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A47362	Antichrist stormed, or, Mystery Babylon the great whore, and great city, proved to be the present Church of Rome wherein all objections are fully answered : to which is added, the time of the end, or a clear explanation of Scripture prophecies, with the judgment of divers learned men concerning the final ruine of the Romish Church, that it will be in this present age : together with an account of the two witnesses, who they are, with their killing, resurrection & ascention : also an examination and confutation of what Mr. Jurieu hath lately written concerning the effusion of the vials ... : likewise a brief review of D. Tho. Goodwins exposition of the 11th chapter of the Revelations, concerning the witnesses, and of that street in which they should lie slain, proving it to be meant of Great Brittain : and a brief collection of divers strange prophecies, some very antient / by Benj. Keach ... ; to which is annext, a short treatise in two parts : 1. The calculation of Scripture numbers by Scripture only, without the help of humane history, 2. Upon the witnesses, giving light to the whole book.	Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.	1689 (1689)	Wing K44; ESTC R19009	133,186	254

to Lie Swear and For-swear to Kill Slay and Murther such they call Hereticks tho never so Godly if it be for the cause of Holy Church with a thousand things of the like nature which the people do believe and dare not disown upon their Salvation but boldly adventure to ingage at all opportunitys to Fight and make War burn Citys lay waste Countries and Kingdoms and destroy by Massacres and all manner of Murthering ways all Ranks and Degrees of Men who oppose the horrid principles of this vile Church and cursed practices of these Sons of Belial Nay they will go boldly to their own deaths when convicted and justly condemned for such like villanies and deny to day what they were convicted of yesterday and tho never so notoriously guilty yet will take it upon their Death they are as innocent as the Child unborn what can this be tho they drink it down as sweet Wine but an Infusion of the rankest and most deadly Poyson that the lowest celler of the bottomless Pit can afford the very Wine of the Whores Fornication and the most dangerous Intoxication in the World Which is attended with this aggravation i. e. the best medicines of the wisest Physicians will not recover them for Babylon having made the multitude drunk with this sort of Poysoned Wine how rare is it to have any to come to themselves or to their right minds again And to shut up this Head take this argument Arg. If no people in the Christian World have made the multitude of the common People or Inhabitants of the Earth drunk i. e. corrupted and Intoxicated their minds with wicked Lyes Falshood and detestable Doctrines as Rome Papal or Church of Rome hath done Then Rome Papal c. is Mystery Babylon But no People in the Christian World have made the multitude of the Inhabitants of the Earth Drunk i. e. corrupted and intoxicated their minds by wicked Lies falsehood and detestable Doctrine such as before mentioned as the Church of Rome hath done Ergo Rome Papal is mystery Babylon IX Mystery Babylon is said to sit upon a Scarlet-colour'd Beast and this Beast is full of the names of Blasphemy And I saw a Woman sit upon a Scarlet coloured Beast full of the names of Blasphemy c. Rev. 17. 3. So that it appears the Woman and the Beast are distinct by the Woman is meant the false Church by the Beast is meant the secular power or civil state or the Antichrist or that Government that is the eighth and of the seventh who assumeth both the Civil and Ecclesiastical Authority by whom the Whore false Church and Worship is supported That the Beast and Whore are distinct is evident 1. From other Prophecies relating to the same thing 2. From the letter of the text 3. From arguments grounded on reason 4. From the confession of the Whore her self 1. From the Prophecies in the Scripture describing the same state of the Roman Monarchy Dan 2. the latter part of the Image is partly Iron and partly Clay two states that were really distinct that could never so in corporate as to become one 2. From the letter of the text I saw a Woman sit upon a Scarlet-coloured Beast full of the names of Blasphemies The colours of the Royal and Imperial vestments as the Angel declared them distinct so the Apostle saw them distinct 3. They appear to be distinct from argments grounded upon reason For 1. The Beast is in the Masculine Gender the Whore in the Feminine Gender 2. Because the Whore is said to ride upon the beast the one carrying the other 3. The horns being of the Beast 't is said shall hate the Whore if they were not distinct the Whore must hate her self and eat her own flesh c. which is nonsensical 4. The Beast shall abide tho in captivity after the Whore is thrown down and destroy'd 4. From the plain confession of the Whore her self they are distinct who saith I sit a queen I am no Widdow c. Ergo she has a Head or Husband which is the vile Person little Horn and Ecclesiastical Beast or that man of Sin St. Paul declared should rise after the then present Romish power which did lett was taken away