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

Fourthly, by these miracles, and the mighty success of them, he had power to cause them that dwell on the earth to make an Image to the Beast, that had the deadly wound, and was healed; that is, the Roman Catholic visible Church: What is this Image of the Beast? he causeth all the earth, that is, all earthly ⟨p. 233⟩States to receive it; he will suffer none to be without it: what is this Image? an Image not of their own making, they must make an Image by his appointment: It is an Image of the first beast, not of the second directly, and consequently the officers of that Beast must represent this second Beast, but be an Image of the first: if the first Beast was the Roman Catholic visible Church; then if he causeth all the Earth to make an Image to that Beast, then he causeth all Churches and Common-wealths, to frame their State and platform, according to the Image of the Roman Catholic visible Church, and therefore he causeth all Christian Princes to erect all their Churches in a Roman Catholic way: what is that? Metropolitan, National, Provincial, Diocesan, Cathedral, and Provincial Churches; These are all lively characters of the Roman Catholic Church, reserving still pre-eminency to their mother Catholic Church of Rome; but otherwise they are the lively Image of such a Church, even as daughters are of their mothers: and being overcome with the power of his miracles, and deceits, and delusions (as you heard) by the Policy of Canonists, by carnal Policy, and by their Votaries, and by working miracles, signs, and lying wonders; it is a wonder to see what power he had, that all the power of the Popedom, and of the Catholic Church was in a model and representation drawn in all Churches in Christendom during the time of 42. months, which is 1260. years, and then a great part of his Image was marred in a great part of Christendom, but yet he still continues; so then there is a lively Image of the Roman Catholic Church, though it may be, some are drawn from subjection thereunto; and yet though they be drawn off from subjection to it, yet still the Image, and representation is written in the very foreheads of such Churches; that is a fourth thing.

Fourthly, by these miracles, and the mighty successe of them, he had power to cause them that dwell on the earth to make an Image to the Beast, that had the deadly wound, and was healed; that is, the Roman Catholick visible Church: What is this Image of the Beast? he causeth all the earth, that is, all earthly ⟨p. 233⟩