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A08453	The fountaine and vvelspring of all variance, sedition, and deadlie hate Wherein is declared at large, the opinion of the famous diuine Hiperius, and the consent of the doctors from S. Peter the Apostle his time, and the primitiue Church in order to this age: expresly set downe, that Rome in Italie is signified and noted by the name of Babylon, mentioned in the 14. 17. and 18. chapters of the Reuelation of S. Iohn.	Ocland, Christopher, d. 1590?	1589 (1589)	STC 18778; ESTC S113367	31,748	48

many other which heere to rehearse it were to long And so much the more this hath a resemblance of truth that the Apostles had reueiled vnto them many and sundry things concerning the latter times of the falling of the Romaine Empire of the reueiling of the acurssed sonne Antichrist of the abhomination standing in the holy place All which the Apostles set out as it were shadowed somewhat darkly as it is left vnto vs in writing and may be séene in the 24. of Mathew 2. Thessalonians In which two places there is spoken of these matters as it were by points and prickes rather than by any oopen speach Againe the same Papias taught afterward in Alexandria and had bene the scholler of S. Iohn the Apostle whervpon we should be perswaded that he must néeds heare the same interpretation of his maister concerning Rome to be named by Babylon and that the same interpretation was as well in the Churches of Asia where S. Iohn preached as in Europa where S. Peter taught And least peraduenture any might doubt that no good and iust testimony may be brought out of the ancient and approoued writers of the Primitiue Church succeeding next to the Apostles age you shal hear the opinion of those which were next to the Apostles Tertullian did write in the yeare 170. after Christ. He in his worke against the Iewes hath this written Babylon in the writing of Iohn bereth the figure of the city of Rome in that it is great proud in force and a beater downe of the saints Who will now doubt but that the said Tertullian heard this at the Apostles mouthes Also Origines liued in the yeare 200. And he wrote in Alexandria many bookes and the 12 Homily vppon Ezechiell the Prophet he thus expoundeth that there is Babilon where is confusion of maners by vices mischieuous doing continually growing And therfore it is no maruell if the holy writers pondring what was y ● state of the Romains Empire which was the head of the world especially the city of Rome haue defined Rome to be Babilon in their bookes Now hear an euident manifestation of this where Hierome wrote about the yeare of our Lord 380. teaching the Churches both in Asia and Europa in his commentary vppon Esay 47 chap. hee witnesseth y ● many beside him in his time and age did interpret the daughter of Babilon which should be made humble not to be Babylon in Caldea but to be the city of Rome in Italie which is called specially by the name of Babilon in the Reuelation of S. Iohn and in the Epistle of S. Peter all threatnings which be spoken by the Prophet against Babilon to be referred to the distruction of the city of Rome Likewise the said Hierom in a certaine Epistle to Assella complaining of the corrupt maners of the city of Rome calleth Rome by the name of Babilon Againe the said Hierom in the end of his 2 booke against Iouinian turning his oration to the city of Rome I speake vnto thée saith he which hath blotted out the blasphemy written in thy forhead by the confessing of Christ. O mighty city lady of the world interpret thy name Rome is by the Gréekes a name of strength by the Hebrues a name of highnes kéep that that thou art called Let vertu make thée high let not voluptuousnes make thée low Thou maist eschue by repentance the curse which our sauior hath threatned in the Reuelation Thou hast the example of the Niniuites Beware the name of Iouinian which is deriued of an Idoll S. Avgustine liuing in the time of S. Hierom but yet a litle yonger accounted the chief among the latin Deuines and hauing respect to al that was spoken of Rome by those that had written afore in y ● Church declareth many things to be like in Rome and Babilon for in his booke De ciuitate Dei the fifth Booke and second Chapter he calleth Babilon the first Rome In his 18 book and 22. chap. he compareth Rome with the city of the wicked whi●●h Cain builded The one saith he was builded of c●in which ●●ue his brother abel The other was builded by Romulus which killed his brother Rhemus Againe Orosius a Spanish writer liuing in the time of S. Augustine sheweth that Rome and Babilon were alone and especiciallie beside all other wickednesse in opressing the Saintes of God Lib. 2. cap. 3. and again lib. 7. cap. 2. But perchance some to this afore may make obiection alledging that at that time when these ancient writers did write Rome was gouerned by most cruell Emperours which persecuted horibly all good Christians inflicting vpon them all torments and most sharpe death But now Rome is no more gouerned by Emperours that be wicked and thirst the blood of the godly but Rome is vnder the iurisdiction of the holie Pope and for that cause to be reuerenced and honored of all Therefore if any man should now say in these our daies that Babylon mentioned in the Apocalips might betoken Rome no sufficient cause or ground of matter were to confirme or corroborate his assertion to be found But the answere to confute this is ready of great force and validitie and not to be conuinced Albeit wicked Emperors euen from the Apostles time and long after by some hundred yeares held Rome for the chiefe seat imperiall and put manie to sundrie kindes of torment and death for confessing Christ yet S. Hierom who liued about 380 after Christ and after S. Augustin and Orosius whose ages were during the raignes of Iouinian Valentinian Gratian and Theodosius Emperours who not onely fauoured but greatly aduanced Christian religion did in their bookes taxe sharply reprehend Rome by the name of Babylon then gouerued rather by Popes and Bishops as it is knowen than by temperall princes And here is further to be noted that these Christan Emrours aforesaid ruled and made their abode in Constantinople and the Popes administred all at Rome by litle and litle mal engin deceit sinister practise with hypocrisie counterfeit humblenes now and then by force enterminled encroched not to bee onely equall but chalenged to haue superioritie not vpon the Cleargie onely but ouer Emperors and kings to make lawes at their lust pleasure to wage war make battel yea to tread down vnder their féet the whole world if they might bring it to passe All hitherto said and written doth the testimony of the Church of Leodia in the low countries confirme set down about the year of our Lord 1100 against Pascalis the second of that name then Pope That is as followeth hitherto saith he I haue but interpreted that S. Peter wold by the name of Babylon note Rome because at that time Rome was spotted with all kind of Idolatrie sin and filthines And now my sorrow doth interpret vnto me that S. Peter terming with a spirit of prophesie the congregation gathered together in Babylon did foresée the