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A57810	Maromah, the Lord of Rome the Antichrist, finally and fully discover'd his name and the number of his name, hitherto wonderfully hid in the words of Solomon and Isaiah, but now reveal'd beyond all scruple and doubt : to the most seasonable comfort of all the faithful, to the everlasting confusion of Pope and popish ministers, to the vindication, praise and encouragement of all Protestant witnesses, peculiarly [sic] the happy discoverers of the late most horrid Popish Plot : being a second sermon on Prov. XIV. 25, preacht in Istleworth Church on Novemb. 16, 1679 / by William Ramsay, B.D. ...	Ramsay, William, B.D.; Ramsay, William, B.D. Mirmah, Maromah, Maroum.	1680 (1680)	Wing R217; ESTC R10342	13,292	37

respect of all Prophecies as Christ observ'd to his Apostles Mat. 24.15 speaking of Daniels Prophecy of the Abomination of desolation Whoso readeth saith Christ let him understand As if Christ had said Many have read that Prophecy and you have read it but who hath understood it None but I tell ye now plainly that it is the utter Destruction of Jerusalem which you shall live to see Even so many have read this Prophecy of Solomon but it follows not that any hath understood it till the appointed time which I shall shew ye is now But this Prophetical obscurity is most peculiar to our case which contains the Discovery of the Name of Antichrist and of the Number of his Name For of this very thing it is written by the Prophet himself who speaks most of this matter Rev. 13.18 Here is wisdom says the Great Prophet John Let him that hath understanding count the Number c. Beloved be ye so far from expecting something obvious to every man that readeth that rather reject ye this Assertion if ye find not both Wisdom and Understanding in it yet not my wisdom or the wisdom of man but the wisdom of the Holy Ghost who knew how to couch so valuable a Prophecy under the contemptible covert of a single term of Solomon And now to discover it by a contemptible Instrument when the very time calls for it Nay not the Wisdom only but the Goodness of God is apparent in these long concealments of prophetical Truths and the open Revelation of them in their proper times For instance had Solomon writ in vulgar and obvious terms that the Lord of Rome speaketh lies Then had Solomon's Books at least if not all the old Scriptures been burnt by the Lords of Rome without some extraordinary Miracles of preservation which did not so become divine Wisdom who knew how to order the matter better without them Again had Solomon writ this in terms obvious to every Reader or had it been discover'd before the time then such Lords of Rome as have been Witnesses of Truth had been branded with an undue Character Now then is the time that this Prophecy should be discover'd and first here in England for here first by the most wonderful Discoveries that ever were made in the world the Lord of Rome appears to be indeed that Great Witness of deceit who speaketh lies and by Lies destroyeth those Souls which the great Witness of Truth came to deliver Proceed we directly to the Discovery The thing to be discovered lyes hid in the Hebrew term which in the Text is render'd A deceitful Witness The Hebrew term is in the first Original written with these four letters onely M. R. M. H Now the Hebrews till above four hundred years after Christ writ no Vowels in their words as a e i o or u but writ the Consonants only and understood the Vowels Which Custom of that Language God himself was the Author of when he gave his Law to Moses written without distinction of Vowels and I cannot doubt but the Divine Wisdom appointed it so to this very end that many things and prophecies might lye hid in that obscure Writing till a proper time to be discover'd And so it came to pass for the Christians discovering daily more and more testimonies of the Truth from the Old Scriptures and confounding the obstinate Jews with their own writings the Masorethans that they might either change or obscure such places in Scripture as plainly made for the Christians against them found out this trick of writing Vowels which however in it self a perfection of writing yet was in them but a trick of corrupting and several places which they could not corrupt they utterly rejected even the whole Book of Daniel and consulted to serve Isaiah so but publick shame could not permit that But Prophecies of the nature of the Text which lay hid in close Coverts of words admitting another vulgar sence as this word Mirmah doth such they could not attempt to change for they could not suspect any prophecy in them and I know there are more in the Scripture and there may be many more