An expositio[n] upon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians…An expositio[n] vpon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians…

I saw an other Angel coming down from ⟨p. 375⟩¹heaven, having great power, so that the earth was lightened with his glory, and he cried out mightily with a loud voice, saying, It is fallen, it is fallen, Babylon the great city (the harbour and palace of Antichrist) and is become the habitation of Devils, and the hold of all foul spirits. And I heard an other voice from heaven say: •o out of her my people (believe her not, do not as she commandeth you) that ye be not partakers in her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins are come up into heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she hath rewarded you, & give her double according to her works: and in the cup that she hath filled unto you, fill her the double. In as much as she glorified her self, and lived in pleasure, so much give you to her forment and sorrow. For she saith in her heart, I sit being a Queen: the world is mine, no ill shall touch me. Therefore shall her plagues come at one day, death, and sorrow, and famine, and she shall be burnt with fire: for strong is the Lord God which will condemn her. And the kings of the earth, which have committed fornication, and lived in pleasure with her, shall bewail her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, and shall stand a far off for fear of her torment, saying, alas, alas, the great city Babylon, the mighty city, for in one hour ⟨p. 376⟩is thy judgement come. And the Merchants of the earth shall weep and wail over her: for no man buyeth their ware any more: the ware of gold & silver, and of precious stone, & of pearls, and of fine linen, & of purple, and of silk, & of scarlet, and of all manner of Thyine wood, & of all manner of Ivory, & of all vessels of most precious wood, & of brass, and of iron, & of marble, and of cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flower, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and servants, and souls of men•o man any more shall buy her parchment, wax and seals: no man shall buy her orders, her dispensations, pluralities, totquot, non residence, Perinde valere: no man shall buy her concubines, her oil, salt, holy water, holy bread: no man shall buy her palls, her agnos dei, her jubilees, masses, trentals, and pardons: no man shall any more buy of her, forgiveness of their sins, and life ever lasting: