A47607:1357
Zion in distressSion in distress
Zion in distress, or, The groans of the Protestant Church [sic]Sion in distress, or, The groans of the Protestant Chruch [sic]
London: printed by George Larkin for Enoch Prosser, 1681
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(a) He shall oppose and exalt himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped, showing himself that he is God, 2▪ Thess. 2. He shall speak great things against the most High, Dan. 7. 25. That the Pope is guilty of opposition to, and exaltation of himself above the Majesty of God, is made appear by divers worthy Writers; the very Life and Soul of Popery ⟨p. 57⟩seems to run in this vein. The Lord Jesus (saith one) is made a very Lackey to the Pope, he changes Times and laws at his pleasure. God says, Thou shalt make to thy self on graven Image, &c. The Pope takes away that Commandment, and declares 'its lawful to worship Images. The Lord bids us Search the Scriptures; the Pope opposeth this, and forbids the reading of them, nay burns to death those that do read them; and to prevent it, locks them up in an Unknown Tongue. God pardons Sins upon Repentance, the Pope without, for a Sum of Money. The Pope can invest a sorry Priest with power by uttering a few words to make a God, to turn Bread into the Real Body of Christ, and have power over him to do with him what he pleases when he hath done, and he can't deliver himself out of his hands.
(a) He shall oppose and exalt himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped, shewing himself that he is God, 2▪ Thess. 2. He shall speak great things against the most High, Dan. 7. 25. That the Pope is guilty of opposition to, and emaltation of himself above the Majesty of God, is made appear by divers worthy Writers; the very Life and Soul of Popery ⟨p. 57⟩seems to run in this vein. The Lord Jesus (saith one) is made a very Lacquey to the Pope, he changes Times and laws at his pleasure. God says, Thou shalt make to thy self on graven Image, &c. The Pope takes away that Commandment, and declares 'its lawful to worship Images. The Lord bids us Search the Scriptures; the Pope opposeth this, and forbids the reading of them, nay burns to death those that do read them; and to prevent it, locks them up in an Unknown Tongue. God pardons Sins upon Repentance, the Pope without, for a Sum of Money. The Pope can invest a sorry Priest with power by uttering a few words to make a God, to turn Bread into the Real Body of Christ, and have power over him to do with him what he pleases when he hath done, and he can't deliver himself out of his hands.