which the primitive Fathers as Tertullian Cyprian Jerome and others understood to be the Imperial power in its pure civil iron or unmixt-state or Legs of the Image Dan. 2. Paral. Rome Papal or Church of Rome hath not only drawn into Idolatry the Kings of the Earth great men abusing God his Son Jesus Christ and the Christian Religion and the blessed books of the Old and New Testament but she hath made the lower and ruder sort of the people drunk too as hath been shewed And 't is no wonder she thinks she may do any thing having a dispensation from heaven as she pretends which the Pope keeps the Keys of fearing no power on Earth And now that she hath the secular power to support her upon which she sits or rides in great pomp is evident and that they are really distinct for what of the secular power is still left at Rome is under the conduct and management of the Church there being no civil administration of Justice or exercise of Laws but what is authorized and allowed by the Pope the Head of this Ecclesiastical State to make this further evident the Pope doth not only exercise a power of appointing seculars at Rome and near to it but he claims the like supremacy abroad in other Kingdoms if the secular Princes fall off from him or will not be reconciled to him and own him as head of the Church he will excommunicate and depose them and takes away their Crown● and Sceptres from them that the Pope is a temporal Prince as well as an ecclesiastical Bishop i. e. makes Laws exacts Tribute raises Souldiers and acts a Monarch is notoriously known which fairly affords him the title of Beast that his Royal and Scarlet Robes the Chair he sits in to his very Hose and Shoes with the Vestments of his Cardinals is Scarlet so that ye need not doubt but here you have the Scarlet coloured Beast besides no man can reasonably doubt that what the Civil power claims the Ecclesiastical power exercises and that this Princely Pope is in the Masculine and this Harlot or false Church in the Feminine Gender is owned by all partys That the Church state doth sit upon ride and govern the secular at Rome Italy and all its Territories that the Church of Rome owns that she is no Widdow but hath a head called his Holiness or supreme ruler of the Church is so evident that we cannot find them upon any file of record of controversy There remains therefore no more to be done here sith this black character of Mystery Babylon doth so well meet in the Romish Church Arg. If there be no visible state in the Christian World that doth so apparently sit upon command and govern the Beast

worthy Mr. Ainsworth observeth in her Divine service she has Babels very language an unknown Tongue so is it an Idol wholly made as the Scripture speaketh according to her own understanding and is all the works of the crafts-men the Prelates and Popes the lovers of this great Whore who have patched together in their several ages the limbs of this deformed monster the Mass and Canon thereof a sacrifice for the sins of the quick and the dead with the Litany and Collects An●hems and Responds and in this Liturgy God and his Angels Apostles and Martyrs and Confessors with he Saints and she Saints and some that had Satans sanctity are wrapt up together with a Stage-play like worship with musical instruments to make them merry as Nebuchadnezzar with melody celebrated the dedication of his Golden Image which Portal and Missal these Artizans have framed exceeding all superstitions abominations and confession that ever were in the World the meer device and forgery of their own Brains by the help of the Devil provoking God to Jealousie and Wrath which suddenly she must pertake of without mixture 4. Mother of Harlots Hath not Papal Rome this very character upon her forehead It meets in none as in her all Protestants of what denomination soever utterly disallow of Fornication Whoredom and Adultery in persons of any Ranks whatsoever maintaining constantly that Marriage is honourable in all whereas the Church of Rome 't is noto●iously known gives publick toleration to ●bominable Whoredoms and the most shame●ess and unatural Bestialities as ever were in the World but this Epithet Mother of Harlots ●ay more properly refer to Spiritual Adultery ●nd that the Church of Rome is a Mystical Mo●her is very plain and evident for do not all her Children own her to be the Mother Church ●nd therefore 1. Protestants are exhorted to return into the bosom of their mother 2. All polluted and national Churches in the European Kingdoms sprang from her as the Churches of France Spain Portugal c. and do call her Mother 3. All corruption in Doctrine and Discipline were bred and brought forth by her she is certainly the Mother of all these cursed titles and errors following viz. Universal Supream Infallible Head Holy Father the Pope his Holiness in the abstract our Lord God the Pope unerring Church Priestly Absolution selling Pardons Indulgences Dispensations adoring the Crucifix worshiping of Images Anointing and sprinkling of Holy-Water the adoration of the Mass nay and the adoring the Devils own Engine i. e. the Cross or Gibbet whereon the Devils Emissaries killed or crucified the Lord of Life and Glory for the curse of the Law was to be done away by ● cursed