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A87514	The whole faith of man: being the Gospel declared in plainness, as it is in Jesus, and the way thereof of old confirmed by divers signs, wonders, miracles, and gifts of the holy ghost. In thirty six heads, setting out mans way & work, from the day of his conversion to the day of his dissolution, and what therein is both to be believed and practised. / By Will. Jeffery, who hath for years been a poor labourer in Christs vineyard.	Jeffery, William, 1616-1693.	1659 (1659)	Wing J524; Thomason E1804_1; ESTC R209929	87,834	192

now Rome only was the chief City and reigned over the Kings of the earth when John wrote the Revelation for when Christ was born Augustus Cesar taxed all the world Luke 2.1 2 3. And when Paul appeals to Cesar they send him to Rome Acts 25.11 Chap. 27.1 and 28.16 So it is plain by these Scriptures and many more that when John wrote the Revelation that Rome reigned over the kings of the earth therefore the chief seat of this Woman the great Whore the Mother of Whoredomes is the City of Rome so then the Pope and his Cardinals Bishops with the rest of the Clergy as they call themselves and all Ministers that have Ordination from them immediately or by succession which stand in a Nationall way is the Whore that sits upon many Waters which is People and Multitudes and Nations and tongues Rev. 17.15 Secondly The Church of Rome and all Nationall standing is truly said to be Whorish because she bringeth in members and accounteth them of the Body or Church of Christ by Generation and so maketh her Church Nationall whereas the Church of Christ is by Regeneration or new birth Titus 3.5 And so not National nor Dependant but particular or Independant Thirdly This appeareth fully that the Church of Rome is a Mother of Harlots and all National Churches that spring from her are Whorish and so are her daughters because she baptiseth or springleth upon a fleshly account and so accounteth of her Members in a fleshly way by generation and so brings in Infants in a lineal way bringing in the old covenant in a confused manner and so receiveth false seed and so knoweth her members and her children in a fleshly way contrary to the expresse way of Christ as Paul sheweth Rom. 9.8 saith he They which are the children of the flesh are not the children of God but the children of the promise are counted for the seed And 2 Cor. 5.15 16 17. he sheweth that since the death of Christ Henceforth know we no man after the flesh yea though we have known Christ after the flesh yet now henceforth know we him no more therefore if any man be in Christ he is a new creature old things are passed away behold all things are become new Fourthly The Church of Rome the Lord Bishops and Presbyters which spring from her for they hold their Ordination which they had of her and their Infant-Baptisme which the Church of Rome administred to them and so shew themselves to be Whorish they have forsaken the Lord Jesus Christ the Head and his wayes and have gone a whoring after their own inventions as Israel did Psal 106.39 For the Lord Jesus ascended up on high and gave gifts to men and so sends forth a Ministry by gifts for the gathering together of the Saints for the work of the ministry and for edification of the body of Christ till we all meet together in the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man c. Ephes 4.8 9 10 11 12 13. But this Harlot contrariwise brings up her Ministry to humane learning in sending them to the Universities and there they learn Philosophy from Aristotle a Heathen Author and such like and for them that are gifted by the Lord if they preach she forbids them But on the contrary note also that the Ministers of Christ ministring by gift Rom. 12.6 7. being qualified according to this 1 Tim. 3. and Titus 1. and approved by the Congregation of the Lord they are Chosen by them and Ordained and so made Bishops or Elders Acts 1.21 to the end chap. 6.3 and 14.23 But this Harlot makes her Ministers or rather Lords without the consent of her Parishes and forceth them in upon them whether they will or no and so her Maintetenance is by Tythes forced from men bringing in the old Priesthood yea in the time of the Law they did not imprison men if they did not pay their Tythes that we find and yet she doth and so this Romish Harlot hath made all Nations drunk with the wine of her fornication her Children are children of fornication according to the flesh by generation a carnal seed consisting of Parishes many of which consist of Swearers Liars Drunkards Whoremongers and such like and a humane carnal ministry forced upon the people and forced maintenance and also her poor is maintained by force and forcing men to worship with her or else Fines imprisonment Banishment or Death must be their portion and also she hath changed the Ordinances and the manner of administring them and the subject and so her way is not the way of love and so not the way of Christ and yet she saith in her heart and word I am and there is none else I sit being a Queen and am no Widdow and shall see no sorrow and so let every one weigh well what is said that the Saints at Rome were once famous Rom. 1.8 but in time they departed from their espoused Christ the Lord and so came to change the Ordinances and yet she pretends to be the Spouse of Christ having a shew of all the Ordinances or the names of them for Believers baptisme she hath Infants sprinkling and for Laying on of Hands she hath Confirmation or Bishoping but the Presbyters have left this out and in this they are nearer Antichrist then the Lord Bishops and for Breaking of Bread or the Lords Supper that is in part ministred unto the People or Parish and so to the wrong subject being not penitent nor baptised persons and instead of the true Call to her Ministry she hath a humane way as hath been shewed which is not mentioned in Scripture and so Tythes and forced Maintenance instead of that which is by free gift and instead of singing with the Spirit and with the understanding also 1 Cor. 14.15 she hath singing in Rhime in a carnal formall way many together without understanding the Psalms being collected into English meeter by Tho. Sternhold John Hopkins and others and so she hath a glorious shew and a golden cup and through the Popes supremacy and the Peter-pence and prayer to Saints and doctrine of Purgatory and such like trumpery the Clergy is very rich proud and covetous and thus all may see the way of the Whore is National Generational Fleshly Carnal Humane after mens traditions thus she goeth a whoring after her own inventions and so you have a brief discovery of the Whore of Babylon which is the Mother of National Churches her Daughters and abominations of the earth and is drunken with the bloud of the Saints and with the bloud of the Martyrs of Jesus Rev. 17.5 6. that is will be the cause of her fall and that brings me to the second thing even the fall of this Whore of Babylon the manner how and by whom and for the clearing up of this First consider that this Woman sits upon a scarlet colloured Beast full of the names of blasphemy which had seven heads and

