the
             Faith
             ,
             giving
             heed
             to
             seducing
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             doctrines
             of
             Devils
             ,
             speaking
             Lyes
             in
             Hypocrisy
             ,
             having
             their
             Consciences
             seared
             with
             a
             hot
             Iron
             ,
             forbidding
             to
             Marry
             ,
             and
             commanding
             to
             abstain
             from
             Meats
             ,
             which
             God
             
             hath
             ordained
             to
             be
             received
             with
             thanksgiving
             .
          
           Who
           is
           this
           but
           
             Rome
             Christian
          
           ?
           St.
           Ambrose
           ,
           St.
           Augustin
           ,
           think
           it
           Antichrist
           .
           Know
           we
           not
           that
           she
           forbids
           her
           Priests
           to
           Marry
           ,
           and
           to
           abstain
           from
           Meats
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           doing
           Penance
           for
           Sin
           ,
           and
           imitation
           of
           Christ
           ,
           who
           fasted
           forty
           days
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Had
           it
           been
           Heathen
           Rome
           the
           Apostle
           spake
           of
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           have
           spoken
           of
           her
           as
           a
           Mystery
           :
           He
           calls
           her
           
             Mystery
             Babylon
          
           ,
           and
           
             mystery
             of
             Iniquity
          
           ,
           2
           Thess
           .
           2.
           7.
           
           Now
           it
           was
           not
           a
           Mystery
           for
           Heathen
           Rome
           to
           persecute
           Christians
           ;
           but
           for
           Christians
           to
           persecute
           Christians
           ,
           that
           was
           a
           Mystery
           indeed
           .
           The
           Pope
           pretends
           he
           loveth
           Christ
           ,
           but
           hates
           his
           People
           .
           He
           is
           Christ's
           Vicar
           by
           Name
           ,
           but
           Enemy
           in
           Deed
           ;
           he
           is
           not
           Iniquity
           publick
           ,
           openly
           ,
           and
           professedly
           ,
           but
           Iniquity
           in
           a
           Mystery
           ,
           in
           a
           dark
           and
           hidden
           way
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Nor
           could
           the
           Apostle
           John
           have
           made
           Heathen
           Rome
           the
           Merchants
           of
           Souls
           ,
           which
           only
           subdued
           Nations
           by
           Force
           ,
           and
           not
           infected
           them
           by
           Poyson
           ;
           it
           kept
           a
           Shambles
           for
           Bodies
           ,
           but
           not
           a
           Market
           for
           Souls
           ,
           as
           
             Mystery
             Babylon
          
           doth
           ;
           
             Rev.
             18.
             13.
             
             And
             in
             her
             was
             found
             Slaves
             ,
             and
             Souls
             of
             men
             .
          
           Among
           all
           the
           Traffick
           of
           Rome
           ,
           none
           is
           so
           gainful
           as
           Souls
           .
           Her
           Merchants
           are
           the
           Monks
           and
           Jesuites
           ,
           called
           the
           false
           Prophets
           ,
           who
           are
           to
           be
           cast
           into
           the
           bottomless
           Pit
           ,
           Rev.
           19.
           20.
           
           That
           the
           Apostacy
           is
           not
           a
           Civil
           Apostacy
           ,
           but
           Religious
           ,
           is
           the
           opinion
           of
           some
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           as
           
             Nical
             Delyra
             ,
             Theodoret
          
           ,
           St.
           
             Augustin
             ,
             Oecumenicus
          
           ,
           and
           others
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           It
           cannot
           be
           Heathen
           Rome
           ,
           because
           she
           never
           did
           sit
           in
           the
           Temple
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           Antichrist
           is
           described
           ,
           2
           Thess
           .
           2.
           4.
           
           Heathen
           Rome
           never
           pretended
           to
           be
           God's
           Temple
           ,
           but
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           doth
           :
           She
           saith
           she
           is
           God's
           House
           ,
           and
           doth
           not
           Apostate
           Rome
           answer
           to
           all
           those
           Phrases
           ?
           2
           Thess
           .
           2.
           4.
           
        
         
           First
           ,
           She
           opposeth
           and
           exalteth
           her self
           above
           all
           that
           is
           called
           God
           :
           Doth
           she
           not
           oppose
           Kings
           ,
           and
           exalt
           her self
           above
           all
           Magistrates
           ,
           called
           Gods
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           Authority
           ?
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Doth
           she
           not
           oppose
           and
           exalt
           her self
           above
           what
           is
           worshipped
           ?
           God
           saith
           in
           his
           Word
           ,
           
             You
             shall
             worship
             Me
             only
             ,
             not
             Images
             .
          
           Saith
           the
           Pope
           (
           quite
           contrary
           )
           you
           shall
           worship
           Images
           .
           In
           the
           Nicene
           Synod
           ,
           567
           ,
           the
           Pope
           with
           three
           hundred
           and
           eighteen
           Fathers
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           call
           them
           )
           ordained
           the
           making
           and
           worshipping
           of
           Images
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Doth
           not
           he
           pretend
           to
           sit
           in
           God's
           Temple
           ,
           and
           make
           himself
           as
           if
           he
           were
           a
           God
           ?
           In
           many
           things
           he
           makes
           himself
           equal
           with
           Christ
           ;
           in
           forgiving
           Sins
           ,
           in
           redeeming
           Souls
           by
           their
           Satisfactory
           ,
           Propitiatory
           ,
           and
           Explatory
           Sacrifices
           ,
           which
           they
           blasphemously
           
           say
           they
           make
           in
           their
           unbloody
           Sacrifice
           at
           Mass
           .
           Besides
           ,
           The
           Pope
           and
           his
           Council
           can
           make
           new
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           the
           thirteenth
           Apostle
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           much
           troubled
           that
           he
           cannot
           find
           the
           name
           of
           Pope
           mentioned
           in
           the
           four
           Evangelists
           ;
           therefore
           he
           hath
           made
           other
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           which
           Christ
           never
           made
           .
        
         
           Take
           an
           account
           of
           some
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             That
             St.
             Peter
             ,
             and
             so
             consequently
             say
             they
             the
             Pope
             ,
             is
             the
             Rock
             on
             which
             the
             Church
             is
             founded
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             the
             Virgin
             Mary
             is
             our
             Mediatrix
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             all
             other
             Saints
             sustain
             that
             Office.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             Religious
             Worship
             is
             to
             be
             paid
             to
             Stocks
             and
             Stones
             ,
             yea
             ,
             old
             Clouts
             ,
             called
             Reliques
             of
             Saints
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             That
             Images
             do
             as
             great
             Miracles
             as
             Christ
             himself
             ,
             if
             not
             greater
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Christ's
             Sufferings
             will
             not
             make
             satisfaction
             for
             our
             Sins
             ;
             but
             we
             must
             also
             make
             satisfaction
             our selves
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Such
             as
             died
             before
             St.
             
             French's
             time
             were
             saved
             by
             Christ
             ,
             since
             by
             St.
             Francis.
             
          
           
             8.
             
             All
             buried
             in
             the
             habit
             of
             St.
             Francis
             ,
             whether
             Jew
             or
             Turk
             ,
             shall
             be
             saved
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             That
             Chrism
             takes
             away
             Sin
             ,
             as
             Christ's
             Blood.
             
          
           
             10.
             
             That
             there
             is
             no
             Salvation
             without
             praying
             to
             Saints
             .
          
        
         
           They
           deemed
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           but
           half
           a
           Saviour
           ;
           and
           therefore
           they
           devised
           
             Francis
             ,
             Peter
             ,
             Baruardons
          
           Son
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           been
           wounded
           with
           the
           same
           Wounds
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           same
           parts
           ,
           and
           consecrated
           him
           in
           the
           Lateran
           Council
           ,
           the
           typical
           Jesus
           .
           Also
           how
           prophanely
           do
           they
           speak
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           calling
           it
           ,
           
             A
             Leader
             ,
             Rule
             ,
             Aesops
             Fables
             ,
             a
             Nose
             of
             Wax
             ,
             black
             and
             inkie
             Divinity
             ,
             a
             Delphian
             Sword
          
           ;
           and
           Christ's
           Ministers
           ,
           
             Scripture-Men
             ,
             Inkie
             Divines
          
           .
           He
           will
           judge
           all
           Men
           ,
           but
           will
           be
           judged
           by
           none
           .
           Therefore
           I
           infer
           ,
           he
           that
           fitteth
           in
           the
           Temple
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           opposeth
           and
           exalteth
           himself
           above
           all
           that
           is
           called
           God
           ,
           is
           the
           Man
           of
           Sin
           ,
           the
           Antichrist
           :
           But
           thus
           the
           Pope
           of
           Rome
           doth
           ;
           therefore
           't
           is
           not
           Rome
           Heather
           ,
           but
           Rome
           Apostate
           ,
           that
           is
           this
           Mother
           of
           Harlots
           .
        
         
           Object
           .
           2.
           
           
             It
             cannot
             be
          
           (
           say
           they
           )
           
             the
             Church
             of
          
           Rome
           
             that
             can
             be
             this
             Mother
             of
             Harlots
             ,
             the
             Antichrist
             :
             Because
             the
             Scripture
             sets
             him
             out
             to
             be
             a
             single
             Man
             ,
          
           2
           Thess
           .
           2.
           3.
           
             called
             there
             ,
             that
             Man
             of
             Sin
             ,
             and
             Son
             of
             Perdition
             .
          
        
         
           Answ
           .
           This
           word
           here
           
             [
             Man
             of
             Sin
          
           ]
           doth
           not
           respect
           the
           singleness
           of
           the
           Person
           ,
           but
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           Antichrist
           :
           He
           shall
           be
           a
           Man
           ,
           or
           succession
           of
           Men
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           full
           of
           Sin
           ,
           a
           Man
           of
           
           Sin
           ,
           as
           if
           there
           was
           nothing
           but
           Sin
           in
           him
           .
           As
           Christ
           is
           called
           
             a
             Man
             of
             Sorrows
          
           ,
           to
           shew
           that
           his
           whole
           Life
           was
           full
           of
           Sorrows
           :
           So
           the
           whole
           state
           of
           Antichrist
           is
           a
           state
           of
           Sin.
           
             A
             Man
             of
             Sin
          
           ,
           't
           is
           an
           apparent
           Hebraism
           ,
           't
           is
           one
           given
           up
           to
           commit
           Iniquity
           .
           We
           reade
           of
           Men
           of
           Knowledg
           ,
           of
           Patience
           ,
           a
           Man
           of
           Strife
           ;
           which
           are
           Persons
           arrived
           above
           the
           common
           pitch
           :
           So
           he
           is
           called
           
             a
             Man
             of
             Sin
          
           ,
           also
           
             Son
             of
             Perdition
          
           ,
           one
           past
           all
           hopes
           of
           Honesty
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           It
           cannot
           be
           one
           single
           Person
           ,
           as
           some
           of
           the
           Fathers
           suppose
           ,
           or
           one
           of
           the
           Tribe
           of
           Dan
           ,
           a
           Jew
           which
           shall
           rise
           in
           Jerusalem
           ;
           he
           must
           not
           be
           a
           Jew
           ,
           but
           a
           pretended
           Christian
           .
           And
           the
           City
           cannot
           be
           Jerusalem
           ,
           because
           she
           is
           not
           built
           on
           seven
           Hills
           ;
           nor
           can
           Antichrist
           be
           one
           single
           Person
           ,
           because
           we
           find
           he
           had
           a
           being
           in
           the
           Apostles
           days
           ,
           2
           
             Thess
             .
             2.
             7.
             
             For
             the
             mystery
             of
             Iniquity
             doth
             already
             work
             .
          
           And
           this
           mystery
           of
           Iniquity
           will
           continue
           until
           the
           coming
           of
           Christ
           ,
           whom
           he
           shall
           destroy
           ,
           ver
           .
           8.
           
           Now
           surely
           this
           Person
           ,
           if
           a
           single
           Man
           ,
           must
           be
           very
           Aged
           ,
           that
           should
           be
           in
           the
           Apostles
           days
           ,
           and
           continue
           till
           Christ
           come
           in
           the
           Flesh
           the
           second
           time
           :
           What
           is
           his
           Name
           ?
           Where
           doth
           he
           dwell
           ?
           It
           is
           ridiculous
           so
           to
           think
           .
           You
           see
           therefore
           it
           must
           intend
           a
           succession
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           not
           one
           single
           Person
           .
        
         
           Object
           .
           3.
           
           
             Rome
             Christian
             cannot
             be
             Antichrist
             :
             Because
             the
             Apostle
             St.
          
           Paul
           
             saith
             ,
             that
             Antichrist
             ,
             that
             Man
             of
             Sin
             ,
             was
             in
             his
             days
             ,
          
           2
           Thess
           .
           2.
           7.
           
           
             But
             he
             whom
             the
             Apostle
             speaketh
             of
             ,
          
           Rev.
           17.
           10.
           
             was
             not
             then
             in
             being
             by
             your
             own
             account
             ,
             which
             you
             say
             must
             be
             the
             Antichrist
             .
          
        
         
           Answ
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           Antichrist
           was
           then
           in
           being
           :
           But
           though
           he
           was
           then
           in
           being
           ,
           he
           was
           not
           then
           revealed
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           phraseth
           it
           ,
           2
           Thess
           .
           2.
           8.
           he
           had
           not
           arrived
           to
           his
           full
           Power
           ,
           which
           is
           that
           the
           Apostle
           St.
           John
           means
           ,
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Five
             are
             fallen
             ,
             one
             is
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             is
             not
             :
          
           Not
           that
           he
           meaneth
           he
           had
           no
           beginning
           ;
           no
           ,
           for
           he
           tells
           us
           he
           had
           ,
           in
           that
           phrase
           ,
           
             Rev.
             17.
             8.
             
