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away in the spirit into the wilderness;-and "I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured

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beast, full of names of blasphemy, having 'seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, anl "decked with gold and precious stones an pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full"of abominations and filthiness of her fornica.' "tion:-and upon her forehead was a name

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written, mystery, Babylon the great, the mo"ther of harlots, and abominations of the "earth. And I saw the woman drunken with

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the blood of the saints, and of the blood of "the martyrs of Jesus;-and when I saw her, "I wondered with great admiration. And the angel said unto me, wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, 66 which hath the seven, beads and ten horns"The beast that thou sawest, was, and is not,

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and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, "and go into perdition:—and here is the mind 66 which hath wisdom. The seven heads are 16 seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth, And there are seven kings; and five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet "come; and when he cometh, he must con"tinue a short space. And the beast that was, "and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of "the seven, and goeth into perdition. And "after these things, I saw another angel come "down from heaven, having great power; —

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"an the earth was lightened with his glory"and he cried mightily, with a strong voice, 66 saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, "and is become the habitation of devils, and "the hold of every foul spirit, and the cage of every unclean and hateful bird.-For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of "her fornication, and the kings of the earth "have committed fornication with her, and the "merchants of the earth, are waxed rich "through the abundance of her delicacies."And I heard another 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.-For her sins 66 have reached unto heaven, and God hath re"membered her iniquities.-Reward her, even

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as she rewarded you; and double unto her, "double according to her works:-in the cup "which she hath filled, fill to her double.-How "much she hath glorified herself, and lived de

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liciously, so much torment and sorrow give "her;-for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, "and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. "Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, and death and mourning and fa"mine :—and she shall be utterly burned "with fire; for strong is the Lord that "judgeth her.-The merchants, which were "made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the "fear of her torments, weeping, and wailing, "and saying, alas, alas, that great city, that

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"was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and "scarlet, and decked with gold and precious "stones, and pearls!--For, in one hour so great "riches is come to nought.--Rejoice over her "thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and pro"phets; for God hath avenged you on her."And a mighty angel took up a stone, like a 'great mill-stone, and cast it into the sea, say"ing, thus with violence shall the great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be "found no more at all—And the beast was "taken, and with him the false prophet, that "wrought miracles before him, with which he "deceived them that had received the mark of "the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a "lake of fire burning with brimstone.”

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St. Paul upon the same subject, is no less zealous and denunciatory.-"Let no man de"ceive you by any means;-for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away "first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, who opposeth and exalteth "himself above all that is called God, or that "is worshipped; so that he, as God sitteth in "the temple of God, shewing himself that he is "God.-Remember ye not, that when I was yet with you, I told you these things?—And "now ye know what withholdeth, that he might "be revealed in his time-For the mystery of "iniquity doth already work;-only, he who 66 now letteth will let, until ne he taken out of

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"the way:-and then shall that wicked one be “revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with "the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy "with the brightness of his coming: even "him, whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying 66 wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish ;-because they receive not the love of truth that they "might be saved; and for this cause, God "shall send them strong delusion, that they "should believe a lie;-that they all might "be damned who believe nol the truth, but "had pleasure in unrighteousness.”

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What, but the "strongest delusion," could induce any people to believe in the God-eating doctrine of transubstantiation? Is it possible to have stronger internal evidence than this passage affords us, that St. Paul intended every word of it for the Papacy, and for those who were so blind as not to see the falsehood of its doctrine, or wicked enough to carry on the gross imposition, at the certainty of their own condemnation and punishment ?—And can any one, who believes the scriptures, entertain a doubt, that God will destroy this apostacy, and visibly shew his displeasure against those who, without proper reflection, or from tear of the multitude that belong to it, foolishly support it? How did the Almighty treat the apostacy in the wilderness?—In what light did he view the conduct of Aaron, who, with a pusillanimity

unworthy a priest of the most high, yielded to the wishes of an idolatrous multitude, calling upon him to substitute a false worship for that, which alone was true;-and being frightened, gave them an image to prostrate themselves before, instead of peremptorily insisting upon their bowing down to the creator of heaven and earth, and compelling them, to acknowledge with one voice, that he only was God?—"Come, "make to us a God, said they, that may go before us:-for as to that Moses, the man "that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we "know not what is become of him.-Aaron "said to them; pull off the golder pendants "which are in the ears of your wives, of your

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sons, and of your daughters, and bring them "to me. So all the people pulled off the gol"den pendants that were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron, who received the gold "of their hands, and fashioning it in a mould, "made it a molten calf.—And they said: this, "O Israel, is your God, who brought you out "of the land of Egypt. Then spoke the Lord to Moses :-go, get thee down :-for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves :-they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them :-they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, 66 and have sacrificed thereunto.-And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and "behold it is a stiff-necked people:-now,

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