Death upon a tree o● which whosoever was hanged the curse of God was upon him this death the innocent Lamb Jesus Christ suffered f●● our sakes at the hands of wicked Sinne● Pilate and the Jews the Children of the D●vil who used all exquisite torments to mak● his death miserable Crowning him wi●● Thorns piercing his Hands Feet and Sides with Nails and a Spear hanging him on the Tree until he died And this pretended Tree or Cross Thorns and Nails with other counterfeits of them this Mother of Harlots teaches her Children to adore and honour with as good Ground and Devotion as one observes as the Ophites or Serpentories are said to honour the Serpent the Devils instrument for to bring man to the knowledge of good and evil And that all the World might take notice that Rome is the City where our Lord was crucified this Mother of Harlots doth proclaim that the Cross was that Altar whereon the great Sacrifice Christ was offered whereas the Scripture teacheth that the bodies of those Beasts whose blood was brought to make reconciliation in the holy place were burnt without the Host or Camp of Israel and not on the Altar which stood before the door of the Tabernacle according to which figure Jesus also that he might sanctifie the people with his own blood suffered without the Gate of Jerusalem which was a reproach yet will these God-eaters and crucifiers of our blessed Saviour make the cursed Cross to be the Altar most holy and so greater than Christ the sacrifice as being that which sanctified him for the Al●ar sanctified the offering And hereupon they call the Cross blessed and ascribe unto it worthiness to bear the Talent of the World they account it among the most precious Reliques and not only the whole but every piece thereof they adore it salute it pray unto it and trust therein for Salvation crying Hail O Cross our only hope increase thou to the godly Righteousness and unto sinners give pardon save thou the company gathered together in thy praises yea the very sign of this Idol made in the Air upon the forehead or over any thing is Sacred and Ven●rable and hath force to drive away Devils and do many like feats wherefore this abomination hath prevailed above other and is like Beel●ebub Prince of the Devils the Badg of the Beast and Character of Mystery Babylon Imprinted in Churches Chappels Altars Houses and High ways in Books Writings in Prayers Sacraments in Garments Bodies and Souls of Men both Quick and Dead nay nothing is well hallowed without it no Sacrament perfect without it And this great honour hath the Cross because the Devil and his Instruments Killed or Crucified our Saviour upon it so that a marvel it is how Judas lips scaped honour seeing he also was Satans instrument to betray Christ with a kiss wherefore this Spiritual Egypt Pseudo Catholick Church deserveth more to be branded by some Satyrist for worshiping monsters than the first Egypt whose less impiety a Heathen Poet did deride 4. As she is the Mother of Harlots and Mother of all corrupt Doctrine and Detestable Errors c. So also is she Mother of all personal vices and fleshly abominations as horrid Oaths and Blasphemies most astonishing perjury and subtil equivocation hypocrisies uncleannesses lying subornations secret poysonings stabing throat-cutings adulteries covenant-breaking and what not are these things allowed amongst Protestants No certainly yet they are not only allowed by this Whore but esteemed merito●ious if it be done for the good and promo●ion of Holy Church and for these things may she not rightly be called Mystery Babylon the great the mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth Which I shall conclude with this Argument Argu. If this name Mystery Babylon the great the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth in all these respects we have noted doth not so fully and fitly agree to any People as they do to Rome Papal or Church of Rome then Rome Papal c. is Mystery Babylon but this name Mystery Babylon the great Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth in all these respects noted does not agree so fitly and fully to any people in the World as to the Church of Rome Ergo Rome Papal or Church of Rome is Mystery

and glorious Reign and Government of Christ and his Saints on Earth Dan. 7. 27 28. with Psal. 72. the whole Psalm Well might these heavy Tydings cause his countenance to change by the trouble of his mind about this matter as the Repetition after Dan. 8. in the description of the 3 that were to Reign the 2300 years yet to come as v. 19 20 21 26. caused him to faint even to sickness for certain days v. ●7 I say well might these things be so di●●ressing to the Mind and Spirit of the Prophet when he was expecting deliverance to the Church of God For in this very year the first of Darius Dan. 9. 1 2. He understood by the Books of Jeremiah the ending of the ●o years Captivity in Babylon together with Gods providence in ending that first Monarchy Jer. 27. 7. they ●●ing at a loss at which of the 3 goings into Captivity to head that number before for there were ● goings into captivity as 2 Chron. 36. 