which I know not in which the Wisdom of God shines wonderfully to him that understandeth and his gracious Providence to preserve his Truth from them that would suppress it utterly were it in their skill and power These Masorethans added their points and vowels to all the Words of the Old Testament Ann. Chr. 479. twelve hundred years agoe at the most From this 'T is plain that the Vowels of this word Mirmah are not of Divine Authority unless we have other authority than that of the Masorethans But the Letters of the word being originally written by Solomon are of Divine Authority that is M. R. M. H which Letters according to the exact analogy of the Hebrew reading make the entire word of Maromah of which Mirmah is only a contraction for the Word Maromah gives every letter its Vowel but the word Mirmah casts out the middle-vowel O from the letter R and for the long vowel A puts the short vowel i and so draws together three Syllables into two Maromah into Mirmah So that the whole difference is from the Vowels only which as all confess are not Divine Scripture If then the Letters which are certainly of Divine authority contain in them a more profitable Truth than what is exprest by the Masorethans pointing of it and if that Truth be plainly confirm'd by other Scriptures then without all doubt we ought to embrace that Truth and to use the words of the Holy Ghost to the greatest advantage of it So seeing the Scripture of the Holy Ghost is really and literally Maromah as well as Mirmah we may read Maromah as well as Mirmah yea rather Maromah than Mirmah if Maromah be more significant and conform to the Holy Ghost in the other Scriptures as we shall shew it is We reject not the word Mirmah no But We preferre the Word Maromah for reasons to be given and we retain the word Mirmah which in its vulgar use signifies Deceit and so was a most fit word to conceal the Prophecy included in Maromah which Mirmah too includes in its radical signification yea is the same Word essentially with Maromah and is the same word letter for letter in the Original writing of Solomon which was the writing of the Holy Ghost It was necessary then it should be read Mirmah till the discovery of the Prophecy of Maromah contained in it But when the Kernel must be produced then the Shell must be broken Then leave we Mirmah as the Shell and prove we the property of Maromah Maromah literally and grammatically according to exact Lexico-graphy and Etymology of the Hebrew tongue and which is more according to the style of the Prophets Old and New signifies the Lord of Rome I will first prove the grammatical and then the prophetical signification of the Word The Grammatical signification is apparent three wayes

all as plain as Grammatical things can be only as was premised it must not be Obvious to Every Grammarian nor to be read in the School-Dictionary for then where 's the Mystery of which it is said Let him that readeth understand And here is Wisdom And let him that understandeth count the Number c. But you shall see the Wisdom of God shine out from a single word even from this word of Maromah Only have patience and despise not small things which the wise God makes choice of to confound the things that are great And first to foreshew the Lord of Rome which is spiritually Babylon the Spirit would use a Babylonian word for Maromah is an Hebrew word in the Babylonian Dialect for Mar says Buxtorfius is Vox babylonica and signifies a Supreme Lord and is often used by the Rabbies sayes the same Buxtorfius for Bahal or Adon and not only by the Rabbies but by the Holy Ghost too both in the Old and New Prophets Dan. 2.47 Maremalchin a Babylonian word for the Lord of Kings 1 Cor. 16.22 Maranatha a Babylonian word for the Lord cometh Even so Maromah for the Lord of Rome For Rome is Originally a Hebrew word and the Hebrews have no other word for Rome but Roum in the Hebrew Dialect and Romah in the Babylonian or Chaldaick dialect whence comes the Greek word Romη with an η in the end which answers the Hebrews He and from the Greek came the Latin word by turning η into a as in cena musa and a thousand such Indeed the Greek and Latin tongues come originally from the Hebrew as Arpenius has learnedly shown but especially this word Rome came from the Hebrew as will better appear by the consideration of the Hebrew Roum which you may see in every Lexicon Roum is an Hebrew Verb and signifies to be High and exalted or to exalt Ones-self in place power and pride or to usurp high and great things chiefly indeed it is spoken of the exaltation of God above all as Psal 46.10 Know that I am God says the Lord I will be exalted among the Heathen I will be exalted in the earth Aroum baggojim aroum