             The
             Beast
             that
             was
             ,
             is
             not
             ,
             and
             yet
             is
             :
          
           He
           is
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           yet
           is
           not
           :
           He
           is
           an
           Infant
           ,
           but
           not
           a
           Man.
           Antichrist
           began
           to
           work
           in
           the
           Apostles
           days
           ,
           1
           John
           2.
           22.
           but
           was
           not
           revealed
           ,
           in
           full
           power
           ,
           had
           not
           ten
           Kings
           to
           assist
           him
           ,
           till
           that
           which
           did
           let
           ,
           was
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           ,
           which
           many
           Learned
           did
           believe
           ;
           therefore
           prayed
           that
           the
           Empire
           might
           stand
           ,
           that
           Antichrist
           might
           be
           kept
           out
           .
           But
           the
           reason
           why
           the
           Apostle
           might
           not
           name
           the
           Heathen
           Emperor
           ,
           was
           ,
           because
           in
           all
           probability
           Persecution
           would
           have
           issued
           from
           Nero
           (
           then
           in
           Power
           )
           against
           the
           Christians
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           was
           the
           Heathen
           Emperor
           did
           let
           Antichrist
           from
           being
           
           revealed
           ,
           is
           the
           opinion
           of
           many
           of
           the
           Learned
           ,
           even
           some
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
             Cyril
             ,
             Chrysostom
             ,
             Tertullian
             ,
          
           the
           famous
           Bishop
           of
           
             Hippo
             ,
             Theodorus
          
           :
           see
           a
           Book
           called
           ,
           
             The
             Man
             of
             Sin
          
           ,
           pag.
           9
           ,
           10.
           
           As
           the
           Babylonian
           Monarchy
           must
           make
           roome
           for
           the
           Persian
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           Macedonian
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           the
           Roman
           :
           So
           the
           Roman
           must
           make
           way
           for
           the
           
             Man
             of
             Sin
             ,
             Antichrist
          
           ,
           the
           Beast
           ,
           and
           he
           at
           last
           must
           make
           way
           for
           Christ
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           though
           Antichrist
           was
           in
           the
           Apostles
           days
           ,
           yet
           he
           was
           then
           but
           as
           an
           Infant
           ,
           by
           degrees
           he
           grew
           more
           and
           more
           ,
           till
           he
           came
           to
           his
           perfection
           ;
           to
           have
           ten
           Horns
           ,
           ten
           Kings
           ,
           which
           gave
           their
           power
           to
           him
           according
           to
           the
           Prophecy
           .
        
         
           Having
           thus
           proved
           that
           Rome
           is
           that
           
             Mystery
             Babylon
          
           ,
           and
           Mother
           of
           Harlots
           ,
           I
           now
           come
           to
           shew
           what
           a
           Harlot
           she
           is
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           She
           is
           a
           
             close
             ,
             secret
             ,
             cunning
             Harlot
             :
          
           Well
           may
           the
           Apostle
           call
           her
           the
           
             mystery
             of
             Iniquity
          
           ,
           or
           iniquity
           in
           a
           Mystery
           ;
           or
           
             Mystery
             Babylon
          
           ,
           or
           Babylon
           in
           a
           Mystery
           .
           The
           Apostle
           doth
           well
           describe
           her
           ,
           
             Rev.
             13.
             11.
             
             The
             Beast
             that
             came
             out
             of
             the
             Earth
             had
             two
             Horns
             like
             a
             Lamb
             ,
             but
             a
             Voice
             like
             a
             Dragon
             .
          
           She
           pretended
           to
           be
           like
           Christ
           ,
           but
           she
           really
           is
           like
           the
           Dragon
           ,
           the
           Devil
           ,
           from
           whom
           she
           hath
           her
           power
           ;
           she
           hath
           a
           form
           ,
           a
           shew
           of
           Godliness
           ,
           but
           the
           power
           of
           Ungodliness
           :
           She
           hath
           the
           name
           of
           a
           Christian
           ,
           but
           ,
           like
           Sardis
           ,
           is
           dead
           indeed
           .
           She
           is
           in
           a
           counterfeit
           shew
           Christ's
           Vicar
           ,
           Christ's
           Vicegerent
           ;
           in
           presumption
           a
           Fellow-mate
           ,
           in
           purpose
           an
           Adversary
           .
           She
           hides
           the
           greatest
           Impieties
           under
           the
           name
           of
           Piety
           ;
           and
           indeed
           she
           gets
           her
           Riches
           by
           her
           Cunning.
           Not
           a
           little
           of
           her
           Cunning
           and
           Craft
           is
           discovered
           in
           making
           that
           a
           Principle
           .
           That
           the
           Publick
           Worship
           should
           be
           performed
           in
           a
           Language
           unknown
           to
           the
           People
           .
           And
           the
           Pope
           knows
           what
           he
           doth
           well
           enough
           :
           For
           seeing
           there
           are
           so
           many
           Idolatries
           ,
           Errors
           ,
           and
           Heresies
           ,
           in
           the
           Mass-Book
           ,
           't
           is
           better
           to
           be
           in
           Latin
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           Mother-tongue
           ,
           least
           it
           should
           be
           discovered
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           come
           to
           know
           their
           Delusions
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           you
           please
           to
           reade
           1.
           
           Cor.
           14.
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           condemns
           these
           Principles
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Chapter
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           no
           less
           is
           Antichrist's
           Subtilty
           discovered
           in
           his
           invention
           of
           Purgatory
           ;
           a
           place
           that
           they
           say
           the
           pains
           are
           as
           sharp
           ,
           but
           not
           as
           eternal
           as
           the
           pains
           of
           Hell.
           But
           for
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Scripture
           speaks
           not
           one
           word
           of
           Purgatory
           ,
           but
           only
           Heaven
           and
           Hell
           ,
           one
           for
           the
           Godly
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           for
           the
           Ungodly
           ,
           how
           dares
           the
           Pope
           to
           invent
           such
           a
           place
           !
           O
           ,
           Beloved
           ,
           half
           his
           Religion
           ,
           if
           not
           half
           his
           Gains
           ,
           depends
           upon
           it
           .
           Therefore
           the
           Pope
           hath
           cunningly
           determined
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Fire
           .
           (
           which
           is
           not
           in
           the
           very
           Hell
           of
           all
           )
           
           where
           souls
           after
           this
           Life
           are
           purged
           from
           Sins
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           the
           help
           of
           Masses
           ,
           Dirges
           ,
           and
           Prayers
           ,
           these
           may
           be
           pardoned
           and
           delivered
           out
           of
           those
           Torments
           ,
           especially
           if
           they
           leave
           the
           Pope
           a
           good
           round
           sum
           of
           Money
           to
           procure
           Indulgences
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           Mass-Priest
           to
           pray
           for
           their
           souls
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           Her
           Cunning
           is
           seen
           in
           her
           pretence
           of
           having
           things
           impossible
           to
           be
           seen
           and
           had
           ;
           their
           lies
           further
           appear
           in
           that
           .
        
         
           They
           say
           ,
           they
           can
           produce
           the
           Fore-skin
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           after
           Circumcision
           ;
           the
           Platter
           Christ
           eat
           the
           Paschal
           Lamb
           in
           ;
           the
           Challice
           Christ
           gave
           the
           Sacrament
           in
           ;
           yea
           ,
           the
           Towel
           he
           wiped
           himself
           withal
           at
           Supper
           .
           Surely
           it
           was
           made
           of
           good
           Flax.
           So
           the
           Water-pots
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Water
           was
           turned
           to
           Wine
           in
           Cana
           of
           Galilee
           ;
           yea
           ,
           the
           Cross
           ,
           and
           also
           the
           Nails
           that
           nailed
           Christ
           to
           the
           Cross
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           believe
           them
           .
           The
           Text
           saith
           ,
           one
           Man
           carried
           the
           Cross
           :
           Yet
           Calvin
           saith
           ,
           They
           have
           so
           much
           Timber
           ,
           which
           they
           pretend
           to
           be
           Christ's
           Cross
           ,
           that
           a
           Horse
           cannot
           carry
           it
           ,
           nay
           ,
           not
           many
           Horses
           .
           Can
           you
           imagine
           they
           can
           shew
           the
           Virgin
           
           Mary's
           Hair
           ,
           her
           Comb
           ,
           upper
           and
           under
           Garments
           ,
           yea
           ,
           her
           Milk
           also
           :
           
             John
             Baptist's
          
           Head
           ,
           Bones
           ,
           yea
           ,
           the
           Finger
           that
           pointed
           at
           Christ
           when
           he
           said
           ,
           
             Behold
             the
             Lamb
             of
             God!
          
           John
           1.
           29.
           also
           St.
           
           Peter's
           Jaw-bone
           ,
           his
           Beard
           ,
           one
           of
           his
           Teeth
           ,
           his
           Chair
           ,
           Garments
           ,
           Altar
           ,
           and
           a
           hundred
           Reliques
           more
           if
           needful
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           They
           have
           Holy
           Water
           ,
           Holy
           Oyl
           ,
           Spittle
           ,
           Salt
           ,
           Beads
           ,
           and
           those
           other
           Superstitions
           ,
           for
           which
           not
           one
           word
           can
           be
           found
           .
           But
           what
           faith
           the
           Pope
           to
           them
           ?
           Can
           he
           make
           no
           use
           of
           them
           ?
           Yes
           ;
           hereby
           we
           pick
           the
           Pockets
           of
           credulous
           Fools
           ;
           hereby
           we
           get
           their
           Money
           ,
           and
           give
           them
           bits
           of
           Virgins
           Wax
           ,
           fine
           Beads
           ,
           Toys
           for
           Children
           to
           play
           with
           :
           For
           all
           which
           she
           receives
           good
           and
           lawful
           Money
           .
           Thus
           she
           is
           a
           cunning
           Harlot
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           She
           is
           a
           
             Blasphemous
             Harlot
          
           ,
           Rev.
           17.
           3.
           
           
             Vpon
             her
             Head
             was
             the
             names
             of
             Blasphemy
             ,
          
           Rev.
           13.
           5.
           
           
             A
             Mouth
             speaking
             great
             things
             ,
             and
             blasphemous
             ,
          
           ver
           .
           6.
           
           
             He
             opened
             his
             mouth
             in
             blasphemy
             against
             God
             ,
             to
             blaspheme
             his
             Name
             ,
             and
             his
             Tabernacle
             ,
             and
             them
             that
             dwell
             in
             Heaven
             .
          
           'T
           is
           said
           ,
           he
           had
           not
           only
           the
           Name
           ,
           but
           Names
           of
           blasphemy
           :
           He
           is
           not
           content
           with
           one
           Name
           ,
           as
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
             ,
             Epiphanius
             ,
             Domitian
          
           ,
           his
           Predecessors
           were
           :
           but
           this
           Beast
           as
           he
           was
           to
           succeed
           in
           their
           Room
           ,
           so
           he
           was
           to
           inherit
           their
           Nature
           ,
           and
           out-do
           them
           in
           the
           worst
           of
           their
           Actions
           .
           Now
           he
           may
           be
           said
           to
           open
           his
           Mouth
           in
           blasphemy
           against
           God
           ,
           two
           ways
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           Either
           denying
           the
           very
           Beingof
           God
           ,
           as
           Pharaoh
           ,
           and
           Sennacherib
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Who
             is
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             obey
             him
             ?
          
           Or
           ,
        
         
         
           2.
           
           When
           frail
           Men
           shall
           intrude
           into
           the
           Place
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           assuming
           to
           themselves
           some
           of
           his
           Divine
           and
           Incommunicable
           Attributes
           .
           Thus
           the
           Prince
           of
           Tyre
           blasphemed
           God
           ,
           when
           he
           said
           ,
           
             I
             am
             a
             God
             ,
             I
             sit
             in
             the
             Seat
             of
             God
             ,
          
           Ezek.
           29.
           2
           ,
           4
           ,
           7.
           
           This
           description
           St.
           Paul
           gives
           of
           the
           
             Man
             of
             Sin
          
           ,
           2
           Thess
           .
           2.
           4.
           
           He
           exalts
           himself
           not
           only
           above
           Magistrates
           ,
           called
           Gods
           ,
           but
           declares
           and
           labours
           to
           demonstrate
           that
           he
           is
           God
           ,
           by
           pretending
           to
           a
           God-like
           Power
           ,
           to
           pardon
           Sin
           ,
           and
           offer
           up
           a
           propitiatory
           Sacrifice
           in
           their
           unbloody
           Mass
           :
           yea
           ,
           to
           absolve
           from
           Laws
           ,
           dispence
           with
           Oaths
           ,
           to
           be
           Infallible
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
           Which
           Title
           and
           Power
           whoever
           dares
           assume
           to
           himself
           ,
           the
           same
           is
           Antichrist
           ,
           a
           Blasphemer
           ,
           and
           consequently
           a
           Beast
           .
           This
           the
           Pope
           doth
           assume
           ,
           therefore
           he
           is
           the
           Beast
           ,
           and
           Antichrist
           .
        
