. The workes of the most high and mightie prince, Iames, by the grace of God, king of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. . th whofe witchcrafts all nations were feduced. 24 And the bloodof the Prophets, and of the Saints was found in her, and of all them thatwere flaine vpon the earth, to wit, this plague of deitru&ion fhall iuftlyfall vpon her, afwellfor that fhe made her mefTengers or embafladours,who are o-rcat in power, (as yee heard before) to bee the fellers of her Par-dons, Prayers, Sacraments, Merits, and euen of the finnes, and foules ofmen, as ye haue pref
. The workes of the most high and mightie prince, Iames, by the grace of God, king of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. . th whofe witchcrafts all nations were feduced. 24 And the bloodof the Prophets, and of the Saints was found in her, and of all them thatwere flaine vpon the earth, to wit, this plague of deitru&ion fhall iuftlyfall vpon her, afwellfor that fhe made her mefTengers or embafladours,who are o-rcat in power, (as yee heard before) to bee the fellers of her Par-dons, Prayers, Sacraments, Merits, and euen of the finnes, and foules ofmen, as ye haue prefently heard • and fo by that meanes and the like,bewit-ched,as it were, and abufed many nations; as alfo for that fhee had cruellyperfecuted and murthered the Saints, fb as the blood o^all the Saints finceAbel, who willingly fachficed their hues for the loue of Gods trewth, andfortheteitimomeofhis Sonne, fhall be layd vpon her head, and imputedvnto her, in following, fulfilling, and exceeding the rage of former Ty-rants, opprefTing and perfecuting the Church of God. Chap. 6 o <iA Taraphrafe vpon the T^euelatwn C h a p . i 9. CHAP. ARGVMENT. The Saints praife God for toy that the Pope is deflroyed: The glorious formsofQhriJlesfecondcommingfet downe at large: The Pope and hisChurch is condemned for euer. Hen according to the voyccs fpeaking to the hcauen, andProphets and Apoftles there, toypit, that they fhould re-ioyce as much for the fall of Babylon, as thevnregeneratemen did lament therefore, as ye haue heard; according, Ifay,to this exhortation, I heard the voyce of a great multi-tude in heauen,faying,Hd&/«-z*rf&,which is if ye interpret itJPraife God withalowdervojceySaluation, honour, glorie, and power is onely with our LordGod: * For true and iuft are his Iudgements, and he hath condemnedthat great Whore,who hath defiled the earth with her whoredome, and hewith his hand hath rcuenged vpon her the blood of his feruants: J Thenfor the fecond time they (aid, Hatle
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