baarets But secondarily the word is used for the pride ambition and usurpation of men as we shall see From the Verb Roum come the Substantives Roum and Romah both which signifie Height in place power or pride from which certainly comes the name of the City of Rome From the same Verb you have also Maroum which is the principal Word we look for and you have it in every Hebrew Lexicon See Buxtorfius in the Radix Roum Now the commonly receiv'd signification of Maroum in the Lexicons is The high One of the Earth or the High thing of the Earth to which if ye joyn the first Etymology in which is shewn that Mar is an usual term for Lord then it will appear plainly that Maroum as Maromah signifies literally and grammatically the Lord of Rome For as it appears in Buxtorfius in the Radix Roum that the Substantives Roum and Romah are all One so it must needs be equally plain that Maroum and Maromah are all One. But if ye ask which of these is the proper and Original Word Maroum certainly with Vau-cholam is the Original Hebrew word in the Hebrew dialect and Maromah in the Chaldean or Babylonian dialect The Pronunciation of Vau-cholam is certainly very hard and I think quite lost among the Hebrews themselves but as for the Greeks and Latins who have no Vau-cholam in their Language neither can pronounce it the Greeks are forced to take an η in the end and for Roum say Romη the Latins take an a and say Roma the English take an e quiescent and say Rome And all because of the difficulty of pronouncing Vau-cholam in the word Roum or rather Rovm After the same manner the Original Word Maroum with Vau-cholam is after the Greek fashion Maromeh after the Latin Maromah after the English Marome with an e quiescent all which alters not the signification of the word but the pronunciation of it only So homo in Latine is made huomo in Italian Hombre in Spanish un homme in French yet all are Originally the same word with homo a man Much more easie is it to conceive Maroum and Maromah to be the same word in the Hebrew tongue which counts not the difference of Vowels nor of accidental but chiefly of essential or radical letters For which Observe that the Radix Roum has two cognate and collateral Radixes one on one side and the other on the other That is Marah and Ramah Marah with an Aleph whence comes Mar a Lord or one that exalts himself has the same signification with Roum to exalt it self but Marah with an He signifies to Rebell which is a thing consequent to pride Ramah is of the same radical letters with Roum only He in the end is put for Vau the middle which as we shewed is an usual thing and Ramah signifies to deceive and thence comes Remijah and Mirmah Deceit So that however the words be taken whether Roum or Romah whether Mirmah Maroum or Maromah whether from Marah Roum or Ramah take the words as you will it still will appear that God has lodg'd the Mystery of Rome and of the Lord of Rome in these words which signifie Pride Rebellion Usurpation and Deceit the certain distinctive Characters of that proud City and of the lofty Lord that rules therein who has deceiv'd the Nations with his Lies This then is the plain issue of this long Grammatical discourse that the word of the Text which is render'd a Deceitful Witness is literally and grammatically to be render'd Maroum or Maromah that is the Lord of Rome Thus much for the Grammatical come we now to the Prophetical property use and signification of this word And first Observe That the Word Mirmah though it signifies in its common use Deceit in genere yet the Scriptures use it not but where Antichrist is foretold or spoken of which argues the peculiar application of that word to that purpose Besides the Text I have noted six places in this Book of the Proverbs where Solomon useth this word and they have all a peculiar application to the Deceitful Witness Antichrist as the Text hath The like may be observed in the other Books as Psal 5.6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing the Lord shall destroy the bloody and deceitful man The Word is Mirmah or Maromah And Psal 10.7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud The Word again is Mirmah or Maromah And these places mean plainly of Antichrist But where the place is not applicable to the deceit of Antichrist there Deceit is not exprest by the Word Mirmah but by Remijah toke or some other word But for the Prophetical use of this word we have undeniable Authority in the Prophet Isaiah in the 24 th 25 th and 26 th Chapters In which the Prophet foretells the

