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Certain discourses, viz. of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome…
Certain discourses, viz. of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome (with a sermon of Bishop Beadles upon the same words) of laying on of hands (Heb. 6. 2.) to be an ordained ministry, of the old form of words in ordination, of a set form of prayer : each being the judgment of the late Arch-bishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland / published and enlarged by Nicholas Bernard ... : unto which is added a character of Bishop Bedel, and an answer to Mr. Pierces fifth letter concerning the late Primate.Certain discourses, viz. of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome (with a sermon of Bishop Bedels upon the same words) of laying on of hands (Heb. 6. 2.) to be an ordained ministry, of the old form of words in ordination, of a set form of prayer : each being the judgment of the late Arch-bishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland / published and enlarged by Nicholas Bernard ... : unto which is added a character of Bishop Bedel, and an answer to Mr. Pierces fifth letter concerning the late Primate.
London: printed for John Crook, 1659
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And though those Ancients very much excelled us in all manner of gifts, and specially in the holiness of life, yet no man hath cause to wonder, that all these things did not seem so clear to them, as by the grace of God they are now to us, who do see this prophecy now consummated daily before our eyes.
And though those Ancients very much excelled us in all manner of gifts, and specially in the holinesse of life, yet no man hath cause to wonder, that all these things did not seem so clear to them, as by the grace of God they are now to us, who do see this prophesie now consummated daily before our eyes.
Certainly, while Rome continued in its purity, the Fathers of that age, might well have wondered with great admiration, as Saint John himself did, and look upon it as incredulous, that it should have degenerated into that pride, Idolatry, Murder, and become the Mother of all abominations, &c. even as we would at ⟨p. 112⟩this day, if the like should be foretold, of England, which hath been so famous for Religion, in being a shelter for such as have been persecuted by the See of Rome, abounded with writers against it, and the chief Church of the reformed Religion, in opposition to Popery. I say if any should take upon him a spirit of prophecy, in averring it should in time be an advancer of Popery, and be utterly over-run with it, and become a persecutor of such as should oppose the errors of it; the sink of Heresy, Schism, and profaneness, &c. would not we who now live, be as far from believing the report, as Hazael was at what was told him by the Prophet concerning himself.
Certainly, while Rome continued in its purity, the Fathers of that age, might well have wondred with great admiration, as Saint Iohn himself did, and look upon it as incredulous, that it should have degenerated into that pride, Idolatry, Murder, and become the Mother of all abominations, &c. even as we would at ⟨p. 112⟩