Secondly, The force, power, tyranny, oppressive, destroying practices of the Wicked One, are also intended by these Gates. The armoury of the City was over the gates of it. But in this forcible attack of the Church, he hath also failed. He did his uttermost by bloody cruelty during the first Persecutions. But ⟨p. 9⟩what was the issue? The executioners of his wrath the Roman-Pagan-Emperors, had Torments within them, perpetually gnawing them, whilst the Holy Ones that kept the Commandments of Jesus were filled with Peace and Joy, and triumphed over them in the Spirit, and Power of Jesus both living and dying. The vengeance of God eminently wrought on their notorious Persecutors, whilst the blessing, and good will of him that dwelt in the Bush, was with these; and the more they were Persecuted, the more they grew: So that it became a Maxim, Sanguis Martyrum semen Ecclesiae; The Blood of the Martyrs, the seed of the Church. And Satan not being able to hold it in the Roman-Pagan-State, enters into the Papal-Antichristian-Monarchy, and hath therein hectored, and ranted, breathing forth nothing but threatenings and slaughters against the Saints of the Most-High, who have the Commandments of God, and Testimony of Jesus. Millions of the Lords poor People have been destroyed by this Roman-AntiChristian-Beast in days past: & of late not a few; In the Massacres of Paris, Ireland, and the Valleys of Piedmont, &c. Not to mention the Bonfires they made of the bodies of our Brethren, in the bloody Mary's days: Which (notwithstanding their haughty confidence) they'll shortly pay dearly for. The judgements of the Lord God Almighty will speedily come upon the great Whore, for these cruelties; his Wrath will consume Her utterly. But what's the Issue? The number of the Lambs-followers are multiplied; their faith, confidence, and courage heightened. And let the Pope, and that bloody Crew, know, that they are ready to withstand him in his next attack, and advance against them, being encouraged thereunto, by that great Cloud of worthy Witnesses they are encompassed about with; and that plerophory of assurance, that in this last Attempt, he, with his whole Party, will stumble, fall, go into Perdition never to appear more.
Secondly, The force, power, tyranny, oppressive, destroying practices of the Wicked One, are also intended by these Gates. The armoury of the City was over the gates of it. But in this forcible attaque of the Church, he hath also fail'd. He did his uttermost by bloody cruelty during the first Persecutions. But ⟨p. 9⟩what was the issue? The executioners of his wrath the Roman-Pagan-Emperors, had Torments within them, perpetually gnawing them, whilst the Holy Ones that kept the Commandements of Jesus were fill'd with Peace and Joy, and triumph'd over them in the Spirit, and Power of Jesus both living and dying. The vengeance of God eminently wrought on their notorious Persecutors, whil'st the blessing, and good will of him that dwelt in the Bush, was with these; and the more they were Persecuted, the more they grew: So that it became a Maxim, Sanguis Martyrum semen Ecclesiae; The Blood of the Martyrs, the seed of the Church. And Satan not being able to hold it in the Roman-Pagan-State, enters into the Papal-Antichristian-Monarchy, and hath therein hector'd, and ranted, breathing forth nothing but threatnings and slaughters against the Saints of the Most-High, who have the Commandments of God, and Testimony of Jesus. Millions of the Lords poor People have been destroyed by this Roman-AntiChristian-Beast in days past: & of late not a few; In the Massacres of Paris, Ireland, and the Vallies of Piedmont, &c. Not to mention the Bonfires they made of the bodies of our Brethren, in the bloody Mary's days: Which (notwithstanding their haughty confidence) they'l shortly pay dearly for. The judgements of the Lord God Almighty will speedily come upon the great Whore, for these cruelties; his Wrath will consume Her utterly. But what's the Issue? The number of the Lambs-followers are multiplied; their faith, confidence, and courage heightned. And let the Pope, and that bloody Crew, know, that they are ready to withstand him in his next attaque, and advance against them, being encourag'd thereunto, by that great Cloud of worthy Witnesses they are encompas'd about with; and that plerophory of assurance, that in this last Attempt, he, with his whole Party, will stumble, fall, go into Perdition never to appear more.