         
           Take
           some
           further
           Instances
           of
           their
           Blasphemy
           :
           The
           Gloss
           saith
           ,
           he
           that
           denieth
           the
           Pope's
           Obedience
           ,
           lieth
           under
           the
           same
           Sentence
           of
           Damnation
           ,
           as
           he
           that
           denieth
           the
           Almighty
           Power
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Stapleton
           ,
           an
           English
           Jesuit
           ,
           styl'd
           Pope
           Gregory
           the
           13th
           ,
           
             The
             Great
             ,
             most
             Gracious
             and
             Soveraign
             God
             on
             Earth
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Sicilian
           Ambassadors
           coming
           to
           ask
           Pardon
           of
           Martin
           the
           4th
           ,
           delivered
           their
           Supplication
           ,
           by
           saying
           three
           times
           ,
           
             O
             Lamb
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             takest
             away
             the
             Sin
             of
             the
             World.
             
          
        
         
           Again
           ,
           
             'T
             is
             Heresie
             to
             think
             that
             our
             Lord
             God
             the
             Pope
             ,
             hath
             no
             power
             to
             decree
             as
             he
             hath
             decreed
             .
          
           And
           the
           Canonists
           say
           ,
           one
           Article
           of
           the
           Popish
           Creed
           is
           ,
           
             That
             the
             power
             of
             Indulgences
             was
             left
             by
             Christ
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             use
             of
             them
             is
             very
             available
             to
             Salvation
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           She
           blasphemeth
           the
           Tabernacle
           of
           God.
           1.
           
           This
           may
           either
           signifie
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           oftentimes
           is
           called
           the
           House
           of
           God
           ,
           over
           which
           the
           Beast
           doth
           sinfully
           assume
           a
           Power
           .
           Or
           ,
           2.
           
           It
           holds
           forth
           the
           Humane
           Nature
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           the
           Author
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           doth
           elegantly
           call
           it
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           the
           true
           Tabernacle
           which
           the
           Lord
           had
           pitched
           ,
           and
           not
           Man
           ,
           which
           is
           blasphemed
           ,
           when
           the
           merit
           of
           those
           Sufferings
           which
           God
           himself
           underwent
           in
           the
           Humane
           Nature
           is
           lessened
           ,
           and
           Christ's
           Blood
           not
           accounted
           sufficient
           to
           cleanse
           from
           Sin
           ,
           without
           something
           added
           by
           Men
           to
           inch
           out
           its
           value
           .
           Nay
           ,
           these
           Blasphemers
           do
           take
           away
           the
           property
           of
           each
           Nature
           in
           Christ
           ;
           the
           Godhead
           is
           Infinite
           ,
           the
           Humane
           Nature
           ,
           Finite
           .
           The
           Pope
           doth
           set
           out
           the
           Deity
           of
           the
           Father
           in
           Pictures
           and
           Images
           ,
           and
           doth
           imagine
           the
           Humane
           Nature
           of
           Christ
           to
           be
           in
           many
           places
           at
           once
           :
           With
           this
           shift
           ,
           Is
           any
           thing
           too
           hard
           for
           God
           ?
           So
           he
           forges
           a
           Finite
           Divinity
           ,
           and
           an
           Infinite
           Humanity
           .
           He
           doth
           also
           confess
           in
           words
           ,
           that
           Chirst
           is
           Just
           
           and
           Merciful
           ,
           but
           in
           deed
           doth
           indirectly
           deny
           both
           .
           For
           perfect
           Justice
           doth
           not
           admit
           of
           imperfect
           Satisfaction
           ,
           that
           's
           humane
           ;
           and
           perfect
           Mercy
           doth
           not
           grant
           imperfect
           Pardon
           .
           Christ
           doth
           not
           remit
           the
           Fault
           ,
           and
           retain
           the
           Punishment
           .
           The
           Pope
           doth
           teach
           indirectly
           ,
           that
           imperfect
           Satisfaction
           and
           Pardon
           is
           performed
           by
           Christ
           to
           the
           Faithful
           ,
           and
           so
           makes
           Christ
           a
           plain
           Idol
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             Those
             that
             dwell
             in
             Heaven
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             are
             Blasphemed
          
           ,
           Rev.
           13.
           6.
           
           They
           are
           Angels
           ,
           or
           departed
           Saints
           .
           Now
           when
           any
           thing
           is
           done
           to
           them
           that
           are
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           which
           they
           would
           not
           own
           on
           Earth
           ,
           is
           to
           blaspheme
           them
           .
           You
           know
           when
           the
           Men
           of
           
             Lystra
             ,
             Acts
          
           14.
           14.
           offered
           to
           worship
           St.
           Paul
           and
           Barnabas
           ,
           which
           had
           the
           excuse
           of
           an
           amazing
           Miracle
           to
           justifie
           them
           ,
           yet
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           
             they
             rent
             their
             Clothes
          
           :
           Which
           was
           usual
           in
           cases
           of
           Blasphemy
           ,
           2
           Kings
           18.
           37.
           
           So
           when
           St.
           John
           would
           have
           worshipped
           the
           Angel
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           
             I
             am
             thy
             Fellow-Servant
             :
             Worship
             God
             ,
          
           Rev.
           22.
           8
           ,
           9.
           
           So
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           himself
           appearing
           unto
           Manoah
           in
           the
           shape
           of
           an
           Angel
           ,
           would
           not
           have
           sacrifice
           offered
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           said
           ,
           
             If
             thou
             offer
             an
             Offering
             ,
             offer
             it
             to
             God.
             
          
        
         
           Yet
           one
           Article
           of
           the
           Popes
           Creed
           is
           ,
           
             I
             do
             hold
             that
             the
             Saints
             reigning
             with
             Christ
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             worshipped
             and
             invocated
             ;
             that
             they
             offer
             up
             their
             Prayers
             to
             God
             for
             us
             ,
             and
             that
             their
             Reliques
             are
             to
             be
             worshipped
             .
          
           When
           they
           pray
           to
           St.
           Gregory
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           
             Let
             him
             save
             us
             from
             our
             Sins
             ,
             that
             in
             Heaven
             with
             the
             Saints
             we
             may
             rest
             .
          
           So
           of
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           and
           St.
           
             Paul
             ,
             Grant
             that
             by
             both
             their
             Merits
             ,
             we
             may
             obtain
             the
             the
             glory
             of
             Eternity
             .
          
        
         
           Again
           ,
        
         
           
             O
             Queen
             of
             Heaven
             most
             mild
             ,
             dearest
             Mother
             to
             thy
             Child
             .
          
           
             Despise
             me
             not
             ,
             O
             Dust
             ,
             in
             thee
             alone
             I
             trust
             .
          
           
             God's
             sweet
             Heart
             springing
             ,
             and
             Star
             of
             Grace
             ,
          
           
             Think
             on
             me
             still
             ,
             till
             I
             have
             run
             my
             Race
             .
          
           
             We
             do
             thee
             praise
             ,
             and
             beg
             always
             ,
          
           
             Christ
             Jesus's
             Mother
             dear
             ;
          
           
             That
             thou
             attend
             ,
             and
             us
             defend
          
           
             From
             sad
             Death
             ,
             which
             we
             fear
             .
          
        
         
           Again
           ,
        
         
           O
           ,
           Mary
           ,
           
             the
             Mother
             of
             Grace
             and
             Mercy
             ,
             defend
             us
             from
             our
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             receive
             us
             in
             the
             hour
             of
             Death
             .
             O
             holy
             Cross
             ,
             our
             only
             hope
             ,
             increase
             our
             Righteousness
             .
             O
             Saint
             ,
             saith
             the
             holy
             Servant
             of
             Christ
             ,
             prepare
             for
             us
             the
             Glory
             which
             thou
             hast
             merited
             .
             O
             Prince
          
           Gabriel
           ,
           
             be
             on
             our
             side
             against
             the
             Wicked
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             work
             Iniquity
             .
          
           Jaspar
           ,
           Melchior
           ,
           and
           Belthazar
           ,
           
             with
             all
             the
             twelve
             Apostles
             ,
             help
             me
             in
             my
             necessity
             .
          
        
         
         
           Thus
           they
           invocate
           the
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           ,
           which
           is
           proper
           only
           to
           God
           :
           
             Call
             upon
             me
             in
             the
             day
             of
             trouble
             ,
          
           Psal
           .
           50.
           15.
           
        
         
           Reliques
           Invocated
           .
        
         
           
             A
             Prayer
             to
             the
             Cross
             .
          
           
             O
             ,
             Cross
             ,
             our
             only
             hope
             ,
             all
             hail
          
           
             Now
             on
             this
             Passion
             Day
             ,
          
           
             Make
             good
             mens
             Goodness
             more
             prevail
             ,
          
           
             Take
             Sinners
             guilt
             away
             .
          
        
         
           
             Devotion
             to
             a
             Rag.
             
          
           
             A
             piece
             of
             Linnen
             ,
             they
             say
             ,
             that
             wiped
             our
             Saviour's
             Face
             when
             he
             sweat
             in
             his
             Passion
             ,
             on
             which
             the
             lively
             picture
             of
             his
             Face
             was
             imprinted
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             believe
             it
             .
          
           
             All
             hail
             our
             Redeemer
             ,
             the
             most
             holy
             Face
             ,
          
           
             Wherein
             doth
             shine
             the
             beauty
             of
             Divinest
             Grace
             ;
          
           
             Imprinted
             on
             a
             Snow-white
             Cloth
             by
             th'
             Power
             above
             ,
          
           
             And
             on
             the
             Vernacle
             beside
             ,
             as
             pledg
             of
             Love.
          
           
             Be
             to
             us
             ,
             we
             thee
             pray
             ,
             a
             Buckler
             ,
             and
             Relief
             ,
          
           
             A
             sweet
             Refreshment
             ,
             and
             great
             comfort
             from
             our
             Grief
             ;
          
           
             That
             Foes
             may
             never
             hurt
             us
             ,
             but
             we
             still
             the
             same
             ,
          
           
             May
             heavenly
             rest
             enjoy
             for
             evermore
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             is
             a
             proud
             Harlot
          
           .
           This
           appears
           in
           that
           she
           cannot
           be
           satisfied
           without
           Ruling
           and
           Reigning
           over
           mens
           Bodies
           and
           Souls
           ,
           yea
           ,
           over
           the
           best
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           all
           under
           pretence
           that
           the
           Pope
           is
           
             St.
             Peter's
          
           Successor
           .
           Which
           makes
           nothing
           for
           him
           if
           he
           were
           ,
           but
           against
           him
           ,
           for
           St.
           Peter
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           Bishops
           must
           not
           be
           Lords
           over
           God's
           Heritage
           ,
           2
           Pet.
           5.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           4
           ,
           5.
           
           Christ
           alone
           is
           the
           chief
           Shepherd
           of
           the
           Sheep
           .
           Therefore
           Shepherds
           are
           so
           far
           from
           being
           Lords
           over
           God's
           Heritage
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           to
           be
           Servants
           ;
           as
           Christ
           saith
           ,
           
             He
             that
             will
             be
             greatest
             among
             you
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             a
             Servant
             :
          
           As
           Christ
           commanded
           
             Peter
             ,
             to
             feed
             his
             Lambs
             and
             Sheep
             ,
          
           John
           21.
           15
           ,
           16
           ,
           17.
           
           Shepherds
           have
           an
           equal
           Power
           here
           under
           Christ
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           the
           Head
           of
           all
           .
           See
           
             Ephes
             .
             1.
             22.
             
             Col.
          
           1.
           18.
           
           Besides
           ,
           
             St.
             Peter
          
           exhorts
           to
           a
           subjection
           to
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Kingly
           Government
           ,
           1
           Pet.
           2.
           13
           ,
           14
           ,
           15.
           such
           as
           are
           a
           Terror
           to
           evil
           doers
           ,
           and
           a
           praise
           to
           them
           that
           do
           well
           .
           But
           the
           Pope
           is
           so
           unlike
           
             St.
             Peter
          
           ,
           that
           he
           tells
           us
           he
           hath
           power
           to
           dispossess
           Princes
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           not
           root
           out
           such
           as
           he
           calls
           Hereticks
           .
        
         
         
           Pope
           Alexander
           the
           third
           ,
           made
           one
           of
           the
           Emperors
           fall
           down
           before
           him
           in
           the
           Temple
           of
           St.
           Mark
           ,
           at
           Venice
           ,
           all
           the
           People
           being
           present
           ,
           putting
           his
           beastly
           Foot
           on
           his
           Neck
           ,
           and
           uttered
           these
           words
           of
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             tread
             on
             the
             Lion
             and
             the
             Adder
             ,
             the
             young
             Lion
             and
             Adder
             thou
             shalt
             trample
             under
             foot
             .
          
           The
           usages
           of
           King
           Henry
           the
           second
           ,
           and
           King
           John
           ,
           do
           very
           plainly
           prove
           his
           Usurpation
           over
           Kings
           .
           They
           did
           what
           they
           could
           against
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           when
           they
           Excommunicated
           her
           ,
           and
           they
           would
           have
           dispossessed
           her
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           they
           did
           what
           they
           could
           by
           their
           
             Invincible
             Armada
          
           (
           as
           the
           Pope
           christened
           it
           )
           in
           1588.
           but
           through
           God's
           Goodness
           it
           proved
           Vincible
           .
           When
           the
           Scripture
           tells
           us
           we
           must
           be
           subject
           to
           the
           higher
           Powers
           ,
           which
           are
           Magistrates
           and
           Princes
           ,
           
             Rom.
             13.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             &c.
          
