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Romes cruelty & apostasyRomes cruelty & apostacie
Romes cruelty & apostasy: declared in a sermon preached on the fifth of November, 1644. Before the Honourable House of Commons. By Anthony Burgess, pastor of Sutton Coldfield; a Member of the Assembly.Romes cruelty & apostacie: declared in a sermon preached on the fifth of November, 1644. Before the Honourable House of Commons. By Anthony Burgess, pastour of Sutton Coldfield; a Member of the Assembly.
London: printed by George Miller for Tho. Underhill, 1645London: printed by George Miller for Tho. Vnderhill, 1645
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Before I come to the Doctrines, I must clear one doubt, and that is, Whether this City be Rome, or no? For as the Jews looked for another kind of Christ then the true Messiah, so the Papists for another kind of Antichrist then the Scripture holds forth: And as Christ is proved to be the Messiah not by one property only (for ⟨p. 3⟩that may agree to another) but all the Characters together: so is Antichrist to be found out by the accumulation of all marks together. Now that Rome is this City appeareth; Rev. 17.18. The woman (which is the same with Babylon and the whore in my Text) is said to have power over all the kings of the earth; and this was only the Roman Monarchy at that time.
Before I come to the Doctrines, I must cleare one doubt, and that is, Whether this City be Rome, or no? For as the Jewes look'd for another kind of Christ then the true Messias, so the Papists for another kind of Antichrist then the Scripture holds forth: And as Christ is proved to be the Messias not by one property onely (for ⟨p. 3⟩that may agree to another) but all the Characters together: so is Antichrist to be found out by the accumulation of all markes together. Now that Rome is this City appeareth; Rev. 17.18. The woman (which is the same with Babylon and the whore in my Text) is said to have power over all the kings of the earth; and this was only the Romane Monarchy at that time.
2. She is called emphatically [Greek or Hebrew], now Rome was only the famous City, being called urbs [Greek or Hebrew].
2. She is called emphatically 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, now Rome was onely the famous City, being called urbs .