Thirdly, the dreadful vengeance that God in his appointed time will take upon all the promoters and obstinate maintainers of it. These things are at large all of them foretold in the Revelation, and therein also the Apostasy it self is set forth as the cause of all the plagues and destructions that by the righteous judgement of God, are ⟨p. 82⟩to be brought upon the World in these latter days. Now as God doth earnestly call upon all that fear him, not to intermeddle, nor partake in the sins of the Apostates, lest they should also partake in their judgements, Chap. 18.4. (I heard a voice from Heaven, saying, come out of her my people that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.) So he doth plainly declare▪ wherein the apostasy and sin it self should principally consist, and that is in the corrupting and contaminating of the Ordinances of his worship, or the introduction of false worship joined with the persecution of them who refused to submit thereunto. For this cause, is the sin it self, set out under the name of fornication, and whoredom; and the Church that maintains it, is called the Mother of Harlots, Chap. 17.5. That by fornication, and whoredom, in the Church, the adulterating of the worship of God, and the admission of false self-invented worship in the room thereof, whereof God is jealous, is intended, the Scripture every where declares. It is easy then ⟨p. 83⟩to gather of how great concernment unto us it is, especially in these latter days wherein this so heinous and provoking sin is prevalent in the World, carefully to attend unto the safe unerring rule of Worship, and diligently to perform the duties that are required therein.
Thirdly, the dreadful vengeance that God in his appointed time will take upon all the promoters and obstinate maintainers of it. These things are at large all of them foretold in the Revelation, and therein also the Apostacy it self is set forth as the cause of all the plagues and destructions that by the righteous judgement of God, are ⟨p. 82⟩to be brought upon the World in these latter dayes. Now as God doth earnestly call upon all that fear him, not to intermeddle, nor partake in the sins of the Apostates, lest they should also partake in their judgements, Chap. 18.4. (I heard a voice from Heaven, saying, come out of her my people that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.) So he doth plainly declare▪ wherein the apostacy and sin it self should principally consist, and that is in the corrupting and contaminating of the Ordinances of his worship, or the introduction of false worship joyned with the persecution of them who refused to submit thereunto. For this cause, is the sin it self, set out under the name of fornication, and whoredome; and the Church that maintains it, is called the Mother of Harlots, Chap. 17.5. That by fornication, and whoredome, in the Church, the adulterating of the worship of God, and the admission of false self-invented worship in the room thereof, whereof God is jealous, is intended, the Scripture every where declares. It is easie then ⟨p. 83⟩to gather of how great concernment unto us it is, especially in these latter dayes wherein this so hainous and provoking sin is prevalent in the World, carefully to attend unto the safe unerring rule of Worship, and diligently to perform the duties that are required therein.