           The
           Pope
           exempts
           himself
           and
           all
           his
           Clergy
           ,
           (
           Priests
           ,
           Monks
           ,
           Friars
           ,
           Jesuits
           ,
           Nuns
           ,
           and
           all
           Religious
           Persons
           )
           from
           the
           Jurisdiction
           of
           the
           Civil
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           takes
           upon
           him
           to
           absolve
           all
           their
           Subjects
           from
           their
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           (
           if
           they
           do
           not
           please
           him
           )
           and
           give
           away
           their
           Kingdoms
           and
           Dominions
           to
           others
           ,
           that
           will
           submit
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           do
           him
           better
           service
           :
           As
           Gregory
           did
           spoil
           Leo
           the
           third
           ,
           in
           taking
           from
           him
           all
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           West
           .
           Again
           ,
           her
           Pride
           is
           seen
           in
           laying
           the
           Sriptures
           of
           God
           so
           low
           ,
           and
           trampling
           upon
           them
           .
           The
           Council
           of
           Trent
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             holy
             Council
             was
             to
             have
             the
             same
             Veneration
             and
             Honour
             as
             the
             Scripture
             .
          
           And
           we
           read
           in
           their
           Decrees
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             is
             rather
             taken
             from
             the
             Popes
             mouth
             than
             the
             Scripture
             .
          
           'T
           is
           they
           that
           have
           pronounced
           the
           Apocrypha
           Authentick
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           written
           by
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           nor
           received
           by
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           .
           And
           how
           often
           do
           they
           take
           from
           ,
           and
           add
           to
           the
           Scripture
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           the
           Scripture
           owes
           its
           Authority
           to
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           she
           is
           superiour
           to
           it
           :
           And
           none
           are
           Commandments
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           are
           accounted
           so
           by
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           that
           Tradition
           is
           the
           very
           rule
           of
           Truth
           ,
           and
           the
           Pope's
           Instructions
           better
           than
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           say
           the
           Decrees
           .
           
             The
             Scripture
             is
             a
             dumb
             and
             dead
             Thing
             ,
             and
             the
             tale
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           saith
           Leo
           the
           tenth
           .
           No
           less
           is
           his
           pride
           seen
           ,
           when
           he
           calls
           himself
           
             the
             Foundation
             ,
             Head
             ,
             Husband
             ,
             Lion
             of
             the
             Tribe
             of
          
           Judah
           ,
           
             the
             Root
             of
          
           David
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           the
           Scriptures
           speak
           sufficiently
           of
           their
           own
           clearness
           ,
           
             Psal
             .
             19.
             7.
             2
             
             Tim.
          
           3.
           15
           ,
           16
           ,
           17.
           &c.
           Yet
           Antichrist
           is
           of
           another
           mind
           ,
           he
           saith
           they
           are
           very
           ambiguous
           in
           their
           meaning
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           twisted
           any
           way
           ,
           like
           a
           Nose
           of
           Wax
           ,
           or
           Leaden
           Ruler
           ;
           therefore
           't
           is
           not
           for
           the
           Common
           People
           to
           look
           into
           them
           ,
           lest
           they
           are
           poisoned
           with
           Errors
           and
           Heresies
           ;
           and
           (
           say
           
           they
           )
           the
           Scripture
           is
           defective
           in
           many
           things
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           much
           more
           of
           the
           Mind
           of
           God
           to
           be
           known
           than
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           is
           conveyed
           down
           by
           unwritten
           Traditions
           .
           Now
           those
           truths
           in
           which
           the
           Scripture
           is
           defective
           ,
           are
           such
           as
           these
           ;
           the
           Offering
           on
           the
           Altar
           ,
           Sacrifice
           ,
           Invocation
           of
           Saints
           ,
           Prayers
           for
           the
           Dead
           ,
           the
           Primacy
           of
           the
           Bishops
           of
           Rome
           above
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           ,
           the
           Sacraments
           of
           Confirmation
           ,
           Orders
           ,
           Matrimony
           ,
           Penance
           ,
           Extream
           Unction
           ,
           Merits
           of
           Works
           ,
           Auricular
           Confessions
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           weighty
           and
           necessary
           truths
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           supplied
           by
           Tradition
           ,
           because
           the
           Scripture
           is
           silent
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           I
           question
           not
           but
           ever
           will.
           
        
         
           Will
           you
           hear
           the
           Decree
           of
           the
           Council
           of
           
             Trent
             ,
             That
             Traditions
             are
             to
             be
             received
             with
             the
             same
             pious
             affection
             as
             the
             holy
             Scripture
             .
          
           O
           pride
           ,
           above
           all
           pride
           !
           One
           Marta
           expounds
           that
           saying
           ,
           in
           
             Psal
             .
             8.
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             
             Thou
             hast
             put
             under
             his
             feet
          
           (
           the
           Popes
           )
           
             all
             Sheep
             and
             Oxen
             ,
             Christians
             and
             Sarazens
             ,
             Fowls
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             the
             Angels
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             the
             Fishes
             in
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             Souls
             in
             Purgatory
             .
          
        
         
           Again
           ,
           In
           the
           Year
           of
           Jubilee
           ,
           the
           Pope
           is
           carried
           in
           Procession
           in
           a
           Chair
           of
           State
           ,
           a
           sumptuous
           Canopy
           born
           over
           his
           Head
           by
           Kings
           and
           Nobles
           :
           He
           is
           a
           King
           over
           all
           the
           Children
           of
           Pride
           .
        
         
           His
           Pride
           is
           Illustrated
           in
           his
           endeavouring
           to
           have
           the
           whole
           World
           at
           his
           command
           ,
           and
           to
           wear
           his
           Mark
           in
           their
           Foreheads
           ,
           and
           Hands
           .
           She
           hath
           but
           too
           many
           Souls
           that
           have
           received
           this
           Mark.
           So
           
             Rev.
             11.
             3.
             
             The
             World
             wandred
             after
             the
             Beast
             ,
          
           ver
           .
           16.
           
           He
           causeth
           all
           ,
           both
           Rich
           and
           Poor
           ,
           Small
           and
           Great
           ,
           Free
           or
           Bond
           ,
           to
           receive
           a
           Mark
           in
           their
           right
           Hand
           ,
           or
           in
           their
           Foreheads
           ;
           and
           that
           no
           Man
           might
           buy
           or
           sell
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           hath
           the
           Mark
           ,
           or
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Beast
           ,
           or
           the
           number
           of
           his
           Name
           .
           In
           Rev.
           17.
           1.
           her
           pride
           is
           painted
           out
           there
           to
           the
           life
           ,
           
             she
             sits
             upon
             many
             Waters
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             People
             ,
             Multitudes
             ,
             Nations
             ,
             and
             Tongues
             .
          
           Ver.
           3.
           
           
             And
             I
             saw
             a
             Woman
             sit
             upon
             a
             Scarlet-coloured
             Beast
             ,
             full
             of
             names
             of
             blasphemy
             ,
             having
             seven
             Heads
             and
             ten
             Horns
             .
          
           Seven
           Heads
           ,
           which
           is
           seven
           forms
           of
           Government
           ;
           and
           ten
           Horns
           ,
           ten
           Kings
           ,
           that
           gave
           their
           power
           to
           the
           Beast
           .
           The
           Woman
           is
           the
           City
           ;
           the
           Beast
           is
           Antichrist
           ;
           her
           Names
           of
           Blasphemy
           you
           have
           heard
           .
           The
           Beast
           is
           called
           a
           Scarlet-coloured
           Beast
           ,
           to
           shew
           her
           sins
           are
           of
           a
           very
           deep
           Dye
           ;
           they
           are
           Scarlet-sins
           ,
           and
           accompanied
           with
           the
           greatest
           Impenitency
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           Her
           Character
           :
           She
           is
           an
           
             Idolatrous
             Harlot
          
           :
           Which
           is
           made
           manifest
           in
           her
           worshipping
           of
           Images
           :
           And
           that
           she
           may
           do
           this
           with
           the
           more
           ease
           ,
           they
           have
           taken
           away
           wholly
           the
           second
           Commandment
           
           out
           of
           their
           Bibles
           .
           And
           lest
           the
           People
           should
           miss
           one
           ,
           they
           divide
           the
           Tenth
           into
           two
           .
           And
           when
           they
           are
           urged
           with
           the
           breach
           of
           the
           second
           Commandment
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           
             'T
             is
             not
             Images
             we
             are
             forbidden
             to
             worship
             ,
             but
             't
             is
             a
             Thing
             in
             the
             Original
             .
          
           Suppose
           that
           be
           true
           ,
           Is
           not
           an
           Image
           a
           thing
           ?
           Notwithstanding
           this
           second
           Commandment
           ,
           they
           set
           up
           Images
           (
           in
           their
           publick
           places
           of
           Worship
           )
           of
           the
           
             Virgin
             Mary
          
           ,
           of
           St.
           Winifred
           ,
           of
           God
           like
           an
           old
           gray-headed
           Man
           sitting
           in
           a
           Chair
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Trinity
           like
           a
           strange
           Monster
           with
           three
           Faces
           ,
           before
           which
           the
           People
           fall
           down
           and
           worship
           .
           O
           horrid
           Idolatry
           !
           And
           that
           they
           might
           make
           the
           World
           believe
           this
           is
           lawful
           ,
           though
           forbidden
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           they
           feign
           that
           Christ
           in
           the
           thirty
           first
           Year
           of
           his
           Age
           ,
           himself
           sent
           his
           own
           Image
           to
           King
           Abdager
           ,
           and
           made
           it
           also
           by
           Miracle
           on
           the
           Handkerchief
           of
           St.
           Veronica
           ,
           and
           on
           his
           own
           shroud
           .
           He
           that
           will
           believe
           it
           may
           .
           This
           we
           might
           have
           put
           among
           the
           popish
           Lyes
           and
           Forgeries
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           Nicene
           Council
           anathematizes
           Image-breakers
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           such
           as
           shall
           break
           them
           in
           contempt
           or
           scorn
           )
           and
           all
           such
           as
           alledg
           the
           places
           of
           Scripture
           which
           are
           against
           Idols
           ,
           against
           their
           sacred
           Images
           .
           'T
           is
           one
           of
           the
           Articles
           of
           the
           Popes
           Creed
           ,
           
             I
             do
             hold
             that
             the
             Images
             of
             Christ
             ,
             ever
             blessed
             Virgin
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Saints
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             had
             and
             adored
             with
             due
             worship
             .
          
        
         
           They
           commit
           Idolatry
           at
           Mass
           also
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           bow
           to
           a
           Wafer
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           a
           God
           ,
           after
           Consecration
           :
           also
           they
           make
           Mediators
           of
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           ,
           though
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           speaks
           so
           very
           plainly
           ,
           that
           
             there
             is
             but
             one
             Mediator
             between
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             the
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
          
           1
           Tim.
           2.
           5.
           
           The
           Pope
           hath
           found
           out
           a
           great
           many
           .
           The
           
             Virgin
             Mary
          
           is
           prayed
           to
           ,
           
             that
             she
             would
             command
             her
             Son
             to
             have
             mercy
             on
             them
             :
          
           For
           as
           one
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             Virgin
             's
             milk
             is
             as
             precious
             as
             the
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           And
           as
           for
           what
           St.
           Paul
           saith
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           much
           to
           be
           heeded
           :
           For
           as
           one
           Canon
           in
           the
           Decretal
           saith
           ,
           St.
           Paul
           
             spoke
             against
             all
             Reason
             and
             Truth
          
           ;
           and
           others
           have
           said
           ,
           
             That
             if
             the
             Apostle
             St.
          
           Paul
           
             be
             not
             warily
             expounded
             ,
             he
             will
             smell
             of
             Heresie
          
           ;
           and
           
             that
             St.
          
           Paul
           '
           
             s
             Epistles
             have
             need
             of
             a
             Roman
             Commentary
             .
          
        
         
           But
           may
           we
           not
           be
           too
           bold
           to
           come
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           by
           him
           to
           God
           the
           next
           away
           ?
           Would
           it
           not
           be
           more
           decent
           and
           mannerly
           to
           come
           by
           Angels
           :
           As
           when
           we
           come
           to
           a
           King
           ,
           we
           make
           use
           of
           Courtiers
           to
           get
           access
           to
           the
           presence
           Chamber
           .
           But
           the
           Scripture
           plainly
           tells
           us
           ,
           we
           must
           come
           to
           God
           by
           Christ
           alone
           ,
           John
           14.
           6.
           
           Besides
           ,
           what
           will
           it
           avail
           us
           to
           go
           to
           God
           by
           Saints
           ?
           they
           cannot
           hear
           our
           R●quests
           ,
           neither
           know
           they
           our
           Wants
           ,
           nor
           can
           supply
           them
           ,
           Heb.
           4.
           15.
           
        
         
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           She
           is
           a
           
             Drunken
             ,
             Blood
             thirsty
             ,
             Cruel
             ,
             Inhumane
             Harlot
             :
          
           Not
           without
           cause
           is
           she
           called
           the
           Scarlet-coloured
           Beast
           ,
           having
           drunk
           so
           much
           of
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           Saints
           and
           Martyrs
           of
           Jesus
           .
           
             Rev.
             6.
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.
             
             And
             when
             he
             had
             opened
             the
             fifth
             Seal
             ,
             I
             saw
             under
             the
             Altar
             the
             Souls
             of
             them
             that
             were
             slain
             for
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             testimony
             that
             they
             held
             .
             And
             they
             cried
             with
             a
             loud
             voice
             ,
             saying
             ,
             How
             long
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             Holy
             and
             True
             ,
             dost
             not
             thou
             judg
             and
             avenge
             our
             blood
             on
             them
             that
             dwell
             on
             the
             Earth
             ?
          
