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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08783	Romes ruin or A treatise of the certaine destruction of Rome and of Antichrist before the ende of the world Wherein is cleerely manifested out of the Holy Scriptures, conferred with the historie of the Papacie, that he hath but a short time. A worke published to strengthen the faith of such as suffer vnder him. By I.P.	I. P., fl. 1629.	1629 (1629)	STC 19072; ESTC S120095	48,692	57

blood and haue so greate hope of bringing all Nations to the obedience of theire Pope and Church that there is noe probabilitie that they will euer giue ouer till she be destroyed And he that will may see that God hath therefore permitted her to goe on in this wickenes to the ende that all true Protestants all true Christians might be thereby moued in Christian pitie and for the saueing of Christian blood which otherwise she will not cease to shed to combine theire forces to remoue her props to weaken her greatest Supporters the howse of Austria the French and the Polonian and then to pull her downe for her sinnes haue reached vp to Heauen and God hath remembred her wickednes Christ against whome they fight as he also against them hath as it were by all theese things saide to them that seeke peace with or for Papists as Iehu to each messenger 2. King 9.18 What hast thou to doe with peace turne thee behinde me and concerning Rome as he concerning Iezabel Who is on my side who Yea God hath as it were by all theese things proclaimed warrs and shewed that he will haue warres till she be destroyed and who then is able so to resist his will as without her Ruin to worke peace For the Kings must destroy her and the warrs mencioned Reu. 17.16 and chap. 19. can not be preuented And therefore though the Protestants in all countries doe now seeme to be in more danger then Rome and Antichrist yet it is marueilous to see how God hath begunne to prepare fit all things to this worke First by suffering the Papists to prouoke Protestant Princes and States to it by theire warres victories and practises Secondly by taking away or at least binding and weakening the greatest impedinent and danger and indeede by weakening or halfe pulling away her props The greatest impediment and danger that hath euer beene suspected is that if Protestants and Papists should fight one against another the Turke would take that for an opportunitie to breake in vpon them endanger all Christendom But by the ill successe which was lately giuē him in Poland his warres with the Persians and others the lazines and indisposition of his Ianizaries the sinewes of his warre theire insolencie and stubbornes who will now doe but what they list the murder of Osmond by them the vnapt or rather foolish humours of Mustepha that hath beene twise deposed and the childishnes of him that now raigneth God hath as it were takē all the cause of that feare away and while of late he hath suffered them to doe nothing against Christendō worth the mentioning he hath conuinced those preachers and others in England and elswhere of notorious flaterie trecherie who while the Palatinate and other protestant bulwarks were in danger to get preferment by pleasing the late Duke his Mother and some others hindred supplies and timely aide by crying out against theese warres of Protestant against Papist and saying it would bring in the Turke to get all Which hath beene the cause of greate losses to Protestants for in the meane while the howse of Austria and the French Kinge preuailed Besides if the worst should come viz. that the Turke should attempt it he can only endanger the Popish Princes that lie next him and so keepe them buisied that they should not be able to rescue Rome neither is it likely that he could easely ouercome them For Poland alone hath of late beene hard enough for him and the Turke indeede is not so dangerous to our Religion as the Papist who doth daily striue more by eagre warres and practises to subdue vs then the Turke doth Besides the Turke suffers Christians to enioy theire religion in his dominions with lesse persecution the Papists in theire dominions put all Protestants to death or greate damages God hath also in some respects pulled aside and weakened the mightiest props of Rome and Antichrist as first the Emperour who notwithstanding all his Victories and strength is in that respect of supporting Rome much weakened because he is in so much danger of the Turkes and of his owne discontented Subiects Nobels Husbandmen and others that he can not come to helpe her for feare they should in the meane while ioyne against him with the much iniured Princes of Germanie he beeing also farre off from Rome The like may be saide of Poland and in some sort of France also Italie is diuided amonge many Princes most of them of small force and euer at discord Venice the strongest of them hath longe beene at variance with the Pope The greate whore then hath but one greate prop one greate supporter namely the Kinge of Spaine whose state as many haue * Sr. Fran. Bacon lo. Verulam his considerations touching a marre with Spanie proued is nothing secure but stands on sliperie and disunited grounds against whome all Protestant Princes haue cause to fight as against one that seekes a Monarchie to be vniuersall Kinge yea to support the papacie to bring all to his the Popish subiectiō * Isa 30.3.4 But he that helpeth he that is holpen shall both fall when God shall come downe to fight for Sion And therefore when he shall please to weaken or remoue this Prop from supporting that See the way lies open to Rome and her finall ouerthrow The vnited States haue dōne nobly against him espetially of late in the Indies and if others would as sincerely striue and indeanour to doe as much it might soone be effected at least if the Iesuited freinds of Rome and Spanie that lurke in protestant States were once discouered and expelled All which things considered I can not enough vvonder at the coldnes of this age vvherein there are many some also of greate auctority strength vvho knovv the Beast and see his Ministers vvorking together and tiranizing and yet are not moued to further this vvorke by the best meanes vvith Constancie courage perseuerance Are not those things fulfilled Mat. 24.12 Phil. 2.21 Because iniquitie shall abound the loue of many shall waxe cold All seeke theire owne and no man that which is Christs that so he alone might raigne in spirituall matters seeing nothing indeede but the destruction of Rome can vvorke this or giue peace and felicitie to the Church as all mē may see vvho either looke diligently into the Scriptures or into the practises of the enemies and how Princes are animated by Romish Spirits yet I confesse that this can not easely be donne till the Kings of Spanie and France her cheifest props and champions be first vveakened and put in feare of her torment vvhich indeede vvill make them stand a far off and soe is a part of the vvorke But vvhen she is destroied a greate multitude crie Reu. 19.6 Alleluia For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth And will they then be slack in giueing theire moneyes weapons labours counsailes or consents to this worke The Papists are not