Rome ruin'd by VVhite Hall, or, The papall crown demolisht

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Rome ruin'd by VVhite Hall, or, The papall crown demolisht
Author
Spittlehouse, John.
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Printed at London :: by Thomas Paine, and are to be sold at his house in Goold [sic] Smiths Alley in Redcrosse Street,
1650. [i.e. 1649]
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Presbyterianism
Great Britain -- Church history
Catholic Church -- Controversial literature
Church of England -- Government -- Early works to 1800.
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"Rome ruin'd by VVhite Hall, or, The papall crown demolisht." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A93702.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.

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SECT. 5.

NOw whether these Priests (as afore-mentioned) be not* 1.1 those aymed at by the Apostles, which should oppose the Church of Christ in the last dayes, let their owne Consciences judge; yea if the Devill himselfe were examined, he could not deny it; yea they are such lively Simptomes of the Apostles Predictions, that even Appelles Grapes could not be drawne nea∣rer the life, then these are to them, whom the Apostle did fore∣shew, should come into the world; and albeit they have put on a Whores fore-head, and have got the Scoulds advantage, to cry Whore first, yet their quotidian actions is a sufficient testimony

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against them; witnesse their accustomed drunkennesse, slight∣ing of the Lords Day, neglect of Preaching, Swearing, Whoring, insulting speeches, their temporising, covitousnesse, lascivious∣nesse, and unchristian-like discourse, yea and what not, that may conduce to oppose them that desire to feare God; all which is so manifestly apparent in them, as that there needeth no furthe expressions to make them more manifest: But above all, the* 1.2 chîefest, and most evident demonstration of their falshood, is their audacious villifying of the Spirit of God, which they doe not on∣ly loath themselves to name with reverence, but doe also hate the very persons of all such as are thought to be indowed with it; yea albeit the Apostle telleth us, that he that hath not the Spirit of God, is none of Gods, and that, of our selves we know not what to aske in prayer, without the dictates, and directions of the Spirit of God, which (saith he) helpeth our infirmities. And yet for all these, and many other expressions to this purpose, what ap∣probrious language doe they daily dart out, against the efficacy of the Spirit of God, whether in preaching, praying, or the like; yea if they know but one fayling in any of the Professors of Christ (which may happen by reason of infirmity) it is enough to scandalize Christ in all his members; O how they wil act it, with, these are your Professors, these are your Davids, your men after Gods owne heart, these are your Round-heads, your Puritans, your Professors, &c. but contrariwise, let a thousand palpable notorious evills be committed by such like as them∣selves, they are not to be taken notice of▪ No, to them, to sweare, whore, and be drunke, are true emblemes of Gentility; yea though in Morall civillity they are ashamed one of anothers actions, yet will they vindicate one another to the utmost, yea so farre are they from imitating Christ, and his Apostles, either in Doctrine, or conversation, as that if they were now living, they would terme them the veryest Round-heads in the Common∣wealth.

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