           Rev.
           17.
           4.
           
           
             These
             came
             out
             of
             great
             Tribulation
             .
          
           Rev.
           16.
           6.
           
           
             For
             they
             have
             shed
             the
             blood
             of
             Saints
             and
             Prophets
             .
          
           Rev.
           18.
           20.
           
           
             Rejoyce
             over
             her
             thou
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             ye
             holy
             Apostles
             and
             Prophets
             ;
             for
             God
             hath
             avenged
             you
             on
             her
             .
          
           Ver.
           24.
           
           
             And
             in
             her
             was
             found
             the
             blood
             of
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             of
             Saints
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             that
             were
             slain
             on
             the
             Earth
             .
          
           This
           further
           confirmed
           :
           For
           under
           Charles
           the
           Ninth
           of
           France
           ,
           more
           than
           thirty
           thousand
           Protestants
           were
           slain
           in
           one
           Month
           ,
           
             Anno
             1572.
             
             Bellarmin
          
           confesseth
           ,
           that
           an
           hundred
           thousand
           of
           the
           Albigenses
           were
           slain
           in
           one
           day
           ,
           under
           
             Pope
             Innocent
          
           the
           Third
           .
        
         
           Let
           me
           here
           call
           in
           the
           Powder-Plot
           against
           England
           1605
           ,
           for
           a
           Witness
           to
           this
           truth
           .
           Let
           me
           not
           forget
           the
           many
           thousands
           Americans
           ,
           whose
           guilt
           was
           their
           Gold.
           Also
           that
           Inquisition
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alva
           in
           the
           Netherlands
           ,
           which
           he
           called
           the
           
             Council
             of
             Blood
          
           ,
           where
           were
           above
           fifty
           thousand
           Christians
           murdered
           at
           once
           .
           Will
           not
           Ireland
           witness
           for
           me
           here
           ,
           where
           were
           about
           three
           hundred
           thousand
           Massacred
           ,
           Starved
           and
           Drowned
           ,
           whose
           Blood
           calls
           aloud
           to
           be
           reckoned
           for
           ?
           So
           in
           Piedmont
           ,
           how
           many
           quiet
           peaceable
           souls
           were
           murdered
           there
           ?
           Shall
           I
           not
           bring
           in
           their
           Design
           of
           firing
           
             London
             ,
             Semptember
          
           2.
           1666
           ,
           as
           a
           Witness
           in
           this
           matter
           ?
           Let
           me
           not
           forget
           Sir
           
             Edmond-bury
             Godfry
          
           ,
           who
           will
           in
           the
           great
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           come
           in
           against
           this
           Church
           ,
           and
           prove
           her
           a
           Blood-thirsty
           Harlot
           ,
           yea
           ,
           the
           Mother
           of
           Harlots
           .
           I
           would
           not
           have
           you
           forget
           this
           last
           Conspiracy
           ,
           in
           some
           part
           (
           blessed
           be
           God
           )
           discovered
           .
        
         
           Sixthly
           ,
           She
           is
           
             a
             Lying
             dissembling
             Harlot
          
           :
           Which
           appears
           in
           her
           pretended
           Miracles
           .
           And
           this
           is
           one
           sign
           and
           mark
           the
           Apostle
           gives
           of
           Antichrist
           ,
           2
           
             Thess
             .
             2.
             9
             ,
             10.
             
             Even
             him
             whose
             coming
             is
             after
             the
             working
             of
             Satan
             ,
             with
             all
             Power
             ,
             and
             Signs
             ,
             and
             Lying
             Wonders
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             deceivableness
             of
             unrighteousness
             in
             them
             that
             perish
             .
          
        
         
           Rev.
           13.
           14.
           
           He
           doth
           great
           Wonders
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           he
           maketh
           Fire
           come
           down
           from
           Heaven
           on
           the
           Earth
           ,
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           Men.
           And
           that
           you
           may
           not
           think
           this
           is
           real
           ,
           but
           only
           seeming
           ,
           in
           the
           14th
           vers
           .
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           
             He
             deceiveth
             them
             that
             dwell
             on
             the
             Earth
             .
          
        
         
         
           Bellarmine
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           ,
           would
           not
           have
           the
           Pope
           and
           Rome
           ,
           to
           be
           this
           mystery
           of
           Iniquity
           :
           because
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             the
             Pope
             never
             brings
             down
             Fire
             from
             Heaven
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             men
             .
          
        
         
           Answer
           .
           But
           the
           Pope
           pretends
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           as
           bad
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           believe
           their
           Legends
           :
           How
           often
           by
           them
           are
           Images
           counterfeited
           to
           move
           ,
           to
           sweat
           ,
           to
           nod
           ,
           to
           speak
           ,
           in
           the
           account
           of
           poor
           simple
           Men
           and
           Women
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           assured
           to
           the
           worshipping
           of
           those
           Images
           they
           see
           .
           *
           The
           Devil
           did
           often
           speak
           in
           the
           Images
           of
           
             Heathen
             Rome
          
           ;
           and
           no
           doubt
           but
           the
           Devil
           doth
           sometimes
           speak
           in
           the
           Images
           of
           
             Mystery
             Babylon
          
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           calls
           them
           
             Lying
             Wonders
             and
             Signs
          
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           respect
           to
           the
           End
           ,
           because
           they
           serve
           to
           seduce
           Men.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           Called
           so
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           Matter
           :
           For
           they
           are
           either
           the
           counterfeits
           of
           Lying
           Men
           ,
           or
           the
           Wonders
           of
           Deceitful
           Spirits
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           In
           respect
           of
           the
           Form
           :
           For
           whereas
           true
           Miracles
           exceeded
           Nature
           ,
           and
           were
           wrought
           by
           the
           Omnipotent
           Power
           of
           God
           ,
           false
           Wonders
           are
           those
           that
           are
           effected
           by
           Natural
           Causes
           ,
           and
           partly
           by
           the
           power
           of
           Satan
           .
           The
           Miracles
           of
           the
           first
           kind
           have
           been
           infinite
           in
           the
           dark
           Kingdom
           of
           Antichrist
           ;
           the
           Apparitions
           of
           Spirits
           ,
           the
           Visions
           of
           Angels
           ,
           our
           Lady
           Mary
           ;
           How
           often
           hath
           she
           been
           coming
           gliding
           out
           of
           Heaven
           ?
           How
           often
           have
           the
           miserable
           Souls
           crept
           puling
           out
           of
           Purgatory
           ,
           besetting
           High-ways
           ,
           and
           recounting
           their
           Torments
           ,
           to
           procure
           Men
           to
           pity
           them
           .
           Hence
           the
           Market
           of
           Purgatory
           is
           grown
           so
           very
           gainful
           .
           How
           often
           have
           Images
           walked
           on
           foot
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           believe
           it
           ,
           the
           Bells
           struck
           alone
           without
           help
           ,
           the
           Angels
           like
           Choristers
           chant
           it
           in
           Canterbury
           Minister
           ,
           and
           play
           upon
           
           Dunstan's
           Harp
           ;
           the
           Apostles
           to
           come
           down
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           to
           help
           Basil
           to
           say
           Mass
           ?
           These
           Lying
           Miracles
           were
           feigned
           by
           Cheating
           Priests
           ,
           to
           confirm
           strange
           Lyes
           ,
           and
           cozen
           simple
           People
           of
           their
           Coyne
           :
           For
           how
           often
           hath
           a
           Spirit
           been
           apprehended
           by
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           Angels
           stript
           ,
           and
           our
           Lady
           sent
           to
           her
           Cell
           ?
           All
           of
           them
           have
           been
           notably
           whipt
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           had
           better
           have
           been
           in
           Purgatory
           .
           These
           had
           a
           shew
           of
           Miracles
           ,
           but
           were
           not
           really
           so
           .
           Nay
           ,
           how
           have
           they
           pretended
           to
           confirm
           their
           Mass
           with
           Miracles
           ,
           and
           the
           Transubstantiation
           ?
           Witness
           that
           Pillar
           of
           Fire
           from
           Heaven
           falling
           to
           the
           Earth
           upon
           that
           place
           ,
           whereby
           the
           negligence
           of
           the
           Priest
           ,
           as
           the
           Legend
           doth
           report
           ,
           the
           Body
           of
           God
           fell
           out
           of
           the
           Pix
           upon
           the
           Grals
           ,
           that
           Pillar
           of
           Fire
           shining
           like
           the
           Sun
           about
           the
           Body
           of
           God
           ,
           so
           that
           all
           the
           Beasts
           of
           the
           Field
           (
           except
           one
           black
           Horse
           which
           bended
           but
           two
           )
           bended
           all
           their
           four
           
           Legs
           to
           the
           Body
           of
           God.
           This
           is
           like
           the
           rest
           of
           her
           Miracles
           .
        
         
           Pray
           see
           a
           few
           of
           their
           own
           Authors
           against
           their
           pretended
           Miracles
           .
        
         
           Lyranus
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             People
             in
             our
             Church
             are
             grievously
             guld
             with
             Miracles
             ,
             the
             Priests
             fain
             for
             worldly
             Gain
             .
          
        
         
           So
           
             Ludovicus
             Vives
          
           ,
           a
           learned
           Papist
           ,
           saith
           ,
           
             There
             be
             those
             who
             thought
             it
             a
             piece
             of
             Piety
             to
             tell
             Lyes
             for
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           Saith
           
             Chrysostom
             ,
             Miracles
             were
             of
             good
             use
             in
             the
             Apostles
             days
             ,
             but
             of
             none
             now
             :
             But
             because
             there
             is
             none
             now
             ,
             think
             not
             there
             were
             none
             then
             .
          
        
         
           St.
           Augustin
           saith
           ,
           
             He
             that
             asketh
             now
             for
             a
             Prodigie
             ,
             or
             Miracle
             ,
             is
             a
             Prodigie
             himself
             .
          
        
         
           Theophilact
           ,
           speaking
           of
           the
           Miraculous
           Gifts
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           saith
           ,
           
             They
             were
             ceased
             long
             a-go
          
           .
        
         
           So
           Erasmus
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             the
             gifts
             of
             Miracles
             are
             now
             ceased
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Colledg
           of
           Paris
           ,
           in
           a
           Writing
           in
           1389.
           saith
           ,
           
             Miracles
             ought
             to
             be
             suspected
             ,
             since
             our
             Lord
             saith
             ,
          
           Mat.
           24.
           
           
             False
             Prophets
             shall
             arise
          
           .
        
         
           From
           whence
           I
           infer
           from
           this
           last
           Mark
           ,
           That
           whoever
           pretends
           to
           work
           Miracles
           ,
           which
           are
           nothing
           else
           but
           Lyes
           and
           Impostures
           ,
           is
           Antichrist
           :
           But
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           doth
           so
           pretend
           ,
           yet
           nothing
           but
           Lyes
           is
           the
           bottom
           of
           it
           ;
           Therefore
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           is
           this
           Antichrist
           ,
           this
           Beast
           ,
           this
           Man
           of
           Sin
           ,
           this
           Mother
           of
           Harlots
           ,
           and
           Abominations
           of
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
           Seventhly
           ,
           The
           Mother
           of
           Harlots
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
             is
             a
             cross
             crooked
             Harlot
             .
          
           The
           Holy
           Ghost
           saith
           one
           thing
           ,
           she
           another
           quite
           contrary
           .
           The
           Spirit
           saith
           ,
           'T
           is
           lawful
           for
           all
           sorts
           and
           degrees
           of
           men
           to
           Marry
           :
           But
           Antichrist
           forbids
           it
           ,
           and
           saith
           ,
           That
           the
           Priests
           must
           not
           ,
           though
           Whoredom
           probably
           may
           pass
           ,
           or
           else
           six
           thousand
           Infants
           Sculls
           had
           not
           been
           found
           in
           the
           Pope's
           Pond
           .
           And
           a
           Book
           in
           Henry
           the
           Eighth's
           days
           ,
           represents
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           
             one
             hundred
             thousand
             Whores
             made
             by
             the
             unmarried
             Clergie
             .
          
           And
           Pope
           Joan
           had
           a
           Bastard
           ,
           proving
           her self
           the
           Literal
           Whore
           of
           Babylon
           .
        
         
           They
           say
           't
           is
           much
           less
           sin
           for
           a
           Priest
           to
           have
           many
           Whores
           ,
           than
           have
           one
           Wife
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           hath
           no
           Wife
           ,
           but
           in
           stead
           of
           that
           a
           Whore
           ,
           may
           not
           for
           that
           be
           suspended
           the
           Communion
           .
           Many
           Instances
           we
           might
           give
           .
           At
           Bath
           ,
           one
           Monk
           had
           seven
           Whores
           ,
           three
           married
           ,
           four
           single
           ,
           and
           was
           a
           Sodomite
           to
           boot
           .
           At
           Monk-fairlee
           ,
           the
           Prior
           had
           nine
           Whores
           ,
           and
           the
           Convent
           many
           more
           .
           At
           Maiden-bradly
           ,
           the
           Prior
           had
           five
           Whores
           ,
           and
           six
           Bastards
           .
        
         
         
           Many
           more
           Instances
           might
           be
           given
           ;
           but
           let
           these
           suffice
           :
           Here
           are
           too
           many
           of
           these
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           God
           saith
           that
           
             all
             our
             Righteousness
             is
             as
             filthy
             Rags
             and
             menstruous
             Clothes
             :
          
           But
           the
           Pope
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             our
             good
             Works
             do
             properly
             merit
             Salvation
             ;
             so
             that
             God
             would
             not
             be
             Just
             ,
             did
             he
             not
             reward
             our
             good
             Works
             with
             Heaven
             :
             And
             that
             we
             have
             ability
             to
             do
             all
             that
             God
             commands
             ,
             and
             more
             too
             ,
             so
             that
             we
             may
             merit
             for
             our selves
             and
             others
             .
          
