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ROME, Tyrannous, Idolater, and Heretick.
THE Church of Rome may be now compared to the Image of Nebu∣chadnezzar; for as his Head was of fine Gold, his Breast and Arms of Silver, his Belly and his Thighs of Brass, his Legs of Iron, and his Feet part of Iron and part of Clay: So, when we look upon the Ancient Church of Rome, She was then as pure as Gold. But when we come to the following Ages, we do find in her so notable a change; that we do now see in her an Iron-Age, and quite diffe∣rent from the former. I do not