Second advent library

39lating church when they seeher fall, for fear of her torments.the tokens ofAt thepresent day, many of the men of the worldwould be ashamed to be found in the feastsand fairs of some of our churches. Yetthey weep and wail when any of the memberscome out of the rotten ship.16. And saying, Alas,alas! that great city thatwas clothed in tine linen, and purple, and scarlet, anddecked witn gold, and precious stones, and pearls !17. For in one hourso great riches is come toAnd every ship master, and all the companynought.in ships, and sailors, and asmany as trade by seastood afar oiil'The mengreat of the earth and the richmen, will mourn and lament for the downfallof the Church of Rome. In anotherplace, Rev. xvii. 16, it says they will hatethis same church, and make her desolate,&c. Why this contradiction? I answer:they hate her nile over them, and the degradationthey suffer under her sway; butthey only want her power to enslave others,and are only coveting the same rule whichthey hate in her. Yet in destroying herrule and power, the commonpeople mustbe undeceived, which in the end operatesagainst themselves ; and when the peoplelearn their rights in the one case, they willunderstand them in the other; and when the