           These
           are
           Works
           of
           Supererogation
           .
           Look
           but
           into
           the
           Lives
           of
           the
           Popes
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           see
           this
           confirmed
           backward
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           Christ
           in
           his
           last
           Institution
           ,
           said
           ,
           
             Drink
             all
             of
             this
             Cup
             ,
             all
             my
             Disciples
             :
          
           But
           the
           Pope
           saith
           ,
           The
           People
           must
           be
           contented
           with
           half
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           which
           is
           enough
           for
           the
           poor
           inferiour
           sort
           of
           People
           ;
           the
           Priest
           alone
           must
           drink
           of
           the
           Cup.
           
        
         
           Again
           ,
           The
           Scripture
           never
           speaks
           of
           the
           Minister's
           Communicating
           by
           himself
           :
           But
           this
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           doth
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           private
           Mass
           .
           See
           what
           the
           Scripture
           saith
           to
           this
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           10.
           16.
           
           But
           't
           is
           enough
           for
           the
           People
           to
           stand
           and
           gaze
           on
           the
           Priest
           (
           saith
           the
           Pope
           )
           while
           he
           mumbles
           over
           his
           Latine
           ,
           saying
           something
           they
           know
           not
           what
           ,
           and
           doing
           something
           they
           care
           not
           what
           ,
           and
           drinking
           something
           they
           taste
           not
           ,
           and
           yet
           't
           is
           a
           Communion
           for
           all
           this
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           The
           Scripture
           saith
           ,
           That
           
             the
             Heavens
             must
             retain
             Christ's
             Body
             ,
             till
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Restitution
             of
             all
             things
             .
          
           But
           the
           Pope
           saith
           (
           and
           is
           not
           this
           a
           cross
           Harlot
           )
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           Priest
           hath
           said
           these
           few
           words
           ,
           
             Hoc
             est
             Corpus
             meum
          
           ,
           This
           is
           my
           Body
           ,
           that
           the
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           are
           transubstantiated
           into
           the
           same
           Body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           was
           born
           of
           the
           
             Virgin
             Mary
          
           ,
           and
           hung
           upon
           the
           Cross
           :
           When
           if
           People
           did
           but
           believe
           their
           own
           Eyes
           ,
           Taste
           ,
           and
           Feeling
           ,
           they
           must
           needs
           conclude
           't
           is
           nothing
           but
           a
           Wafer
           ,
           which
           the
           Priest
           makes
           many
           scores
           of
           ,
           and
           consecrates
           at
           the
           same
           time
           :
           And
           though
           this
           be
           done
           in
           a
           thousand
           places
           besides
           ,
           so
           many
           Bodies
           Christ
           must
           have
           .
           O
           horrid
           !
           O
           sensless
           !
           and
           unreasonable
           !
           that
           a
           man
           cannot
           be
           a
           Papist
           ,
           but
           he
           must
           become
           a
           Beast
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           The
           Word
           of
           God
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             Christ
             by
             his
             own
             Offering
             ,
             hath
             for
             ever
             perfected
             those
             that
             are
             Sanctified
             ,
          
           Heb.
           10.
           12
           ,
           14.
           
           Heb.
           9.
           24
           ,
           25
           ,
           26.
           
           But
           this
           cross
           Harlot
           saith
           ,
           That
           Christ
           is
           offered
           up
           once
           every
           day
           as
           an
           Unbloody
           Sacrifice
           for
           the
           Quick
           and
           the
           Dead
           ,
           to
           fetch
           souls
           out
           of
           Purgatory
           ;
           and
           every
           time
           the
           Priest
           lifts
           up
           the
           Wafer
           ,
           he
           makes
           an
           Attonement
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           People
           :
           But
           't
           is
           dangerous
           to
           trust
           to
           that
           Atonement
           .
           'T
           is
           an
           Article
           in
           the
           Pope's
           Creed
           ,
           
             I
             profess
             that
             there
             is
             offered
             up
             in
             the
             Mass
             to
             God
             ,
             a
             true
             
             proper
             and
             propitiatory
             Sacrifice
             for
             the
             Quick
             and
             Dead
             .
          
           The
           Scripture
           is
           full
           and
           clear
           ,
           that
           Christ's
           Propitiatory
           Sacrifice
           for
           sin
           in
           number
           is
           but
           one
           ,
           Heb.
           10.
           14.
           
           For
           Time
           ,
           but
           once
           offered
           ;
           the
           Priest
           was
           himself
           alone
           :
           the
           Place
           ,
           upon
           the
           Cross
           :
           the
           Manner
           ,
           not
           Unbloody
           ,
           but
           Bloody
           :
           for
           the
           Virtue
           ,
           Exceeding
           ,
           Effectual
           :
           For
           what
           reason
           then
           doth
           the
           Pope
           devise
           another
           Propitiatory
           Sacrifice
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           except
           it
           be
           to
           fill
           his
           Coffers
           .
           Yea
           ,
           they
           give
           the
           same
           Honour
           to
           their
           departed
           Saints
           as
           to
           Christ
           .
           Thus
           they
           speak
           of
           
             Gregory
             ,
             Let
             him
             save
             us
             from
             our
             Sins
             .
          
           'T
           is
           true
           what
           some
           say
           ,
           Christ
           can
           hardly
           be
           discerned
           from
           the
           Apostles
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           
             O
             blessed
             Mother
             ,
             sanctifie
             us
             from
             our
             Sins
             ,
             by
             the
             right
             of
             Mother
             ,
             command
             a
             Redeemer
             .
          
           So
           she
           forbids
           Meats
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           14.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           4.
           in
           Lent
           ,
           and
           other
           times
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           commanded
           to
           be
           received
           with
           Thanksgiving
           ;
           And
           is
           not
           this
           a
           perverse
           Harlot
           ?
        
         
           Eightly
           .
           This
           Harlot
           
             is
             an
             impenitent
             ,
             yet
             a
             secure
             Harlot
          
           ;
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           Blood
           she
           hath
           shed
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Judgments
           threatned
           ,
           she
           is
           yet
           secure
           and
           impenitent
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           like
           Babylon
           of
           old
           ,
           that
           Type
           of
           Mystical
           Babylon
           ,
           Isa
           .
           47.
           7.
           
           
             Thou
             sayest
             thou
             shalt
             be
             a
             Lady
             for
             ever
             .
          
           So
           Rev.
           18.
           7.
           
           
             For
             she
             saith
             in
             her
             Heart
             ,
             I
             sit
             as
             a
             Queen
             ,
             I
             am
             no
             Widow
             ,
             and
             shall
             see
             no
             Sorrow
             .
          
           And
           as
           God
           plagued
           Imperial
           Rome
           with
           sending
           the
           Goths
           and
           Vandals
           to
           burn
           up
           their
           City
           :
           So
           God
           will
           plague
           Mystery
           Babylon
           ,
           yet
           she
           will
           not
           repent
           of
           her
           Fornication
           .
           
             Rev.
             16.
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
             Men
             are
             scorched
             with
             Fire
             ,
             and
             great
             heat
          
           shall
           be
           their
           Judgment
           .
           But
           how
           will
           they
           behave
           themselves
           ?
           Do
           they
           repent
           and
           beg
           for
           Mercy
           ?
           No
           ,
           
             They
             blaspheme
             more
             and
             more
             the
             Name
             of
             God
             ,
          
           which
           had
           power
           over
           those
           Plagues
           ,
           
             and
             they
             repented
             not
             to
             give
             him
             Glory
             .
          
           Ver.
           11.
           
           
             They
             blasphemed
             the
             God
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             because
             of
             their
             Pains
             ,
             and
             their
             Sores
             ,
             and
             repented
             not
             of
             their
             Deeds
             .
          
           No
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           judicially
           hardned
           in
           their
           Sins
           .
           So
           in
           Rev.
           11.
           18.
           when
           Judgment
           is
           poured
           down
           upon
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           angry
           ,
           they
           fret
           and
           vex
           ,
           they
           cannot
           have
           their
           Will
           on
           God
           as
           they
           have
           had
           on
           his
           Saints
           .
           So
           in
           
             Rev.
             9.
             20.
             
             The
             rest
             of
             the
             men
             that
             were
             not
             killed
             by
             those
             Plagues
             ,
             yet
             repented
             not
             of
             the
             Works
             of
             their
             Hands
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             not
             worship
             Devils
             ,
             and
             Idols
             of
             Gold
             ,
             Silver
             and
             Brass
             ,
             Stone
             ,
             and
             of
             Wood
             :
             which
             neither
             can
             see
             ,
             nor
             bear
             ,
             nor
             walk
             .
          
           Ver.
           21.
           
           
             Neither
             repented
             they
             of
             their
             murders
             ,
          
           (
           mark
           that
           )
           
             nor
             of
             their
             Sorceries
             ,
             nor
             of
             their
             Fornication
             ,
             nor
             of
             their
             Thefts
             .
          
           Thus
           you
           see
           she
           is
           an
           impenitent
           Whore
           ,
           a
           brazen-faced
           Harlot
           ,
           she
           is
           not
           ashamed
           of
           any
           thing
           she
           hath
           done
           against
           God
           ,
           or
           his
           People
           .
        
         
         
           Ninthly
           ,
           She
           is
           a
           
             Superstitious
             Harlot
          
           ;
           full
           of
           Ceremonies
           that
           Christ
           never
           gave
           any
           Toleration
           for
           .
           Out
           of
           what
           Evangelist
           did
           Christ
           command
           your
           Altar
           ?
           Did
           not
           he
           Administer
           the
           Sacrament
           at
           a
           Table
           ,
           in
           all
           probability
           ?
           Where
           do
           you
           find
           any
           other
           Garments
           that
           Christ
           wore
           ,
           than
           his
           usual
           Garments
           ,
           when
           he
           Instituted
           the
           Sacrament
           ?
           Why
           do
           your
           Priests
           then
           wear
           so
           many
           foolish
           antick
           Garments
           ,
           more
           fit
           for
           a
           Stage-player
           ,
           than
           a
           Minister
           of
           Christ
           ?
           Which
           of
           the
           Apostles
           wore
           the
           Amis
           ,
           or
           Linnen-Vail
           ,
           or
           Albe
           ?
           Who
           commanded
           you
           to
           wear
           a
           Girdle
           ,
           in
           signification
           of
           that
           Cord
           (
           you
           say
           )
           Christ
           was
           bound
           in
           the
           Garden
           withal
           ?
           the
           Maniple
           that
           bound
           Christ
           to
           the
           Piller
           ?
           The
           Stole
           ,
           a
           Cord
           by
           which
           Christ
           was
           led
           to
           be
           Crucified
           with
           ?
           I
           do
           not
           remember
           I
           have
           read
           of
           such
           a
           Cord
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           neither
           do
           I
           find
           any
           Chalice
           the
           Apostles
           used
           ,
           nor
           a
           Pattin
           ,
           or
           Altar-Clothes
           ,
           Corporal
           or
           Pall.
           Where
           did
           Christ
           ever
           say
           the
           Sacrament
           is
           for
           three
           sorts
           of
           Men
           ;
           those
           in
           Heaven
           to
           encrease
           Glory
           ;
           them
           in
           Purgatory
           ,
           to
           free
           them
           from
           pain
           ;
           them
           on
           Earth
           ,
           to
           encrease
           Grace
           ?
           or
           the
           Ministers
           going
           back
           three
           steps
           from
           an
           Altar
           ,
           in
           token
           of
           Christ's
           prostrating
           himself
           ?
           Where
           did
           the
           Priest
           learn
           to
           beat
           his
           Brest
           at
           
             Mea
             culpa
          
           ,
           and
           to
           bow
           at
           the
           Confiteor
           ,
           and
           to
           kiss
           the
           Altar
           ?
           Where
           do
           you
           find
           in
           God's
           Word
           the
           Introit
           ?
           In
           what
           Chapter
           do
           you
           find
           the
           
             Kyrie
             Eleison
          
           ,
           to
           repeat
           nine
           times
           ,
           
             Lord
             have
             mercy
             upon
             us
          
           ;
           three
           times
           to
           the
           Father
           ,
           three
           times
           to
           the
           Son
           ,
           three
           times
           to
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ?
           What
           Book
           in
           the
           Scripture
           do
           you
           find
           Prayers
           called
           
             the
             Collects
          
           ,
           or
           that
           Allelujah
           is
           repeated
           at
           Easter
           ,
           more
           than
           any
           other
           time
           of
           the
           Year
           ?
           Where
           is
           the
           Trackt
           to
           be
           found
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           read
           with
           a
           slow
           and
           a
           long
           Voice
           ?
           Where
           did
           any
           of
           the
           Apostles
           reade
           the
           Gospel
           at
           the
           North-end
           of
           the
           Altar
           ,
           or
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           or
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           sign
           the
           Book
           with
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           Cross
           ?
           Or
           the
           Minister
           and
           People
           sign
           themselves
           in
           three
           places
           with
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           Cross
           ,
           on
           the
           Forehead
           ,
           on
           the
           Mouth
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           Brest
           ?
           Where
           do
           we
           find
           Christ
           wash
           his
           Fingers
           just
           after
           the
           Sacraments
           Institution
           ,
           as
           your
           Priests
           do
           ?
           In
           what
           Epistle
           do
           you
           find
           the
           Apostles
           adore
           the
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           that
           were
           in
           his
           Hand
           when
           he
           Administer'd
           it
           ?
           Where
           have
           you
           any
           Office
           of
           the
           Virgin
           Mary
           consecrated
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           as
           
