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A01327	A sermon preached at Hampton Court on Sonday being the 12. day of Nouember, in the yeare of our Lord. 1570. VVherein is plainly proued Babylon to be Rome, both by Scriptures and doctors. Preached by VVilliam Fulke Bacheler of Diuinity, and fellow of S. Iohns Colledge in Cambridge.	Fulke, William, 1538-1589.	1571 (1571)	STC 11450; ESTC S102774	26,607	59

in which the doctrine of Babylon of long tyme hath triumphed And it is our parts to pray that her credit may dayly more more decrease that the kingdome of Christ may be perfectly established amōgst vs the kingdom of Antichrist may be ouerthrowē euen from the foundacions That no superfluous relikes of Babylonical religion mai remain wher the church of Christ is in building but that the doctrine of Babylon may fal altogether Thus haue I declared that Babilon in wealth and substance in power autority in credit estimation of her doctrine is fallen that with out hope of recouery For her credit is cracked not onely among her enemies the Protestants but euen among her best friendes and greatest Archpapists For I suppose ther is none in the world so blinde so supersticious so deuoutly addict in all points of popish idolatry and supersticion as they were xxx or xl yeares past Although they close their eyes neuer so obstinatly against the light of Gods word yet some effect of the beames of force wil pearce euen through their eye lids And that they them selues cānot dissemble although they would neuer so faine but that they haue bene deceiued wyth grosse errors shameful supersticions Their Pardons their Pilgrimages their Legends who is now so blinde that séeeth not how the world hath bene seduced by them And the simplicity of the people abused to satisfy their vnsatiable couetousnes As for the greatest Patrones of Popery that be learned they cannot deny but that great errors haue bene receyued taught for truthes yea the Pope himself hath acknowledged that many errours haue crept into the church yea euen into the Masse but the reformation of them pertaineth to him alone the general councel But what hope of reformatiō is to be looked for at their hands let it be sene in the decrées of the last councel of Trent What litle Mise those great mountaynes in so many yeres trauel haue brought forth In fortye or fifty yeres consultacion two great matters reformed One for Pardoners not to be cōmon Pedlers another for the Communion in both kindes to those that desire it so they confes it were as good in one kinde and agrée with them in al other pointes of Popery Yet all was not wel they confes by their correction And as for the greatest pillers and Proctors they haue if they be pressed nere acknowledge a great deale more As one that landed lately at Yarmouth before witnes of good credite restified that if he might be satisfised in two pointes concerning y Popes supremacy the real presence for other matters he would not greatly striue So that I will conclude that Babylon is fallen in riches in power in credit of doctrine not onely with protestants but euen with Papists them selues But now I know what wyll be obiected against me that I haue traueled all in vayne to proue that Babylon is fallen that Babylon is Rome And that I haue abused the textes of scripture and sentences of old Doctors to proue the ●ame For what soeuer is contained either in ●he scripture or in the writing of the auncient Doctors to proue that Babylon is Rome is to ●e vnderstood of Rome vnder the heathen Em●erours not vnder the Popes And that all ●his while I haue wrested the scriptures en●orced the Doctors to affirme that which they ●euer thought of In dede I wil confes the some ●rophecies contained in this Reuelation were ●ulfilled in the heathen Emperours that the ●eathen Empire was an introduction vnto An●ichrist but that Antichrist the great enemy of the church of Christ which is principally called Antichrist could not be any of the heathen Emperors neither the state of the heathen Monarchy I wil make it manifest by plain demonstrations And first I wil retain this principle sufficiently proued before that Rome is the Sée of Antichrist and that by autority of scriptures and consent of auncient writers we can seeke him no wher but in the Romane Empire And now the controuersy resteth in this whether that heathen Emperors or the Pope vs them First s. Paule in the second chap. of the second Epistle to the Thessaloniās speaking purposely of Antichrist saith expresly that he shal syt in the temple of God which is y church of Christ ▪ But it is manifest that the heathen Emperor● did not sit in the church of God therfore that heathen Emperor is not this Antichrist And by that same reasō it is manifest that Mahomet is not that especial Antichrist because he sitteth without the temple of God as ther be diuers that wold haue these things to be vnderstood of Mahomet or Ottomanus but it is as clere as the Sunne at noone daies for as much as neyther the heathen Emperors nor Mahomet nor Ottomanus sitteth in the temple or church of God that none of them is that great Antichrist o● whom the prophecies of the scripture are to bée expounded And where as some of them interprete the abominacion of desolation whereof Christ speaketh to be ment of Antichrist or at least wise to be a figure of him that cannot be vnderstood of the heathen Emperors or any other that is without the Church for that standeth in the holy place which is the temple and signifieth the church Now the Pope sitteth in the midst of the temple of God boasteth him self to be God challenging to him selfe such autority as is proper onely to God vsurping such honor as is peculiar onely to god Therefore not in the heathen Emperors but in the Popes is this prophecy accomplished Another reason to proue y Antichrist which in this Reuelation is foreshewed to come into the world cānot be vnderstood to be the heathē Emperors is taken out of the. 17. chap. of the same booke For there the Angell interpreting vnto s. Iohn the mistery of the Beast that beareth the Harlot which hath seuen heads after he hath shewed that the seuen heads signify vij hyls he declareth that they signifye also seuen Kings or principall estates or formes of regiment for so the name of King is often taken in the Prophets and specially in Daniel at which prophecy s. Iohn borroweth many phrases Of ●hese seuen heads fiue he saith were fallen the sixt was then presently in autority and the ●euenth was not yet come which seuenth was the monstrous beast Antichrist that was both the seuenth and the eight Now it is euident that this could not be vnderstood of the heathen Emperors for Nero the first persecuting Paynim was come and gone Domitian an other persecuter by whose tyranny s. Iohn was banished into the Isle of Patmos wher he saw receiued this Reuelation was then in autority So that of the Monarchy or tyranny of heathen Emperors this could not be vnderstood of the Christian Emperors no man wil expoūd it so that it must needes be turned ouer to the Pope for it can rest in no place els