vanced to the Prophecy, and have abfolutely outfinned the Defcription; and therefore, as I mentioned before, we have good reafon to believe the reft will come upon them in its Time. Known unto God are all his Works, from the beginning to the End: and he has not left us without fome Intimations, that her Time is not far of from being completely destroyed. We may easily observe, that she has tryed all her Arts, and Impoftures in every part of the World: yet notwithstanding, the Lamb fhall overcome her at the last: perhaps the Kingdoms that now adopt her Impurities may be the first that turn upon her with vengeance and work her Destruction: it is hinted fo in the 16th Verfe; the ten Horns are they that fball hate the Whore, and shall make her defolate and naked, and fhall eat her Flefb, and burn it with Fire. The Reverence now paid to the Pope, even by Catholic Kings, is more Form than Reality, more Policy than Reverence. His Power diminishes in all the Courts of Europe, and by comparing what it has been, to what it is at I 2 pre prefent, we may venture to imagine its Glory is finking into Shame. Thus you have seen the just and wonderful hand of God, in delivering us this Prophecy of the Romish Impiety, and in performing fo much of it to our prefent Observation, as to make us fuppose the reft is not far behind. In this we are all concerned and I cannot make a better application of what has been faid, than in the Angel's words; Go out of her my people, and be ye not partakers of her Sins, and that ye receive not her plagues, for her Sins are are come up to Heaven, and God hath remembered ber Iniquities: reward her, as fhe hath rewarded you, and give her double according to her Works: in the Cup that he bath filled to you, fill her double. This Advice we as Proteftants are commanded to follow, in renouncing all Communion with her: in flying from and detefting the Idolatries of her Religion: in abjuring all her Impurities, and praying against the fecret diabolical Plots and Contrivances of her Councils from debauching our Morals, or demolishing our State, Thus Thus may we fay with the Angel exulting over her Ruins: Rejoice, O Heavens, and ye boly Apoftles and Prophets, for the Lord hath avenged her for your Sakes. Now to the King, immortal, invisible, eternal, the one undivided Trinity, be Praise, Majefty and Dominion, throughout all Ages. Amen. ERRAT A. Pag. 3. For Pefurmption, read Prefumption. 9. 10. 17. For hac, read hæc. For πεφυλάζο, read πεφυλάξο. For whether, read whither. 29. For coxin, read cozen. 55. For aproaches, read approaches. 59. For την, read του. 61. For o, read . Ibid. For Xdaros, read Xgnsos, 65. For Γάτες, read Πατες. Ibid. For Ειδωλα, read Είδωλα. 71. For Saccurram, read Succurram, 98. For Complement, read Compliment. |