6. and 10 17. The next thing is how to carry on this time of 2300 years according to Scripture And first I shall premise 1. That it is not so material to enquire what of this time is run out in and under each of these Monarchies there being so much time alloted by Divine appointment for the whole if we can but find the time carried on in Scripture it is sufficient for as God set the time then to come of the first Monarchy in the 70 years of his Churches sufferings under it so he sets the whole time of the three that were to succeed in the 2300 years of his Churches sufferings then to come 2. That Histories do greatly differ both as to number of Persons reigning and the time that each reigned that they rather confound than help in this matter and is one reason why Expositors have so varied each following him whom he liked best and endeavouring to reconcile the Scriptures to them when indeed we should reconcile them to the Scriptures and if they speak not according to them not to hear them And therefore to prosecute my design I find we may reckon up this account of 2300 years so many of them as were past at Christs death by Scripture thus First 21 years after the 70 years expired in the ending of the Babylonian Monarchy which was the time of Darius his Reign after he took Babylon before Cyrus came to the Throne who was foretold by Isaiah the Prophet Chap. 44. 28. to be the Person that should let go Gods Captives who accordingly did Ezra c. 1. Now the Scriptures give us this account 1. That the Medes and Persians were but one Monarchy 2. That the Government was in the seed of th● Medes at the time when Babylon was taken D●● 5. 31. ch 9. 1. 3. That Darius was 62 years old when he took Babylon Dan. 5 31. there is some reason for the Spirits noting of that so that he might well Reign 21 years more for that is but 83 and many live to that age 4. That he ordered over the affairs of the Kingdom 120 Princes and 3 Presidents c. 5. He by the motion of these Princes made that Law as firm as the Laws of the Medes and Persians that Daniel was cast into the Lions Den by Dan. 6. 7 8 9 10. 6. Upon his miraculous deliverance he made a Decree to own the God of Daniel chap. 6 25 26. and published it through all his Dominions all these things must take up time 7. Daniel c. 6. 28. is said to prosper all his Reign therefore he did Reign 8. The Holy Spirit gives us the description of this Monarchy under the Ram He tells 〈…〉 Horns came up one after the other and the last grew highest which was Cyrus a Persian How he came to the Throne Historians differ some say by conquest this could not be Others by marriage or some natural Alliance which is probable but that is not material to me it 's sufficient that I find the Scriptures say that he came to the Throne 9. Now these 21 years I judge are the 21 days a day for a year the Angel saith the Prince of the Kingdom of Persia withstood him Dan. 10. 13. For the better understanding of which 1. In Dan. 9. after Daniel had understood by Books the expiration of the 70 years captivity under the Babylonians he sets himself to pray for Mercy and Deliverance and hath no other Answer than ●th Vision of 70 weeks and the division of them Dan. ●9 25 26. which account was to begin from the going forth of the Commandment to build the City Jerusalem 7 weeks it should be building and built 62 to the Messiah and in the midst of the last week the Messiah should be cut off So that in all this there is no direct answer to Daniels prayer for present deliverance for the Temple took up a long time in building through the long death upon the work before the command here spoken of for building the City came forth Now as his prayer was in the first year of Darius that is not of his being a King but his taking Babylon and so being concerned with the Church of God for God in his Word takes little or no notice of earthly powers but as in Relation to his people so when Daniel was even now going out of the World He sets himself to pray again in ch 10. which is said to be in the third of Cyrus v. 1. and has this for Answer that God was not unmindful of his Prayer as v. 12. and gives a reason why deliverance was not yet to come The Prince of the Kingdom of 〈…〉 the Prince of Persia but the Prince of the Kingdom of Persia i. e. Darius who tho'he was of the seed of the Medes was Prince of the Kingdom of Persia withstood him that is had not let Israel go tho' he had strengthned him in his Kingdom ch 11. 1. Now this third year of Cyrus might possibly be but the first of his absolute Reign for it 's like he might under Darius being old rule 2 years before his death because it s said 2 Chron. the last and 1. Ezra 1. That in the first of Cyrus he let Israel go and 't is probable that Daniel died in the first of his absolute Reign Dan x. last for he continued but to the first of King Cyrus Now the continuance here cannot relate to his honours that King Nebuchadnezzar advanced him to chap. 2. 48. for after his death if not before he retired and lived obscure at Court chap. 5. 11 13. Neither did the Prophet Daniel come out of captivity which it's like he had done if he had lived to the time of liberty to return being a man whose Heart was so ingaged for the good of the Church of God besides it hath been that such as were to succeed in the Throne have been in the management of the Government before the death of him that preceded as