Fire and brimstone from heaven, from earth, in hell, or, Three discourses I. Concerning…

the ten Horns signify the Kings of the Earth, which give their power to the Pope for his support. This Whore is called Babylon, the great the Mother of Harlots; who maketh the Nations drunk, with the Wine of her Fornication, and who her self is drunk with the Blood of Saints and Martyrs. And to whom can this be applied? but unto the Pope, who doth intoxicate so many Nations as with Wine or potions, whence it cometh to pass that they wallow in the Filthiness of Spiritual Fornication; and who hath shed so much of the ⟨p. 79⟩Blood of Saints, for the Testimony of Jesus, against the Romish Superstition and Idolatry. I should digress too far to apply all the parts of this description with other descriptions in the Revelations, and of Anti-Christ in the Thessalonians unto the Pope of Rome, as I might do and prove by unanswerable Arguments, that the Pope is the Anti-Christ, and Rome Spiritual Babylon; That which here chiefly we should mind is the Judgement of this great Whore, It is said, Ver. 6. The ten Horns which thou sawest upon the Beast, shall hate the Whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her Flesh and burn her with Free. And again Chap. 18. throughout we have the destruction and burning of Babylon, or Rome, set forth at large, Ver. 2. Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, Ver. 4. Come out of her my people, that ye partake not of her Plagues, Ver. 7. As she hath glorified her self and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her. Ver. 8. Her plagues shall come in one day▪ and she shall be utterly burnt with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. The Kings of the Earth, that committed Fornication with her, and Merchants and Ship-masters shall bewail her, when they see the smoke of her burning, Ver. 9. But in Heaven there shall be joy. The Lord will rejoice, the Prophets and Apostles will rejoice, and all the Saints will rejoice, in the vengeance which shall then be taken upon Her. Ver. 20.

the ten Horns signifie the Kings of the Earth, which give their power to the Pope for his support. This Whore is called Babylon, the great the Mother of Harlots; who maketh the Nations drunk, with the Wine of her Fornication, and who her self is drunk with the Blood of Saints and Martyrs. And to whom can this be applyed? but unto the Pope, who doth intoxicate so many Nations as with Wine or potions, whence it cometh to pass that they wallow in the Filthiness of Spiritual Fornication; and who hath shed so much of the