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Mystical Babylon availed wherein is proved, I. That Rome-papal is mystical-Babylon, II. That the…
Mystical Babylon availed wherein is proved, I. That Rome-papal is mystical-Babylon, II. That the Pope of Rome is the beast, III. That the Church of Rome is the great whore, IV. That the Roman-priests are the false prophet : also A call to the people of God to come out of Babylon / by Hanserd Knollys ...
London : s.n., 1679
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the Manger, his linen Cloth, his Cradle, his Shirt, the Table on which Christ eat his last Supper, the Cup wherein he gave his Blood to be drunk, are Relics to be seen at this Day (as the Papists and other Pilgrims and Travellers report in several places and Churches in Rome, Spain, Ravenna, Pisa, at Andegavum, &c. The Church of Rome is guilty of gross Idolatry and spiritual Adultery in Adoring and worshipping the Host; for at the Priest's Elevation of the Host (the Papists breaden God) they all fall down upon their Knees, and worship it with very great Devotion, and whosoever refuseth so to do is counted an Heretic. (h)And yet some Priests have poisoned the Host, intending to add Murder, yea wilful and Sacrilegious Murder thereby to their gross Idolatry, as the Monk Bernhardine, who poisoned the Host, to the intent that he might poison the Emperor Henry of Lucenburgh, as he also did at the Instigation of Robert King of Sicily. Baronius (l)tells us of a Priest that either did, or would have poisoned Pope Victor 2d. at the Sacrament. And William Arch-bishop of York was poisoned at the Mass by his own Chaplains, by that which they put into the Chalice. What can be more Heathenish and palpable Idolatry, than to worship the Bread consecrated by a Priest, which is maintained, commanded and Practised by the Church of Rome, by all her Priests and Papists?
the Manger, his linnen Cloth, his Cradle, his Shirt, the Table on which Christ eat his last Supper, the Cup wherein he gave his Blood to be drunk, are Reliques to be seen at this Day (as the Papists and other Pilgrims and Travellers report in several places and Churches in Rome, Spain, Ravenna, Pisa, at Andegavum, &c. The Church of Rome is guilty of gross Idolatry and spiritual Adultery in Adoring and worshipping the Host; for at the Priest's Elevation of the Host (the Papists breaden God) they all fall down upon their Knees, and worship it with very great Devotion, and whosoever refuseth so to do is counted an Heretick. (h)And yet some Priests have poisoned the Host, intending to add Murder, yea wilful and Sacrilegious Murder thereby to their gross Idolatry, as the Monk Bernhardine, who poisoned the Host, to the intent that he might poison the Emperour Henry of Lucenburgh, as he also did at the Instigation of Robert King of Sicily. Baronius