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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10380	A warning to come out of Babylon, in a sermon preached by Master Andrew Ramsay, minister at Edinburgh; at the receiving of Mr. Thomas Abernethie, sometime Jesuite, into the societie of the truely reformed Church of Scotland	Ramsay, Andrew, 1574-1660.	1638 (1638)	STC 20657; ESTC S115617	27,981	57

was in Babylon being a servant and a tenant of the scarlet whoore c. And more clearly to Marcella in the name of Paula and Eustochium hee inviteth her to come out of Rome being that Apocalyptick Babylon whereby it is clear what Hierome did esteeme of Rome And in the preceeding chapter the whore is said to sit cloathed in purple dyeed with the bloud of the Saints with a golden cup full of fornications in her hand having in her fore-head A mysterie Babilon Rome therefore is that mystick Babylon the citie situat upon seven hilles which did reigne over all the kingdomes of the Earth at that time And it is observable that the Popes ordinarie vesture is Scarlet and in the frontispice of his Mitre as Joseph Scaliger witnesseth in his notes on the New Testament is written Mysterie which he learned by the report of Lord Montmorency who was certified thereof in his being at Rome Moreover the same Scaliger sayeth there that the Masse in all languages hath the name of Mysterie which I doubt not is by Divine providence for it is full of mysteries in all the parts gestures actions and rites thereof in so far that for their exposition they require a voluminous treatise as Durandus Rationale and idle pennes of others imployed upon that superstitious subject doe testifie Yea there is no part of their white garments that wanteth its mysterie wherefore the better reformed churches have rejected them for their forged operation and popish mysticall signification The scarlet the golden cup the mysterie the imperiall citie situat on seven hilles do evidence what that mystick Babilon Rome is and the pope who resides there In this book of Divine Revelation Rome is branded with three titles and names of Egypt Sodome and Babilon It is called Egypt in the XI Chapter because it oppresseth the people of God and maketh them worke in brick and clay of corrupt doctrines and humane inventions It is there also called Sodome because of idlenesse and fulnesse of bread and that filthie and unaturall lust not to be named which made GOD to raine fire and brimstone thereupon for many idle bellies be there dumb dogs that preach not prodigalitie and luxurie do reigne amongst them and these unnaturall lustes wherewith the Sodomites were infamous so abounds in Rome that Petrus Damianus leaving Rome and betaking him to the wildernesse in detestation of this Sodomiticall villanie published a book intituled by him Gomorraeus which he did dedicat to Leo the ninth Cardinal Baronius in his Annales clearly confesseth the same And the Archbishop de la Casa was not ashamed to present to the view of the world a treatise in the commendation of filthie Sodomie which was printed and reprinted at Venice O Coelum ad haec non sadas O terra non dehiscis O Heavens doe yee not blush O Earth doest thou not open thy mouth and swallow such vile and grievous sinners But O LORD great is thy patience which the impenitent abusing do treasure up to themselves wrath against the day of wrath Thirdly Rome is called Babilon which signifieth confusion for the confusion of tongues at the building of Babell because in Rome mystick Babilon there is a confusion of secular and ecclesiasti●k governement distinguished and divided by GOD himselfe in the persons of Moses and Aaron and from thence as is evident in the reigne of Jehosaphat except in extraordinarie cases untill the dayes of the Macabees whose successours confounding church and policie as a thing ordinare did loose both church and policie And unto Peter the keyes of the kingdome of Heaven was committed and not keyes of the kingdome of the earth And the Canons of the Apostles so called interdict ecclesiastick persons from medling with civile affaires The prime and purer Antiquitie not onely condemneth the same but in the last and corrupt dayes Bernard ad Eugenium enveyeth against all secular governement in the persons of Churchmen But Babilon hath confounded these giving in both the plenitude of power to the Pope and from him as the source and spring all power to streame forth and bee derived at his pleasure in spirituall and temporall governement This is a great confusion but there is a greater and worse in mixing and confounding trueth with errour in the worship of GOD for they have joyned with the word GOD their traditions with the two Sacraments of GOD their five bastard sacraments with the bloody sacrifice of CHRIST their unbloodie sacrifice of the Messe with the merit of Christ the merit of man with the adoration of the Creator the adoration of the creature with the blood of Christ the blood of Martyrs And this way have built up their Babell of confusion And because of this double confusion if they repent not double confusion in GODS just judgement is prepared for them Therefore that we may eschew this confusion and GODS fierce vengance let us come out of Babell To come out of Babylon is not only to come out with the feet of our body but three wayes we must come out of Babylon In minde affection and action In minde and judgement disproving and condemning their errours in heart and affection hating them in action in deed and body forsakeing them and that with resolution never to returne And he who in these three forsaketh Babel may bee said truely to come out of Babel But this coming out of Babel presupposeth a residing and dwelling in Babel Whereby we may answere to these who aske us where our Kirk was before the dayes of Luther I aske likewise where they who came out of Babel was before their coming out of Babel It must bee said that they were in Babel So our Church before the reformation which was three hundred yeares before Luther was in mystick Babylon the Romane church But though it was in it it was not of it for if it had beene of it as John sayeth it had not went from out of it It was in it and with it as a masse of metall consolidat of gold silver and tinne wherein though the gold and silver be mixed with the tinne they are no part of the tinne and by the melting of the skilfull founder are separate and distinguished one from another So were the good and the bad mixed together in the Romane church till GOD by the Reformers as so many skilfull founders did separate and divide his own Elect from the reprobate If it bee further demanded who these were of our profession that did remaine in the Romane church I answer they were of three sorts Publick opponents to the Romish errours Private opponents and a third who were neither publick nor private opponents Publick opponents I might name many but I will content mee with some most remarkable When the Gregorean Liturgie was obtruded to the Christian Kirk in these Westerne parts these of Millan did oppose the same being better pleased with the Liturgie of Ambrose these of Spaine did