The accomplishment of the prophecies; or The third booke in defence of the Catholicke faith contained in the booke of the high & mighty King Iames. I. by the grace of God King of Great Brittaine and Ireland. Against the allegations of R. Bellarmine; and F.N. Coëffeteau & other doctors of the Romish church: by Peter Du Moulin minister of the word of God in the church of Paris. Translated into English by I. Heath, fellow of New College in Oxford.

THE PROPHECIE CONTAI∣ned in the 18. Chap. of the Apocalyps. CHAP. 7. (Book 7)

1 And after these things I sawe ano∣ther Angel come downe from heavē, hauing

great power, so that the earth was lightned with his glorie.

2 And hee cried out mightily with a lowd voice, saying, it is fallen it is fallen, Ba∣bylon that great citie, & is become the habi∣tation of divels, and the hold of foule spirits, & a cage of every vncleane, & hatefull bird.

3 For all nations haue drunken of the wine of the wrath af her fornication, and the kings of the earth haue committed fornica∣tion with her, & the marchants of the earth are waxed rich of the abūdance of her plea∣sures.

4 And I heard an other voice from hea¦ven saying goe out of her my people, that yee be not partakers of her sinnes: and that yee receaue not of her plagues.

5 For her sinnes are come vp into hea∣ven, and God hath remembred her iniqui∣ties.

6 Reward her even as shee hath rewar∣ded you, and giue her double according to her workes: and in the cup that shee hath fil∣led to you, fill her the double.

7 In as much as she glorified her selfe, and liued in pleasure, so much giue yee to her tor∣ment and sorrow: for she saith in her heart I sit being a queene, and am no widowe, and

shall see no mourning.

8 Therefore shall her plagues come at one day, death, and sorrow, and famine, shee shall be burnt with fire: for that God which condemneth her, is a strong Lord.

9 And the kings of the earth shall be∣waile her, and lament for her, which haue committed fornication and lived in pleasure with her, when they shall see that smoake of that her burning.

10 And shall stand a farre of for feare of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great citie Babylon, that mightie citie, for in one houre is thy iudgement come.

11 And the marchants of the earth shall weepe, and waile over her: for no man buyeth their ware any more.

12 The ware of gold, and siluer, and of pretious stones, and of pearles, and of fine lin∣nen, and of purple, and of silke, and of skarlet▪ and of all manner of sweet wood, & of all ves∣sels of yvorie, and of all vessels of most preti∣ous wood, & of brasse, and of iron, & of mar∣ble.

13 And of cinamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oyle, and fine flowre, and wheate, and beasts, & sheep, and horses, & chariots, & seruants

and soules of men.

14 And the apples that thy soule lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were fat and excellent are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more.

15 The merchants of these things which were waxed rich, shall stand a farre of from her, for feare of her torment, weeping & wai∣ling.

16 And saying alas, alas, that great ci¦tie, that was clothed in fine linnen, & purple, and skarlet, and gilded with gold, and preti∣ous stones, and pearles. How could so great riches come to desolation in one houre?

17 And every shipmaster, and all the people that occupie ships, and ship men, and whosoever trafficke on the sea shall stand a farre off,

18 And crie, when they see that smoke of that her burning, saying, what citie was like vnto this great citie?

19 And they shall cast dust on their heads, and crie, weeping and wailing, & say, Alas, alas, that great citie, wherein were made rich all that had ships on the sea by her costlinesse: for in one houre she is made deso∣late.

20 O heaven reioice of her, and the ho¦ly

Apostles, and Prophets: for God hath pun¦nished her, to bee revenged on her for your sakes.

21 Then a mightie Angel tooke vp a stone like a great milstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, with such violence shall that great citie Babylon be cast, and shall be found no more.

22 And the voice of harpers, and mu∣sitians, and of pipers, and trumpeters shall be heard no more in thee, and no crafts-man of what craft soever he be, shall bee found any more in thee: and the sound of a milstone shal be heard no more in thee.

23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more in thee: and the voice of the bride∣groome, and of the bride shall bee heard no more in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth: and with thine in∣chantments were all nations deceaved.

24 And in her was found the bloud of the Prophets, and of the Saints, and of all that were slaine vpon the earth.

The Explication.

1 Afterward I sawe another Angell come downe from heauen, to wit, the son

of God, being armed with soveraigne power.

2 Who cried out with a lowd voice, saying, she is fallen, she is fallen, that great citie of Rome, because she is become the habitation of divels, and the hold of de∣ceitfull spirits, and of all sortes of orders distinguisht by their habits, as of strange birds.

3 For all nations haue beene made drunke with the intoxicating wine of her Idolatrie, and the kings of the earth did cleaue vnto her Idolatrie: and the mer∣chandize of benefices, pardons, annates, taxes, dispensations, indulgences, and ab∣solutions, did enrich an infinite number of persons that did liue by her trafficke.

