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Antichrist stormed, or, Mystery Babylon the great whore, and great city, proved to be…
Antichrist stormed, or, Mystery Babylon the great whore, and great city, proved to be the present Church of Rome wherein all objections are fully answered : to which is added, the time of the end, or a clear explanation of Scripture prophecies, with the judgment of divers learned men concerning the final ruin of the Romish Church, that it will be in this present age : together with an account of the two witnesses, who they are, with their killing, resurrection & ascension : also an examination and confutation of what Mr. Jurieu hath lately written concerning the effusion of the vials ... : likewise a brief review of D. Tho. Goodwins exposition of the 11th chapter of the Revelations, concerning the witnesses, and of that street in which they should lie slain, proving it to be meant of Great Britain : and a brief collection of divers strange prophecies, some very ancient / by Benj. Keach ... ; to which is annexed, a short treatise in two parts : 1. The calculation of Scripture numbers by Scripture only, without the help of humane history, 2. Upon the witnesses, giving light to the whole book.Antichrist stormed, or, Mystery Babylon the great whore, and great city, proved to be the present Church of Rome wherein all objections are fully answered : to which is added, the time of the end, or a clear explanation of Scripture prophecies, with the judgment of divers learned men concerning the final ruine of the Romish Church, that it will be in this present age : together with an account of the two witnesses, who they are, with their killing, resurrection & ascention : also an examination and confutation of what Mr. Jurieu hath lately written concerning the effusion of the vials ... : likewise a brief review of D. Tho. Goodwins exposition of the 11th chapter of the Revelations, concerning the witnesses, and of that street in which they should lie slain, proving it to be meant of Great Brittain : and a brief collection of divers strange prophecies, some very antient / by Benj. Keach ... ; to which is annext, a short treatise in two parts : 1. The calculation of Scripture numbers by Scripture only, without the help of humane history, 2. Upon the witnesses, giving light to the whole book.
London: printed for Nath. Crouch, 1689
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CHAP. VI. Showing the Judgments of divers Eminent Men concerning the Death, Resurrection and Ascension of the Witnesses, and final downfall of Mystery Babylon; and that in all probability it will be in this present Age: Together with an account of divers strange Prophesies relating thereto, some very Ancient, &c.
CHAP. VI. Shewing the Judgments of divers Eminent Men concerning the Death, Resurrection and Ascention of the Witnesses, and final downfal of Mystery Babylon; and that in all probability it will be in this present Age: Together with an account of divers strange Prophesies relating thereto, some very Ancient, &c.
Having clearly demonstrated that the Church of Rome is that great Whore Mystery Babylon, ⟨p. 136⟩It may not be amiss before we conclude this […] Treatise, to give you some account concerning her full and final overthrow, which hath been for • long time the expectation of Gods people, and multitudes of Prayers have and still do go up to Heaven, for the accomplishment thereof; and reason there is for it, considering what a Plague she hath been to the World and Church of God for so many hundred of years, and certainly God will at la•• hear that mighty cry of Prayer, and of innocent Blood that continually is in his Ears, and since the Death, Resurrection and Ascension of the Witnesses (if rightly understood) gives such clear light as touching the fall of Babylon, we shall give you some brief hints concerning this important and weighty point. The Beast is to continue for the space of forty two Months, and the Witnesses are to Prophesy in Sackcloth for the space of 1260 days, which most Writers conclude to be one and the same term of time, and that by days is meant yea•• all generally conclude; and the long continuance of the Beast and Papal power clearly show, that to be the mind of Gods Spirit in those Mystical numbers Yet a late Worthy and Learned Writer hath said a great-deal to prove the forty two Months are to be reckoned by the Moon, and not by the Sun; and if so, then as he shows the time of the Witnesses wearing Sackcloth is thirty eight years longer than the forty two months, but yet are to terminate together, he concluding the Witnesses put on their Sackcloth so many years before the beginning or Epoch of the forty two Months. See his Book entitled, The command of God to his people to come out if Babylon. Moreover he saith, the time, Epoch or beginning of the forty two Months must be fixed at the cessation of the seventh sort of Government, or Christian Emperors Reign, which, saith he, was