the least scruple remaining Yea I know whoever shall seek another Name or Number of the Beast shall seek in vain Nothing is here of my own making Neither Word nor Signification nor Letter nor Number The Word of Maroum is of the Prophets Isa 24 25 26 chapt The Signification of the Word you may see in Buxtorfius and in every Hebrew Lexicon The Letters and the Number of the Letters you have in every Hebrew Alphabet but most distinctly and prophetically in Psal 119. My work was onely this to understand what I read and so to collect it as to give you the understanding I doubt not but more time will give both you and me more understanding But God gave me this and I hope will give as much more as is good for me and this is enough for this time of this matter Let the Text be read thus The Witness of Truth delivereth souls But Maroum The Lord of Rome speaketh lies Then a word or two to that Epithet Speaketh lies The Lord of Rome speaketh Lies two wayes By Himself and by his Emissaries First The Lord of Rome speaketh Lies by himself We shall not undertake to give ye the Number of his Lies as we gave ye the Number of his Name for we might better give the Number of the Starres or of the Sand of the Ocean-shore But as the Starres are reduced to Classes so shall we reduce the Lies of the Lord of Rome to three Classes that is of Doctrine of Discipline and of Manners The first and fundamental Lye of the Doctrine of Maromah is That he has asserted himself Infallible and that he cannot erre when he speaks in his Chair This is the Mother of Lyes and he the Father And with this famous Infallibility he hath begot an innumerable Issue of Lies and hath put them out to be espoused by all Nations and many Nations have been deceiv'd with them these many Ages But thanks be to God and to our Witness of Truth Jesus Christ for he by his Gospel has discover'd these lyes unto us and has deliver'd our Souls from this Witness of Deceit Our Witnesses of Truth which the Lord hath raised up from time to time in the Reformed Churches have confounded Maromah in thousands of Controversies We at Present deny his Assertion of Infallibility and that not from our own mouth but from the Mouth of the Holy Ghost who speaking by Solomon hath said unto us Maromah The Lord of Rome speaketh lies Ergo is not Infallible 2. The Great and Fundamental Lye of his Discipline is this That he is the Vicar and Substitute of Christ The Supreme Lord over the Christian World exalted by Christ over Kings and Princes and over all that is called God on Earth With this his Lye he has got the Crowns of Kings and Emperours into his hand and has brought Kings and Emperours under his feet and disposeth of them and of their Kingdoms as he pleaseth giveth the Life of Kings into the hands of Murderers and the Murderers of Kings are his Martyrs Massacres of Nations are his Holy Leagues and the most hellish Plots are the most meritorious Works of his best beloved Sons and Subjects But Now this Lye is laid open to the World Maromah is proved to be the Deceitful Witness directly opposite to the Witness of Truth which is Christ and therefore the Antichrist and not the Vicar of Christ Yea his own mouth betrayes him for he professedly exalts himself above all on Earth Therefore he 's the Maroum whose Number is 666. And of him it is written Maromah speaketh lies 3. The Great and fundamental Lye of his Manners is this that he styles himself The most Holy and The most Humble too even The Servant of the Servants of God But certainly he 's the most unholy and the most proud the most destructive and the most abominable evil among men and therefore termed by the Holy Ghost not a Man but a Beast And the Bishops of Rome since they were Maroums that is since they usurp'd Supremacy have been the most cruel bloody most filthy and abominable Beasts in Nature that the name of Beast was never so agreeable to any thing on Earth as to the Popes of Rome Gregory the Great was the first who took that Title of The Servant of the Servants of God not in a spirit of Humility but of the greatest Pride and Envy For the Emperour preferring John Jejunator Patriarch of Constantinople before Gregory and giving John the title of Universal Bishop Gregory oppenly opposing Johns Supremacy took it upon himself the best way he could by the equivocal Title of Servant of the Servants of God In the mean time neglecting no Stratagems to promote his Supreme Authority For which sole end he sent his Agents Austin and the other Monks into England to lay the foundation of his Usurpations there So that of a truth Gregory was the First Maroum at least in plot and design but his Successour Boniface the third was an open and profest One who obtain'd of Phocas Emperour the Title of Supreme Bishop and Lord of the Church And the Usurpation had such success that Boniface the Eighth in solemn Jubilee Attired one day in Pontificalibus