And thus it seems to me very probable, that it will prove, with Respect to the Prophecies of the Destruction of mystical Babylon. 'Tis I think pretty manifest by the Prophecies, that this Antichristian Hierarchy and apostate Church will at last be so destroyed, that there shall be no Remainders of it left, and shall have as perfect a Desolation, before God has done with her, as old Babylon had; there shall be no such Thing as Pope or Church of Rome in the World. ‖It seems also pretty ⟨p. 149⟩manifest that after that Event that is chiefly intended in the Prophecies of Antichrist's Destruction, there will be some Remains of the Romish Church. This appears by that most particular and large Description of that Destruction, Rev. xviii. There it seems to be implied, not only that many shall yet remain of the Church of Rome, that shall bewail her Overthrow, of her People and Clergy; (Ver. 11, 15, 17, 18.) But that there should be some Princes among them, Kings of the Earth, that have committed Fornication, and lived deliciously with her; (Ver. 9, 10.) And it is exceeding improbable in it self, that every Papist, in each Quarter of the World, should be destroyed, or cease from the World, at one Blow. And as long as so considerable a Number remains, as may be gathered from the Prophecy, they will doubtless have an Hierarchy; and there will be one among them that will bear the Name of a Pope. Although' the Church of Rome shall be mainly destroyed, and the Interest of Popery shall be sunk very low in the World; so that there will yet remain such a Thing as a Papal Church and Hierarchy in the World, to be wholly extirpated at another Period, sometime after that great Overthrow principally insisted on in the Prophecies. And this second Destruction of Antichrist, or rather Extirpation of his Remains, together with the complete Extirpation of all Remains of Mohammedanism, Heathenism and Heresy through the World, and the finishing Stroke towards the Overthrow of Satan's visible Kingdom on Earth, and so the Beginning of the Millennium, or spiritual Rest of the World, may, for ought I know, be about the Time Mr. Lowman speaks of; agreeable to the Opinion of the ancient Jews, and many Christian Divines that have followed them, that ⟨p. 150⟩the World would stand six thousand Years; and then, the seventh thousand Years should be the World's Rest or Sabbath.
And thus it seems to me very probable, that it will prove, with Respect to the Prophecies of the Destruction of mystical Babylon. 'Tis I think pretty manifest by the Prophecies, that this Antichristian Hierarchy and apostate Church will at last be so destroyed, that there shall be no Remainders of it left, and shall have as perfect a Desolation, before God has done with her, as old Babylon had; there shall be no such Thing as Pope or Church of Rome in the World. ‖It seems also pretty ⟨p. 149⟩manifest that after that Event that is chiefly intended in the Prophecies of Antichrist's Destruction, there will be some Remains of the Romish Church. This appears by that most particular and large Description of that Destruction, Rev. xviii. There it seems to be implied, not only that many shall yet remain of the Church of Rome, that shall bewail her Overthrow, of her People and Clergy; (Ver. 11, 15, 17, 18.) But that there should be some Princes among them, Kings of the Earth, that have committed Fornication, and lived deliciously with her; (Ver. 9, 10.) And it is exceeding improbable in it self, that every Papist, in each Quarter of the World, should be destroyed, or cease from the World, at one Blow. And as long as so considerable a Number remains, as may be gathered from the Prophecy, they will doubtless have an Hierarchy; and there will be one among them that will bear the Name of a Pope. Altho' the Church of Rome shall be mainly destroyed, and the Interest of Popery shall be sunk very low in the World; so that there will yet remain such a Thing as a Papal Church and Hierarchy in the World, to be wholly extirpated at another Period, sometime after that great Overthrow principally insisted on in the Prophecies. And this second Destruction of Antichrist, or rather Extirpation of his Remains, together with the compleat Extirpation of all Remains of Mahometanism, Heathenism and Heresy through the World, and the finishing Stroke towards the Overthrow of Satan's visible Kingdom on Earth, and so the Beginning of the Millennium, or spiritual Rest of the World, may, for ought I know, be about the Time Mr. Lowman speaks of; agreable to the Opinion of the ancient Iews, and many Christian Divines that have followed them, that ⟨p. 150⟩the World would stand six thousand Years; and then, the seventh thousand Years should be the World's Rest or Sabbath.
- ‖See Rev. xviii.21—23.—and xix.20, 21. Dan vii.26, 27.