             Hymns
             ,
             Psalms
             ,
             Canticles
             ,
             Antiphones
             ,
             Versicles
             ,
             Responsories
             ,
          
           and
           Prayers
           ,
           which
           you
           divide
           the
           Virgins
           Office
           in
           ?
           Not
           in
           holy
           Writ
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           .
           Who
           bid
           you
           beg
           for
           the
           assistance
           of
           the
           Virgin
           Mary
           ,
           to
           perform
           your
           service
           to
           God's
           Glory
           ?
           Where
           did
           the
           Apostles
           ever
           pray
           that
           God
           would
           pardon
           their
           negligence
           in
           the
           service
           of
           the
           blessed
           Virgin
           ?
           What
           Rule
           have
           you
           for
           keeping
           a
           Feast
           in
           remembrance
           of
           
           
           
           
           
           our
           Saviour's
           Birth
           ,
           or
           for
           the
           observation
           of
           Circumcision
           ,
           or
           Epiphany
           day
           ?
           What
           Rule
           have
           you
           for
           blessing
           your
           Candles
           you
           use
           in
           your
           Worship
           ?
           and
           why
           must
           the
           Day
           call'd
           Candleman-Day
           ,
           be
           the
           day
           above
           all
           others
           ?
           So
           we
           may
           ask
           a
           Rule
           for
           the
           keeping
           of
           
             Ascension-Day
             ,
             Pentecost
             ,
             Trinity
             ,
             Sunday
             ,
             Corpus
             Christi
             ,
             Transfiguration
             Day
             ,
          
           as
           you
           call
           it
           ?
           Who
           commanded
           this
           ,
           I
           pray
           ?
           The
           Pope
           ,
           not
           Christ
           .
           So
           Advent-Sunday
           ,
           the
           four
           Lords-Days
           which
           precede
           Christmas-Day
           (
           as
           you
           say
           )
           :
           Where
           do
           you
           find
           that
           the
           Apostles
           observed
           those
           four
           Days
           which
           preceded
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
             Septuagesima
             ,
             Sexagestma
             ,
             Qui●●●●gesima
             ,
             Quadragesima
             ,
          
           hard
           words
           for
           the
           Simple
           to
           understand
           ?
           Which
           are
           four
           days
           of
           Penance
           and
           Mortification
           .
           Where
           do
           you
           find
           a
           Lent
           commanded
           by
           Christ
           ?
           In
           what
           Chapter
           is
           
             Palm
             Sun
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             y
             ,
          
           or
           
             Passion
             Sunday
          
           mentioned
           ?
           or
           Low-Sunday
           ?
           Who
           taught
           you
           to
           keep
           a
           Feast
           ,
           and
           solemnly
           observe
           the
           
             Conception
             ,
             Nativity
             ,
             Presentation
             ,
             Annunciation
             ,
             Visuation
             ,
          
           and
           Assumption
           of
           the
           blessed
           Virgin
           ?
           Where
           is
           any
           time
           in
           Scripture
           set
           apart
           for
           the
           People
           to
           
             confess
             their
             Sins
             to
             a
             Priest
             ?
          
           Where
           are
           any
           
             holy
             Ashes
          
           spoken
           of
           in
           Scripture
           to
           be
           used
           on
           the
           Forehead
           on
           Ash-Wednesday
           ?
           These
           and
           forty
           more
           Ceremonies
           I
           could
           recount
           ,
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           practiseth
           ;
           all
           which
           prove
           her
           to
           be
           a
           Superstitious
           Harlot
           .
           Let
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           prove
           that
           she
           hath
           received
           those
           Ceremonies
           from
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           she
           pretends
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           own
           them
           too
           .
        
         
           Tenthly
           ,
           I
           might
           show
           that
           this
           Harlot
           is
           
             a
             rich
             Harlot
          
           .
           See
           what
           
             Rev.
             18.
             throughout
          
           ,
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             Merchants
             of
             this
             City
             which
             were
             made
             Rich
             by
             her
             ,
             they
             seeing
             her
             Destruction
             ,
             shall
             say
             ,
             Alas
             !
             alas
             !
             that
             great
             City
             !
             which
             was
             clothed
             in
             fine
             Linnen
             ,
             and
             Purple
             ,
             and
             Scarlet
             ,
             and
             decked
             with
             Gold
             ,
             and
             precious
             Stones
             ,
             and
             Pearls
             .
          
           Her
           Worldly
           Pomp
           she
           hath
           in
           her
           present
           Church
           state
           ,
           even
           among
           the
           Clergy
           only
           ,
           is
           quite
           out
           of
           the
           reach
           of
           the
           best
           Arithmeticians
           .
           Add
           to
           this
           that
           of
           Experience
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           shew
           us
           that
           when
           that
           Church
           had
           her
           Domination
           in
           this
           Land
           ,
           they
           knew
           where
           the
           best
           ground
           lay
           ,
           as
           the
           Ruins
           of
           their
           Abbies
           do
           evince
           .
        
         
           
             APPLICATION
             .
          
           
             Is
             it
             so
             ,
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             is
             this
             
               Mystery
               Babylon
               ,
               Mother
               of
               Harlots
               ?
            
             Then
             let
             all
             the
             People
             of
             God
             that
             are
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             bless
             God
             for
             that
             Mercy
             .
             Had
             God
             suffered
             Popery
             to
             continue
             in
             England
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             in
             the
             Marian
             Days
             ,
             had
             not
             thousands
             ,
             and
             ten
             thousands
             (
             in
             all
             probability
             )
             of
             us
             in
             England
             ,
             been
             in
             that
             False
             Worship
             ,
             which
             now
             are
             freed
             from
             it
             ?
             O
             let
             us
             bless
             God
             in
             Deed
             ,
             with
             all
             
             our
             Hearts
             ,
             lest
             our
             Sins
             should
             let
             her
             in
             again
             upon
             us
             ;
             as
             the
             Sins
             of
             Israel
             brought
             in
             the
             King
             of
             Assyria
             upon
             them
             ;
             and
             not
             only
             so
             ,
             but
             laid
             their
             City
             desolate
             ,
             and
             caused
             God
             to
             take
             away
             their
             Prophets
             ,
             Priests
             ,
             Ark
             ,
             Vrim
             and
             Thummim
             ,
             their
             Solemn
             Assemblies
             ,
             Sabbaths
             ,
             and
             appointed
             Feasts
             .
             Let
             us
             keep
             our
             ground
             that
             we
             have
             got
             against
             Antichrist
             ,
             and
             stand
             up
             as
             Witnesses
             for
             the
             Lord
             :
             Though
             we
             may
             be
             slain
             for
             it
             ,
             comfort
             your selves
             in
             this
             ,
             the
             Witnesses
             shall
             live
             again
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Let
             all
             that
             are
             in
             Babylon
             ,
             be
             exhorted
             to
             take
             the
             Counsel
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             in
             
               Rev.
               18.
               4.
               
               Come
               out
               of
               her
               :
            
             And
             that
             first
             ,
             because
             she
             is
             a
             false
             Church
             .
             Whatever
             she
             pretends
             ,
             as
             marks
             to
             denote
             her
             a
             true
             Church
             ,
             she
             cannot
             be
             so
             ,
             because
             National
             .
             The
             Church
             of
             the
             Jews
             was
             so
             indeed
             :
             But
             the
             Gospel-Church
             is
             Congregational
             ;
             only
             such
             to
             be
             Members
             of
             the
             Gospel-Church
             ,
             which
             can
             give
             an
             account
             of
             the
             Work
             of
             Grace
             upon
             their
             Hearts
             ,
             
               Acts
               2.
               42
               ,
               43.
               
               Acts
            
             8.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.
             
             As
             little
             can
             they
             say
             for
             their
             Holiness
             ,
             which
             they
             say
             must
             be
             in
             a
             True
             Church
             .
             See
             the
             Lives
             of
             many
             of
             them
             which
             have
             been
             Heads
             of
             that
             Church
             ,
             I
             mean
             the
             Popes
             ;
             some
             have
             been
             Drunkards
             ,
             some
             Whore-mongers
             ,
             Thieves
             ,
             given
             more
             to
             War
             than
             to
             Christ
             ,
             prophane
             Scoffers
             of
             Christ
             ,
             Murderers
             ,
             Poisoners
             of
             their
             own
             Parents
             ,
             calling
             on
             the
             Devil
             to
             help
             them
             ,
             Players
             at
             Dice
             ,
             and
             Drinkers
             of
             the
             Devil's
             Health
             ,
             Traitors
             to
             Princes
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               Bernard
            
             was
             a
             little
             moved
             with
             the
             Popes
             of
             Rome
             ,
             when
             he
             called
             them
             
               Tyrants
               ,
               Defrauders
               ,
               Ravenous
               ,
               Traitors
               ,
               Darkness
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               Wolves
            
             and
             Devils
             .
             Are
             these
             St.
             Peter's
             Successors
             ?
             I
             am
             sure
             he
             never
             taught
             Men
             to
             live
             at
             this
             rate
             ;
             neither
             did
             he
             live
             so
             himself
             .
             If
             they
             will
             have
             
             Peter's
             Seat
             ,
             they
             must
             have
             
             Peter's
             Doctrine
             and
             Life
             .
             But
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             hath
             neither
             ;
             therefore
             not
             St.
             Peter's
             Seat.
             
          
           
             And
             as
             to
             their
             pretended
             Miracles
             ,
             we
             have
             already
             spoke
             to
             them
             .
             The
             Mahometans
             may
             as
             soon
             prove
             themselves
             Christ's
             Spouse
             upon
             that
             account
             ,
             as
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             to
             her
             Vnity
             ,
             as
             little
             can
             be
             said
             upon
             that
             account
             ,
             if
             we
             may
             believe
             History
             ,
             there
             's
             some
             scores
             of
             Orders
             of
             Monks
             and
             Friars
             amongst
             them
             ;
             and
             some
             of
             them
             have
             been
             so
             divided
             ,
             that
             they
             Burnt
             one
             another
             for
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             for
             different
             Opinions
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             you
             will
             see
             the
             Pope's
             Infallibility
             ,
             or
             rather
             Fallibility
             ,
             look
             into
             their
             Lives
             ,
             which
             I
             just
             past
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             for
             her
             pretence
             of
             Visibility
             ,
             if
             we
             ever
             behold
             and
             see
             the
             True
             Church
             (
             but
             as
             we
             look
             on
             her
             we
             shall
             never
             see
             her
             the
             true
             visible
             Church
             of
             Christ
             )
             it
             hath
             Christ
             for
             its
             Head
             ,
             so
             hath
             
             not
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
             All
             her
             Members
             are
             such
             as
             profess
             Repentance
             from
             dead
             Works
             ,
             and
             Faith
             in
             Christ
             :
             So
             do
             not
             all
             the
             Members
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             't
             is
             impossible
             they
             should
             ,
             being
             National
             .
             The
             true
             Visible
             Church
             observeth
             all
             Christ's
             Ordinances
             ,
             have
             a
             true
             Baptism
             both
             in
             respect
             of
             Manner
             and
             Subject
             ;
             so
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             hath
             not
             .
             The
             true
             Visible
             Church
             of
             Christ
             on
             Earth
             ,
             may
             be
             known
             by
             these
             three
             Marks
             :
             First
             ,
             A
             right
             Gathering
             ,
             Acts
             20.
             25.
             not
             by
             the
             Sword
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Word
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             A
             right
             Constitution
             ,
             which
             consists
             in
             free
             Fellowship
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             
               Acts
               20.
               40
               ,
               41
               ,
               42
               ,
               47.
               
               Acts
            
             17.
             4.
             
             The
             second
             thing
             pertaining
             to
             Church-Constitution
             consists
             in
             the
             disposing
             her
             Members
             to
             those
             Places
             to
             which
             they
             are
             fitted
             to
             serve
             in
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             27.
             with
             ver
             .
             18
             ,
             28.
             
             Acts
             6
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
             The
             third
             mark
             of
             the
             true
             Visible
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             is
             Government
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Primitive
             Practice
             ,
             which
             was
             only
             Spiritual
             ,
             and
             did
             reside
             not
             in
             the
             Pastors
             and
             Elders
             apart
             from
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Pastors
             together
             with
             the
             Church
             ,
             Acts
             15.
             22
             ,
             25.
             yet
             so
             as
             that
             those
             to
             whom
             the
             Church
             hath
             committed
             her
             Power
             ,
             are
             the
             Instruments
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Church
             ,
             to
             exercise
             Government
             :
             Which
             Government
             consisteth
             in
             these
             things
             ,
             Exhortations
             ,
             Reproofs
             ,
             with
             all
             Long-suffering
             and
             Doctrine
             ,
             2
             Tim.
             4.
             2.
             
             And
             if
             this
             prevail
             not
             with
             Offenders
             ,
             then
             is
             the
             power
             of
             Excommunication
             to
             be
             exercised
             ,
             according
             to
             
               Mat.
               18.
               17
               ,
               18.
               1
               
               Cor.
            