ten hornes Rev. 17.3 Now note that five of them heads or kings were fallen when John wrote the Revelation and the sixt was then in being vers 9 10. Now this Woman the Harlot was to sit upon the sixt head and hath so done a long time and so the beast that had seven Heads carrieth her beareth her up forthe Magistrates have supported her all along understand also that the fixt Head of the Beast hath reigned ever since the writing of the Revelation but now is partly strong and partly broken that the sixt Head is not fallen is plain if you note well for the seventh Head when he cometh he must continue a short space now that head of the Roman Monarthy which is in being hath continued long even from before the birth of Christ for Rome was governed by Emperours before the birth of Christ Lnke 2.1 and the imperial power standeth yet though it be translated into Germany therefore the Imperial Head cannot be the seventh Head because that hath continued long and that the seventh Head continueth but a short space note Rev. 17.10 Five are fallen and one is and another is not yet come and when he cometh he must continue a short space Also mark well that the power of the Pope and his Clergy cannot be the seventh Head for they have continued long Secondly the Whore cannot be any of the Heads of the Beast because she sits upon and is carried by the Beast that hath seven Heads and ten Horns so she causeth the Beast to serve her and maketh the Beasts and the Kings of the earth slaves to her to do her will so then the sixt Head of the Roman power is not fallen though it be in part and the seventh Head is now arising which will take away the sixth and doth will and must give some liberty to preach the Gospel and to administer the Ordinances in the old way thereof and so the Lord God will bring things to pass for not one jot or tittle of his word shall fail and so in the rising and reign of the seventh Head and the ten Hornes the Angel shall flie in the midst of Heaven having the everlasting Gospel to preach to them that dwell on the earth and to every Nation and kindred and tongue and people saying with a loud voyce fear God and give glory to him for the hour of his judgment is come and worship him that made heaven and earth the Sea and the fountaines of waters Rev. 14.6 7. So the Gospel and the way thereof being preached the Nations will be enlightned and so God will put it into the hearts of the ten Hornes or Kings to hate the Whore and shall make her desolate and naked and shall eat her flesh and burn her with fire Rev. 17.12 16. So through the preaching of the Gospel in the pure way thereof the great Whore of Babylon falleth and so the hour of her judgment is come and to this agreeth that in Rev. 14.6 7 8. which sheweth that after the Gospel is preached to the Nations then shall follow another Angel saying it is fallen it is fallen Babylon the great City for she made all Nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication ver 8. Much more might be spoken to this but let this suffice as touching what the Whore is and her fall the manner how and by whome In the next place note diligently what the spirit of Antichrist is and who have that spirit now John in his first Epistle Chap. 4. And ver 3. doth declare what the spirit of Antichrist is namely every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God and this is that spirit of Antichrist whereof you have heard that he should come and even now already is in the world Also understand that John did not intend the heathen that never did beleeve nor the unbelieving Jewes which never did acknowledge Christ come in the flesh but those have the spirit of Antichrist that went out from the Church of Christ Chap. 2.18 19. John sheweth them that it is the last time and as you have heard that Antichrist shall come even now are there many Antichrists whereby we know that it is the last time They went out From us c. So that the spirit of Antichrist is that spirit that is found in them that have been enlightned and have known the truth and go out from the Church of Christ and in a mystery deny Christ come in the flesh and so Paul speaketh of the Antichrist or Man of Sin 2 Thes 2.7 saith The Mystery of iniquity doth already work c. and Peter speaking to the Saints saith in his 2 Epistle 2.1 there shall be false teachers among you who Privily shall bring in damnable heresies even denying the Lord that Bought them and bring upon themselves swift destruction So the spirit of Antichrist denyes Christ come in the flesh secretly and they that have this spirit say Christ is come in their flesh and so say the light within them is Chuist when at the best it is but the light of nature and in many the spirit of errour their light being become darkness being delivered up to strong delusion to believe lyes thinking they have Christ in them when it is a spirit of errour and so pervert the sence of the Scriptures declaring the Annointing and the Annointed to be all one teaching up the spirit of Christ apart from the Body of Christ to be the Christ or rather the spirit of error in them to be the Christ come in their flesh so in a very deceivable secret way deny Christcome in the flesh in saying he is the Christ that is within them which is an evil spirit so applying the Scriptures that speak of the spirit of Christ dwelling in men to be that evil spirit in them so declaring that spirit of errour in them apart from the body or flesh of Christ to be the Christ so deny Christ come in the flesh but note well what the Scriptures of truth saith they declare that Jesus Christ was slain Act. 2.22 23. Chap. 3.15 Chap. 4.10 in Chap. 5.30 Peter who was full of the holy Ghost saith the God of our fathers hath Raised up Jesus whom ye flew and hanged on a tree Paul saith to the Corinthians 1 Cor. 15.3 4. First of all I delivered unto you that which I received how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures and that he was Bursed that he Arose the third day according to the Scriptures So it is plain that the spirit apart from the body or flesh of Christ is not the Christ therefore again note what Paul saith 1 Tim. 2.5 There is one God one meditatour between God man which is the Man Christ Jesus and Heb. 10.10 sheweth that the Hebrewes were sanctified by the offering of the body of