another in Imperialibus with two Swords before him made Proclamation that he was Supreme Lord and Emperour of the Whole World and Accursed all the Kings of the Earth that subjected not their Kingdoms to him So egregious is that Lye of the Title of Most Holy and of the Servant of the Servants of God that since the time of that most ambitious Hypocrite Gregory the Great there has not reign'd One Pope but what has been a monstrous Beast in Manners All monstrous in Pride Covetousness Rebellion Deceit Usurpation and Impostures And Most profest Atheists Whoremongers Sodomites Simoniacks Blood-shedders Incendiaries so unwearied in plotting and raising Warres among Christian Kings and Princes murdering the Fathers by the Sons and Brother by Brother Soveraigns by Subjects and one Neighbouring Prince by another that we read in History more Christian and Royal Blood shed by the Popes of Rome than ever was shed by all the Enemies of the Church of God since God had a Church on earth While then the Pope acts thus most bloodily and most beastly and yet calls himself Most Holy We answer from the Holy Ghost Maromah The Lord of Rome speaketh lies Lastly He lyeth by his Emissaries For these are taught and teach That to Lye and Equivocate is their Duty when it serves their Masters turn Therefore they Equivocate in their Names and Habits and Professions changing them every day and often in a day as the weather of their Affairs changeth They equivocate in their Doctrines resolving their Cases and Controversies as may serve to engage all manner of Proselytes They Equivocate at the Barr of Justice holding Murders and Massacres to be just and no Oaths so lawful as such as serve to conceal their Plots They Equivocate on their private death-beds and give up their Ghost with Oaths of Equivocation as is certain of Tresham's Case in King James his time acknowledged by Garnet himself What wonder then if they dye on the Gallows with Oaths of Equivocation We are sure the Murderers of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey dyed with Lyes or which is the most deceitful kind of lyes with Equivocation and horrid Execration denying that bloody Fact We are sure they dyed Lying What wonder if the Plotters dyed in a lying or equivocating Denyal of the Plot. We are sure Ireland dyed Lying why not the Rest especially Gawen who in his last words tells ye of Material Prolocution a new and fine way of Deceit when a Jesuit may speak what words he will but means nothing but the sound of the words but leaves the hearer to give what signification he will and to deceive himself if he will Si vult decipi decipiatur I think it necessary says the Jesuit to speak these words but I mean no such thing Thus the Life and Death of an Emissary of Rome is Lying Equivocation or as the Martyrs of lyes have taught us Material Prolocution As Christ is the great Author of Truth and came to bear witness to the Truth and to save all by the Truth Even so it is apparent that the Lord of Rome walks in direct Opposition to Christ is the great Author of Deceit and by all methods of Lying seeks to deceive all Therefore the Lord of Rome is the Antichrist And of him in opposition to the Christ Solomon prophesied A true Witness delivereth Souls but Maromah the Lord of Rome speaketh Lies Let us pray O God who hast laid up great treasures of Wisdom in the Scriptures of thy holy Prophets and revealest them in due season to those that seek the Truth in love So by the Books of Jeremy thou gavest Daniel understanding to count the Number of the years of the time of thy Mercy to Jerusalem and now by the Books of thy Prophets Solomon and Isaiah thou hast given us the understanding to count the Number of the Name of the Witness of Deceit who deceiveth the Nations We bless and praise and magnifie thy Name and beseech thee for thy Names sake let not the Miracles of thy Mercy be lost upon us and continue graciously still to preserve us our King and Nations from the Plots and Deceits of the Wicked that thy Name may be great that thy Gospel may prevail in this and all the Kingdoms of the Earth by the Merits of the Great Witness of Truth JESUS CHRIST Amen FINIS MIrmah Or The Deceitful Witness A Prophecy of Solomon now first and seasonably discovered wherein the Deceitful Witnesses of Rome are made manifest to all And our Protestant Witnesses are Justified Praised and Defended chiefly the late happy Discoverers of the Romish Plots and Deceits Being a Sermon Preached Novemb. 5. on Prov. 14.25 By William Ramsay Lecturer in Istleworth and Chaplain to the Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Ossory Sold by Benjamin Billingsley at the Printing-Press within the Southwest Piazza of the Royal Exchange