An exposition upon the thirteenth chapter of the Revelation by that reverend and eminent…

The use first may then be thus much;¹ If all that dwell on Earth, whose names are not written in the book of life, do worship the Beast, and none are excluded but those whose names are written in the Lambs book of life, then this will unavoidably follow, that a Papist by his Religion cannot go beyond a Reprobate; what he may, and renounce his Religion, is another matter, as Bilney and Latimer sometimes did; they were written in the Lambs book of life: but by his Religion, take them that do believe, as the Catholic Roman Church believes, and believe no more, but practice that which that Religion directs them to, and go no further, and they continue and live and die in that, then I must pronounce it from the Text, they cannot go beyond a Reprobate, the reason is evident from the Text; for if none of them whose names are written in the Lambs book of life do worship the Beast, and only they do worship the Beast, whose names are not written in the Lambs book of life, then if they be not written in the Lambs book of life, the Text is very strong & clear in Rev. 20. 15. Whosoever was not found written in the Lambs Book of life, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone: But those that worship the Beast, are not written in the Lambs, book of life, that is in the Text: Here are two propositions ⟨p. 144⟩very evident; All that are written in the Lambs book of life do not worship the Beast: But those that worship the Beast, are not written in the Lambs book of life. Then the conclusion is, They shall be cost into the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone: That if it appear that this Beast is the Roman Catholic Church, and the head of this Beast is the Pope: The conclusion will be most evident, that no man living and dying a Papist, can go beyond a Reprobate: I dare not say, but some that are ignorant, whom devotion hath carried to that Religion; it is possible some of them when they come to death, may see the vanity of that Religion of worshipping Saints, and of confining their Faith to them, but that is not by their Religion: but if they dye in that Religion, and if their faith and worship be thrust upon them from the Roman Catholic Church, and they worship Saints and Angels, and believe in their own merits for their justification, I do pronounce to you, that a Papist, living and dying a Papist, cannot go beyond a Reprobate;