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protectors, and a god whom his fathers knew not, fhall be honor with gold, and filver, and with precious ftones, and pleafant things.-Is the fame church, that is guilty of this idolatry, notorious alfo for injoining celibacy to her clergy, and engaging her nuns to enter into vows of leading a fingle life? doth she make a vain diftinction of meats, and command and inftitute certain times and days of fafting, wherein to taste flesh is judged a mortal fin? Nothing can more fully accomplish the prediction of Daniel, (XI. 37.) that the blafphemous king, who fhall worship Mahuzzim, shall also not regard the defire of wives; and the prediction of St. Paul, (1 Tim. IV. 3.) that those who shall apostatize from the faith by worshipping of demons, shall no less distinguish themselves by forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thankf giving of them who believe and know the truth.Doth the pope make himself equal and even fuperior to God, in affecting divine titles, attributes, and honors; in affuming a power of difpenfing with the immutable laws of nature and the gospel; in fubftituting for the commandments of God the traditions of men; in treading upon the altar of God at his inauguration, and making the table of the Lord

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his footstool, and in that pofture receiving the adoration of his cardinals? It is foretold by Daniel, (VII. 25.) that the little horn shall speak great words against the most High, and think to change times and laws; and (XI. 36.) the king fhall do according to his will, and he shall exalt bimfelf, and magnify himself above every god, and fpeak marvelous things against the God of gods: and in like manner by St. Paul, (2 Thef. II. 4.) The man of fin fhall be revealed, the fon of perdition, Who oppofeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped, fo that he as God fitteth in the temple of God, fhowing bimfelf that he is God.-Have the bishops of Rome extended their authority and jurifdiction over feveral countries and nations? have they ufurped a fupremacy over all other bishops? have they partly by menaces, and partly by flatteries, obtained an entire afcendency over Chriftian princes; fo as to have them zealous members of their communion, blindly devoted to their interest, and ready upon all occafions to fight their battles? It is nothing more than what was foretold by the prophets; by Daniel when he faid (VII. 20.) that the little horn had a mouth Speaking very great things, and a look more ftout than his fellows; and by St. John when he faid (XIII. 7.) that power was given unto the beast over all kindreds,

kindreds, and tongues, and nations; and (XVII. 2.) the kings of the earth have committed fornication, or idolatry, with the whore of Babylon ; and (XVII. 13.) have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beaft.-Hath the church of Rome inlarged the powers of her clergy both regular and fecular, given them an almost abfolute authority over the purfes and confciences of men, enriched them with fumptuous buildings and noble endowments, and appropriated the choiceft of the lands for church lands? This was plainly intimated by Daniel speaking of the blafphemous king, as the paffage should be tranflated; (XI.39.) Thus fhall be do; to the defenders of Mahuzzim, together with the frange God whom he fall acknowlege, he shall multiply bonor, and he shall caufe them to rule over many, and fhall divide the land for gain-Is the church of Rome distinguished above all churches by purple and scarlet color, by the richness and fplendor of her veftments, by the pomp and parade of her ceremonies, inticing and inveigling men with all artifices of ornament and oftentation to join in her communion? This was particularly specified by St. John fpeaking of the myftic whore of Babylon or the corrupted church, (XVH. 4.) And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls, Bb 4 having

having a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations, and filthiness of her fornication.— Have the bishops and clergy of Rome in all ages been remarkable for their policy? have they not fcrupled to promote their religion by all manner of lies and pious frauds? have they allowed of equivocation and mental reservation in oaths and promises, and with the appearance of lambs, in meeknefs and fanctity, acted like ravening wolves, with fury and violence? Daniel hath given the fame character of the little horn, (VII. 8.) Behold, in this born were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth Speaking great things; and St. Paul of the apoftates in the latter times, (1 Tim. IV. 2.) Speaking lies in hypocrify, having their confcience feared with a hot iron; and St. John of the two horned beast, (XIII. 11.) And 1 beheld another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. Doth the church of Rome boast of vifions and revelations, and make a fhow of miracles in atteftation of her doctrins? do her

legends contain as many fpurious and pretended wonders, as the fcriptures do genuin and real? From St. Paul we learn, (2 Thef. II. 9, 10.) that the coming of the man of fin is after the working of Satan, with all power, and figns, and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of un

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righteousness; and from St. John, (XIII. 13, 14.) that the falfe prophet doeth great wonders in the fight of men, and deceiveth them who dwell on the earth by the means of thofe miracles which he bath power to do.-Doth the church of Rome. require an implicit obedience, condemn all who will not readily conform as heretics, and excommunicate and exclude them from the civil intercourfes of life? So the falfe prophet in St. John (XIII. 16, 17.) caufeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads; and that no man might buy or fell, fave he that had the mark of the beaft. Have the Roman pontiffs occafioned the fhedding of as much or more Chriftian blood than the Roman emperors themselves? have they all along maintained their spiritual fovranty by fecret plots and inquifitions, by open dragoonings and maffacres, and imprisoned, and tortured, and murdered the true worshippers of God, and the faithful fervants of Jefus Chrift? This particular, as well as all the reft, exactly anfwers the predictions of the prophets. For it is affirmed of the little horn in Daniel, (VII. 21, 25.) that he fall make war with the faints, and shall prevail against them; shall speak great words against the moft High, and fhall wear, out the faints of

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