Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

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mong others, he has foiTtotd a gr...,. ..j,.,.,;acy
from reh'gion, which should occur among Chnstians.
This has excited us Protestants to much
dih'gence, both to ascertam its nature, and mark
its progress. In attending to these points, \vq
have found a striking coincidence between the
prophecies of Paul and the
conduct of the Romish
Church. If the R. please, we will ob-
>erve his Ianf(aa{;!;e ;
" Let no man deceive vou
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by any means ; for that day shall not come
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except th-ere come an apostacy first, and that
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man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition ;
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who opposeth and exalteth himself above all
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that is called God, or that is worshipped ; so
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that he as God sitteth in the temple of God,
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showing himself that he is God. Whose
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coming is after the working of Satan, with
' all power, and signs, and lying \vonders *."
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Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the
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latter times some shall depe^rt from the faith,
" giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines
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of devils ; . . . . Forbidding to marry, and
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commanding to abstain from meats, wliich
" God hath created to be received with thanks-
" giving t.''^
By observing this apostle's language, the R.
will perceive, that this extraordinary character
w^as to appear in the Church ;
" Pie sitteth in the
" temple of God." In this point of view, then,
^ 2 TLcss. ii. 3. 4-9. f I Tim, iv. i. — 3.
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