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THE FALL OF BABYLON IN VSVRPING ECCLESIA∣STICALL POWER AND OFFICES. And the miserable estate of them that pertake of her Fornication.
THE church of Ephesus, who had only left her first love in som few things, in zeale against them that were evill, in trying the Spirts, in la∣bour and patience, which may seme to be ve∣rie smale faults, in respect of those which may be found in the churches of these times, was yet told by Christ that she was fallen. The church of Thiatira did but suffer the woman Iezabel to teach people, that they might eate things sacrificed vnto idols, and yet Christ saith this was to seduce them to commit fornication. And I gave ••er space to repent of her fornication, and she repented not. Be∣hold, I ••••ll cast her into a bedde, and them that commit fornication with her into greate tribulation, except they repent of theire deedes. And J will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reines and the hearts. He ac∣knowledgeth her charitie, and service, and faith, and patience, and ber works, and the last to be more then the first; And yet all this will not serve, if she presume to teach any thing that he hath not taught, if she doo not keepe his wo••l•• to the end, but give a libertie where he gives none; If this 〈◊〉〈◊〉 fault be not repented of, he who is the Sonne of God, a•••• whose eies are as a flame of fire, ••es it might not be win••••••d at, that it should be severely pu∣nished, and much more ••hen a church transgresseth in many