             5.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             
             But
             can
             any
             of
             these
             Marks
             be
             found
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ?
             No
             ,
             she
             makes
             Members
             by
             the
             Sword
             ,
             as
             the
             True
             Church
             by
             the
             Word
             ;
             She
             forceth
             them
             to
             be
             of
             her
             Religion
             .
             Whereas
             Members
             of
             the
             true
             Visible
             Church
             are
             Volunteers
             ,
             2
             
               Cor.
               8.
               5.
            
             
             Rome's
             Government
             is
             by
             the
             Sword
             ,
             not
             by
             God's
             Word
             ;
             't
             is
             Carnal
             ,
             not
             Spiritual
             ,
             as
             the
             Government
             of
             Christ's
             Church
             is
             :
             Therefore
             you
             see
             she
             is
             still
             the
             false
             Church
             ,
             the
             Mother
             of
             Harlots
             ,
             what
             ever
             she
             pretends
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             last
             place
             .
             
               Come
               out
               of
            
             Babylon
             
               those
               that
               are
               in
               her
            
             :
             And
             you
             that
             are
             out
             ,
             keep
             out
             ;
             because
             if
             you
             partake
             of
             her
             Sins
             ,
             you
             will
             partake
             of
             her
             Plagues
             .
             Take
             an
             account
             of
             them
             in
             several
             Threatnings
             of
             God
             against
             her
             :
             the
             Apostle
             calls
             upon
             us
             in
             Rev.
             17.
             1.
             to
             see
             the
             Iudgment
             of
             the
             great
             Whore
             ,
             that
             sitteth
             upon
             many
             Waters
             .
             In
             this
             Judgment
             they
             shall
             kill
             one
             another
             ,
             Rev.
             6.
             4.
             making
             good
             that
             Prophecy
             in
             Rev.
             17.
             where
             't
             is
             said
             that
             God
             shall
             put
             it
             into
             the
             Hearts
             of
             the
             ten
             Horns
             ,
             the
             ten
             Kings
             ,
             to
             hate
             the
             Whore
             ,
             to
             burn
             her
             Flesh
             with
             Fire
             ,
             and
             make
             her
             desolate
             ,
             Rev.
             18.
             16.
             
             
               Reward
               her
               double
               even
               as
               she
               hath
               rewarded
               you
               :
               And
               
               double
               unto
               her
               double
               according
               to
               her
               Works
               .
               In
               the
               Cup
               which
               she
               hath
               filled
               ,
               fill
               to
               her
               double
               .
            
          
           
             The
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             who
             proved
             so
             Treacherous
             and
             Cruel
             to
             the
             Admiral
             Coligny
             ,
             and
             the
             Protestants
             in
             France
             ,
             to
             the
             number
             of
             about
             an
             hundred
             thousand
             Massacred
             in
             a
             most
             Inhumane
             manner
             ;
             though
             he
             gloried
             so
             much
             in
             that
             Action
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             certain
             Medals
             to
             perpetuate
             the
             Memory
             of
             it
             ,
             yet
             the
             same
             King
             was
             inwardly
             tormented
             with
             the
             Horrors
             of
             a
             guilty
             Conscience
             ,
             which
             the
             Effusion
             of
             so
             much
             Blood
             did
             justly
             raise
             in
             him
             ,
             being
             sometimes
             troubled
             with
             Visions
             ,
             he
             was
             often
             heard
             to
             say
             ,
             
               Ah!
               my
               poor
               Subjects
               ,
               what
               had
               you
               done
               ?
               But
               I
               was
               forced
               to
               it
               .
            
             The
             strange
             manner
             of
             his
             Death
             ,
             looked
             like
             a
             signal
             Judgment
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             for
             that
             Bloody
             Day
             :
             For
             after
             a
             long
             Sickness
             ,
             believed
             to
             be
             the
             Effect
             of
             a
             Lent
             Poison
             ,
             given
             him
             by
             the
             Queen-Mother
             ,
             Blood
             not
             only
             came
             out
             at
             all
             the
             Conduits
             of
             his
             Body
             ,
             but
             through
             the
             very
             Pores
             ;
             so
             that
             he
             was
             sometimes
             found
             all
             bathed
             in
             his
             own
             Blood
             :
             And
             he
             that
             made
             the
             Kingdom
             swim
             with
             Blood
             ,
             died
             thus
             wallowing
             in
             his
             own
             .
             Thus
             wicked
             Men
             fall
             into
             the
             same
             Pit
             they
             thrust
             others
             into
             ,
             and
             their
             violent
             dealing
             comes
             on
             their
             own
             Pate
             :
             As
             lately
             here
             in
             London
             ,
             one
             
               Edward
               Coleman
            
             ,
             a
             Papist
             ,
             who
             was
             found
             to
             be
             a
             grand
             Conspirator
             against
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             intending
             to
             subvert
             and
             overthrow
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             People
             of
             God
             ,
             was
             himself
             (
             with
             divers
             others
             )
             taken
             in
             the
             said
             Conspiracy
             ,
             Judged
             ,
             Condemned
             ,
             Drawn
             ,
             Hanged
             ,
             and
             Quartered
             ,
             as
             his
             just
             Demerit
             for
             that
             Act
             and
             Deed
             ,
             December
             the
             3d.
             1678.
             at
             Tybourn
             ,
             in
             the
             view
             of
             thousands
             .
          
           
             Yet
             again
             ,
             in
             Rev.
             15.
             5.
             we
             have
             an
             account
             of
             seven
             Viols
             ,
             or
             Goblets
             of
             Gold
             ,
             all
             filled
             up
             to
             the
             brim
             with
             the
             Wrath
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             often
             in
             Scripture
             is
             compared
             to
             Wine
             ;
             and
             because
             of
             the
             effects
             of
             it
             ,
             called
             
               the
               Wine
               of
               Trembling
            
             ,
             or
             Astonishment
             .
             And
             they
             are
             called
             
               the
               seven
               last
               Plagues
            
             ,
             or
             Stroke
             :
             Because
             in
             them
             the
             Wrath
             of
             God
             is
             finished
             .
             Then
             he
             stirs
             up
             all
             his
             Wrath
             against
             them
             ,
             that
             the
             sufferers
             
               do
               knaw
               their
               Tongues
               for
               pain
               .
            
             And
             well
             they
             may
             :
             For
             mark
             that
             in
             Rev.
             14.
             10
             ,
             11.
             't
             is
             like
             
             Zechariah's
             Roll
             ,
             filled
             with
             Curses
             within
             and
             without
             .
             Those
             that
             receive
             the
             Mark
             of
             the
             Beast
             in
             their
             Forehead
             publickly
             ,
             or
             in
             their
             Hand
             privately
             ,
             shall
             drink
             of
             the
             Wine
             of
             the
             Wrath
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             poured
             out
             without
             mixture
             into
             the
             Cup
             of
             his
             Indignation
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             be
             tormented
             with
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             holy
             Angels
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             Lamb
             :
             And
             the
             smoke
             of
             her
             Torment
             ascendeth
             up
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             .
             They
             have
             no
             rest
             
             Day
             nor
             Night
             ,
             who
             worship
             the
             Beast
             and
             his
             Image
             ,
             and
             whosoever
             receiveth
             the
             mark
             of
             his
             Name
             .
             And
             when
             the
             Voice
             shall
             be
             ,
             
               Babylon
               is
               fallen
               ,
               is
               fallen
               ,
            
             Rev.
             17.
             2.
             which
             shall
             be
             when
             she
             is
             very
             secure
             ,
             and
             saith
             in
             her
             Heart
             ,
             
               I
               sit
               as
               a
               Queen
               ,
               and
               am
               no
               Widow
               ,
               and
               shall
               see
               no
               Sorrow
               :
            
             Then
             shall
             Worldly
             spirited
             Men
             lament
             and
             tremble
             ,
             and
             cry
             ,
             
               Alas
               ,
               alas
            
             ,
             while
             the
             blessed
             Inhabitants
             that
             are
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             the
             holy
             Apostles
             ,
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             Angels
             ,
             are
             commanded
             to
             rejoyce
             over
             her
             destruction
             ;
             for
             which
             also
             the
             Blood
             of
             the
             Martyred
             Souls
             under
             the
             Altar
             doth
             cry
             ,
             and
             all
             their
             Brethren
             ,
             who
             are
             yet
             witnessing
             in
             the
             Wilderness
             ,
             do
             earnestly
             pray
             ,
             as
             being
             then
             to
             receive
             a
             full
             Reward
             for
             their
             Labours
             ,
             and
             to
             Reign
             with
             Christ
             ,
             for
             whom
             they
             suffered
             .
             
               Even
               so
               ,
               come
               ,
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               come
               quickly
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             POST-SCRIPT
             .
          
           
             THat
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             doth
             look
             upon
             shedding
             of
             the
             Blood
             of
             Protestants
             (
             which
             they
             call
             Hereticks
             )
             as
             Meritorious
             ,
             let
             us
             take
             a
             view
             of
             their
             Practices
             after
             the
             Massacre
             in
             France
             .
             The
             News
             being
             brought
             to
             Rome
             ,
             on
             the
             6th
             of
             November
             ,
             1572.
             
             A
             Consistory
             was
             called
             of
             Cardinals
             ,
             and
             the
             Legats
             Letter
             ,
             that
             contained
             a
             Relation
             of
             the
             Massacre
             ,
             was
             presently
             read
             .
             See
             Thuanus
             .
             Upon
             this
             they
             went
             straight
             in
             a
             Procession
             to
             St.
             
             Mark
             's
             Church
             ,
             where
             they
             offered
             thanks
             to
             God
             for
             this
             great
             Blessing
             to
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             the
             Catholick
             Church
             .
             And
             on
             Monday
             following
             ,
             there
             was
             another
             Procession
             made
             by
             the
             Pope
             and
             Cardinals
             ,
             to
             the
             Minerva
             ,
             where
             they
             had
             high
             Mass
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Pope
             granted
             a
             Jubilee
             to
             all
             Christendom
             ;
             and
             one
             Reason
             was
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             thank
             God
             for
             the
             Slaughter
             of
             the
             Enemies
             of
             the
             Church
             lately
             executed
             in
             France
             .
             Two
             days
             after
             that
             ,
             the
             Cardinal
             of
             Lorrain
             had
             another
             great
             Procession
             of
             all
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             the
             Ambassadors
             ,
             Cardinals
             ,
             and
             the
             Pope
             himself
             ,
             who
             came
             to
             St.
             
             Lewis's
             Chappel
             ,
             where
             the
             Cardinal
             Celebrated
             Mass
             himself
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             King
             of
             
             France's
             Name
             ,
             he
             thanked
             the
             Pope
             and
             Cardinals
             for
             their
             good
             Counsel
             ,
             the
             Help
             they
             had
             given
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             Assistance
             he
             had
             received
             by
             their
             Prayers
             ,
             of
             which
             he
             had
             found
             most
             wonderful
             Effects
             .
             He
             also
             delivered
             the
             King's
             Letters
             to
             the
             Pope
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             wrote
             ,
             that
             more
             Hereticks
             had
             been
             destroyed
             in
             that
             one
             Day
             ,
             than
             all
             the
             twelve
             Years
             of
             the
             War.
             
          
           
           
             Nor
             did
             the
             Pope
             think
             there
             was
             yet
             Blood
             enough
             shed
             ,
             he
             sends
             Cardinal
             Vrsin
             ,
             his
             Legat
             ,
             in
             all
             haste
             to
             France
             ,
             to
             thank
             the
             King
             for
             so
             great
             Service
             he
             had
             done
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             desired
             him
             to
             go
             on
             and
             extirpate
             Heresie
             ,
             Root
             and
             Branch
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             never
             grow
             again
             .
             And
             as
             the
             Legat
             passed
             on
             his
             Journey
             ,
             he
             gave
             a
             plenary
             Absolution
             to
             all
             that
             had
             been
             actors
             in
             the
             Massacre
             .
          
           
             Besides
             ,
             the
             best
             Picture-Drawers
             and
             Workers
             of
             Tapistry
             ,
             were
             also
             put
             to
             work
             ,
             to
             set
             off
             this
             Action
             with
             all
             possible
             glory
             :
             And
             a
             sute
             of
             these
             Hangings
             are
             to
             this
             day
             in
             the
             Pope's
             Chappel
             .
             So
             well
             do
             they
             like
             that
             Act
             ,
             that
             they
             still
             preserve
             the
             Memory
             of
             it
             .
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             such
             a
             Representation
             does
             well
             agree
             with
             their
             Doctrine
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           PAge
           5.
           
           Line
           35.
           for
           11th
           ,
           Reade
           13th
           .
           P.
           6.
           l.
           3.
           for
           
             three
             days
          
           .
           r.
           
             few
             Months
          
           .
           P.
           9.
           l.
           7.
           for
           among
           ,
           r.
           against
           .
           P.
           18.
           l.
           29.
           for
           designed
           ,
           r.
           desired
           .
           P.
           23.
           l.
           13.
           r.
           
             because
             as
             she
             is
          
           .
           P.
           25.
           l.
           35.
           for
           567
           ,
           r.
           1567.
           
           P.
           31.
           l.
           38.
           f.
           O
           Saint
           ,
           saith
           ,
           r.
           O
           St.
           Sith
           .
           P.
           34.
           l.
           17.
           for
           Purgations
           ,
           r.
           Purgatory
           .
           P.
           39.
           l.
           16.
           for
           1
           Cor.
           10.
           6.
           r.
           1
           Cor.
           10.
           16.
           
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A33996-e6520
           
             *
             
               See
               a
               Book
               called
            
             ,
             A
             Looking-Glass
             for
             the
             Pope
             .