away from Pope SEXTUS, A. D. 1798, agreeable to the Prophecy of St. John, 1" God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their Kingdom unto the Beast, UNTIL the words of God shall be FULFILLED." The 1260 Days" of Prophetical years having expired A. D. 1793, we conclude that the "words of God are fulfilled," and this fact is confirmed by the Pope being compelled to put his Pontifical Roman Signature to his Downfall,- PIO SESTO,' to which we may add the xápayua of his Kingdom, which is, LATEINOS.

1 Rev. xvii. 17.

CHAPTER XIX.

THE SUBJECT RECAPITULATED, WITH A BRIEF NOTICE OF THE VARIOUS LATIN TITLES ASSUMED BY THE PAPACY.

HAVING already shown that LATINUS (in Greek Aarêivos) is the NAME of a MAN, and that the ancient Orthography of IRENEUS in his two-fold use of the Diphthong or Broad or e, was esteemed perfectly classical in his time; also that the said Proper Name contains the true "Number of a Man," which is xs', 666: and having also reminded my readers that the universal and canonized Language of the Church of Rome (in lieu of the Italian, or Greek,) is LATIN, which constitutes the Pope a LATIN HEAD; that the Pope who is the HEAD of the CHURCH of ROME is both the SOVEREIGN of ROME and PONTIFEX MAXIMUS," wearing the TRIPLE TIARA or CROWN as the Emblem of the former, and the EPISCOPAL MITRE of the latter;

and, that, by exercise of this two-fold Sovereignty, the Pope is a Roman Sovereign and Latin High Priest that the SEAT of the Papal Latin Empire is ROME, which was the ancient Capital of the Roman Emperors, (whose Language was Latin,) and to whose CITY and KINGDOм the Popes have gradually succeeded by craft and usurpation after the breaking up of the old Roman Empire, and the change of the Seat of Government from Rome to Constantinople; that the Pope (in the character of the "Man of Sin," "the Son of Perdition,") SITTETH in the Temple of God," and is worshipped by all the People of Rome as a God, according to the prophecy of St. Paul to the Thessalonians,1 "Let no man deceive you by any means; for that Day shall not come, EXCEPT there come a FALLING AWAY FIRST, and that MAN of Sin be Revealed, the SON of Perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that HE as GOD sitteth in the Temple of God, shewing himself that HE is GOD;" that the Pope has not only adopted the LATIN Language for the use of the Church of Rome; but has taken to Himself, as an appendage to his TIARA, (in Letters of Diamonds,) the Pagan Cæsarean Latin Title of" Pontifex Optimus Maximus," as the Pagan Roman Emperors did, who sacrificed to JUPIter, whose High Priests they were: that the Papal Latin Church of Rome claims to be the Mother and Mistress of all Churches in the world: this is

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obvious from the Roman Catechism' and' Trent Confession of Faith,' in these words, " Ecclesia Romana, quæ omnium Ecclesiarum, Mater est et Magistra," &c. that the Church of Rome" forbids Marriage" to her Priesthood, and and "Meats to her Laity, thereby fulfilling the express words of the Holy Spirit concerning Apostacy, 1 Tim. iv. 1, 3, and also speaks in an UNKNOWN TONGUE in the Church,' viz. LATIN, which latter Heresy, if it stood alone, proves her "falling away" or "departure from the Faith: that there is none other City in the world, seated on SEVEN MOUNTAINS or HILLS of classical or historical celebrity, but ROME; or, over which Rome does not claim Ecclesiastical ascendancy; and, therefore, the Pope is clearly seen to be the Mystical Babylonish MAN, or Ecclesiastical Abomination, which St. John saw in Vision as the great corrupter of Christ's Church, seated upon the "Seven Mountains" which indicate the locality of ROME; for, as the Euphratean Babylon was destroyed before the Christian Era; so there can be no doubt that Rome is intended by the figure,2 MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT," "that GREAT CITY, which reigneth over the KINGS OF THE EARTH." This opinion is pointedly confirmed to us by the words of 3 King Louis the XIIth, when he had overthrown Pope JULIUS the IInd, and caused certain CROWNS OF GOLD to be stamped with this

3 See "The Buckler of the Faith," by Peter Du Moulin, p. 543.

superscription,
'I WILL DESTROY the NAME of BABYLON.'

"PERDAM NOMEN BABYLONIS."

How sound, therefore, and conclusive are the remarks of Dr. Henry More on this point! No one, indeed, who will give a moment's attention to the subject, can fail of perceiving their force and pertinency. The Doctor remarks, "The Woman which thou sawest is that Great City which [NOW Reigneth] over the Kings of the Earth." For it is in the PRESENT Tense, and spoken in St. John's time, when there was no seven-hilled City that reigned over the Kings of the Earth but OLD ROME. And, therefore, of NECESSITY it is SHE." To which remarks I would add the parallel opinion of Irenæus for his production of the conjectured Name LATEINOS, wherein he calls the Latin, or Roman Empire, NOVISSIMUM REGNUM," "the Last Kingdom;" and then gives his Reason, "LATINI enim sunt qui NUNC REGNANT: ""For they are LATINS who NOW REIGN." And, by the revival of the Latin Language by the Papacy, in the City of Rome, and throughout the States of the Church of Rome, we know that the Sovereign Pontifical Empire is, (as far as it regards the LATIN,) "Novissimum Regnum," The Last Kingdom;' and that Rome, therefore, is "MYSTERY, BABYLON the GREAT; "that GREAT" (Ecclesiastical, SevenHilled,) "CITY, which [NOW] reigneth over the Kings of the Papal Roman Earth."

Dr. H. More's Works, Fol. p. 593. London, 1708.