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Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

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128 POPERY CONDEMNED EY<br />

her cruelty, has hastened to <strong>the</strong>ir habitation a-<br />

round <strong>the</strong> throne of God, be forgotten. The<br />

Pope, it is true, does not now possess any such<br />

power ; nor is it at all probable that he ever will.<br />

These kings, who "- gave <strong>the</strong>ir power to <strong>the</strong><br />

*•<br />

beast,'* are gone ; <strong>and</strong> ano<strong>the</strong>r race sprung<br />

up, v/ho are not likely to trust <strong>the</strong>ir authority<br />

into h<strong>and</strong>s who made such a beastly use of it.<br />

The declining condition of <strong>the</strong> Romish Church<br />

will soon terminate in eternal dissolution. The<br />

hour of God's judgement is approaching, when<br />

Ba<strong>by</strong>lon shall fall, <strong>and</strong> be found no more :<br />

" They have shed <strong>the</strong> blood of saints <strong>and</strong> pro-<br />

*'<br />

phets, <strong>and</strong> thou hast given <strong>the</strong>m blood to<br />

" drink ; for <strong>the</strong>y are worthy. Even so. Lord<br />

" God x\l mighty, true <strong>and</strong> righteous are thy<br />

*'<br />

judgements*."<br />

CHAP. V.<br />

AN EXAMINATION OF THE R.'s SCRIPTURAL<br />

NOTES OF THE TRUE CHURCH ; INDEFECTA-<br />

BILITY, PERPETUAL VISIBILITY, UNIVERSA-<br />

LITY, AND INFALLIBILITY.<br />

i T must be of considerable, importance<br />

* Rev. xvi. 6. 7.<br />

m religion<br />

to ascertain <strong>the</strong> true Church. By <strong>the</strong> ordinances

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