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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
Chapter 1: Wherein the various Opinions concerning Mystery Babylon, are discovered and all their O…
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1. This State of Babylon is called Mystery of Iniquity, This no way agrees to Rome Heathen, but fully agrees to Rome Papal; compare 2 Thes. 2. 7. with Rev. 17. 7. (viz.) For the Mystery of Iniquity doth already Work—The, Angel said unto me; Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the Woman, and of the Beast that carrieth her.
1. This State of Babylon is called Mystery of Iniquity, This no way agrees to Rome Heathen, but fully agrees to Rome Papal; compare 2 Thes. 2. 7. with Rev. 17. 7. (viz.) For the Mystery of Iniquiry doth already Work—The, Angel said unto me; Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the Woman, and of the Beast that carryeth her.
2. The head of this State of Mystery Babylon, is called the Man of Sin by way of Eminency, [Greek or Hebrew] not only beyond the common rank of Men, but beyond the highest Sons of wickedness that went before him▪ And there is a great Truth in this, for if w• consider the Pope in respect of Pride, Hypocrisy, Idolatry, and Blood, he is the most un• paralleled Man of Sin.
2. The head of this State of Mystery Babylon, is called the Man of Sin by way of Eminency, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 not only beyond the common rank of Men, but beyond the highes• Sons of wickedness that went before him▪ And there is a great Truth in this, for if w• consider the Pope in respect of Pride, Hypocrisy, Idolatry, and Blood, he is the most un parallel'd Man of Sin.