4 Afterward I heard the voice of God from heauen saying, yee my people go out from the Church of Rome, and from Po∣perie; for feare least yee bee defiled in her superstition, and perish together with her.

5 For her sinnes being linckt toge∣ther in a long chaine haue raught vp to the heauenly throne of God, there to bee iudged of him, and God is resolued to pū∣nish her iniquities.

6 Yee people and kings whome shee

hath tyrannized over, and held captiues, reuenge your selues vpon her, & giue her double: and serue her as shee hath serued you, euen to the double.

7 Giue her asmuch affliction as shee hath had glory, that shee may weepe as much as shee hath ioyed in her delicious sportes and dissolutenesse. For shee said in her heart. I rule, and am queene, and mo∣ther of all churches, which cānot be iudg∣ed of any. I am the spowse of Christ, and shall neuer fall. For I cannot erre in the faith, nor euer be cast of, nor left by Christ.

8 For these causes shall these plagues come vpon her at once, to wit, death, and sorrow, and famin, and she shall bee burnt with fire, for God is able to doe her iu∣stice.

9 And there shall bee a 1.1 kings of the earth, which hauing committed Idolatry with her, and hauing had a part in her dis∣solutenesse, shall lament & take on, seeing her consumed by fire.

10 And they shall stand a farre of, without lending her any succour, saying, Alas; Rome, thou great and mightie citie, how is thy destruction come vpon thee so suddainely?

11 Likewise the Prelates, great pe∣nitentiaries, bullists, dataries, notaries, & protonotaries Apostolicall, Factours, and Banckers, which helpe men to the remissi∣on of their sinnes by letters of exchange, all these shall bewaile the destruction of Rome, and not they only but all sorts of merchants too shall take on, because no man thencefoorth shall buy any more of their wares.

12 Because no man shall buy any more gold, nor siluer, for to make crucifix∣es, chalices, covers for cups, candlesticks, and other moueables of the Church: Nor pretious stones, to set them in the Popes triple crowne, and in Bishops rings, & for an ornament of the caskets that containe reliques; Nor pearles to hang about the Popes mantle, and to adorn•• the Roman Courtizans: Nor silke, nor skarlet, nor a∣ny kind of rich stuffe, for to cloath their i∣mages, and their Cardinals, and to make Copes for priests, and Banners for proces∣sions: Nor other pretious thinges, for to embellish the palaces of Cardinals, and o∣ther Prelats, and officers of the Pope, as marble and pretious wood; Nor brasse, nor yuorie, to make deskes, boxes, &.

13 Nor odours and perfumes, to per∣fume the Church, or for the priuate de∣lights of Prelats, & officers of the Eccle∣siasticall court. Nor wines & choice fruits for their tables. Nor riding horses, nor coach horses, for the Popes traine and his Cardinals. Nor captiues and servile con∣sciences, nor mens soules, which were bought and sold, but this traffick shall be abolisht, by the destruction of Rome.

14 (For ô wretched citie, al this world¦ly prosperitie, all this riot of luxurie shall be taken away from thee, and thou shalt enioy them no longer)

15 All such therefore as shall bee en∣richt by this trafficke, and which haue preyed vpon the people vnder the shewe of Religion, shall forsake her in her neede, fearing to be wrapt in the same ruine, and shall bewaile her with great lamentation.

16 Saying, alas Rome, thou so migh∣ty and stately a citie! whose gouernours were cloathed in silke, and purple, & skar∣let, and crowned with gold, and pretious stones, how couldst thou fall from al these riches in so short a space?

17 The Pilots themselues, and the marriners, which did serue to carry the

foresaid marchandize, shall withdrawe themselues without lending her any aide.

18 And seeing the smoake of her bur¦ning shall cry out saying, what city was like vnto the city of Rome?

19 And shall cast dust vpon their heads, and shall crie out weeping, and la∣menting, and say, alas, alas! that great city in which all those that did trafficke were made rich by her wealth, howe shee is be∣come desolate in an instant!

20 O yee heavenly spirits, which doe reioyce at the conuersion of one only sin∣ner, reioyce at her ruine; yee holy Apostles also and Prophets: For it is for your sakes that God hath taken vengeance of her.

21 Then I saw a mightie Angell take vp a great stone like a milstone, and cast it into the sea, saying. So shall Rome be cast into the deepe, and abolisht euerlastingly and shall apeare no more then a milstone cast into the sea, which neuer riseth vp a∣gaine to the top of the water.

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the Latin Church is nothing else but a shop, with a table of mony changers stan∣ding in the midst of it, which Christ shall overturne the second time, when the pro∣phecie contained in this chapter shall bee accomplished.

Notes

• a 1.1

  To wit, the Kings that will not ioin themselues with others which shall conspire a∣gainst her.