Mystical Babylon availed wherein is proved, I. That Rome-papal is mystical-Babylon, II. That the…

Name: Mystical Babylon availed wherein is proved, I. That Rome-papal is mystical-Babylon, II. That the…
Author: Hanserd Knollys

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 ...

Hanserd Knollys 1599?–1691London : s.n., 1679

[4], 31 p. · 9.9k words · Wing K718 · ESTC R17048

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Mystical-Babylon Unveiled. › Proposition 3: Proposition III. That the Church of Rome is the great WHORE.Mystical-Babylon Ʋnvailed. › Proposition 3: Proposition III. That the Church of Rome is the great WHORE.

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Another branch of the Spiritual Whoredom and Adultery of the great Whore, the Church of Rome, is the Adoration and worshipping the Cross it Self, on which ⟨p. 17⟩Christ suffered, say they, also the Image of the Cross and the Sign of the Cross.^(m) Vasques the Jesuit affirmeth, that this is the Doctrine of the Roman-Church, and so doth Bellarmine, and Thomas Aquinas, and many other great Doctors of the Church of Rome. It is testified⁽ⁿ⁾ that a famous Papist, and a Professor of Divinity, who dedicated his Book to Pope Clement 8th. saith thus, We worship the Cross with the same Worship wherewith we adore Christ himself, &c.

(m)Vasques de Adorat. l. 3. cap. 2. Bellarm. de Imagin. lib. 3. c. 27, 28, 29. Aquin. Sum. part. 3. art. 4.
(n)Chrys. à Visitat. de virb. Domini tom. 4. Lib. 6. c. 7.

:37p. 17

Again, Whereas we Asserted, That the Church of Rome is the Mother of Harlots; for a full proof thereof let it be considered, First, That the Church of Rome owns her self to be the Catholic and Mother-Church of all those Churches in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, &c. whether National or Parochial, that receive, believe, and practice her damnable Doctrines, and Idolatrous worship, which are false Churches and Harlots: [with whom the Kings of the Earth have committed Fornication, and the Inhabitants of the Earth have been made drunk with the wine of her Fornication] and therefore the Church of Rome (Mystical-Babylon as before proved) is called the Mother of Harlots, Rev. 17.2, 5. And Abominations of the Earth.

Again, Whereas we Asserted, That the Church of Rome is the Mother of Harlots; for a full proof thereof let it be considered, First, That the Church of Rome owns her self to be the Catholick and Mother-Church of all those Churches in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, &c. whether National or Parochial, that receive, believe, and practice her damnable Doctrines, and Idolatrous worship, which are false Churches and Harlots: [with whom the Kings of the Earth have committed Fornication, and the Inhabiters of the Earth have been made drunk with the wine of her Fornication] and therefore the Church of Rome (Mystical-Babylon as before proved) is called the Mother of Harlots,

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Westminster Assembly24

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Proposition IV. That the Roman-Priests are the false Prophet.