...Matt, xxi. 13: so she is, in our days, God's Temple (2 Thess. ii. 4.) and the Habitation of Devils, the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird ; Rev. xviii. 2. Which I prove thus : The Church is to be considered three manner of ways. First, according...

...reigncth over all the kings of the earth. XVIII. 2 Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is betome the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cagi of every unclean and hateful bird. The Mystical Babylon, the great citv and state, is fallen and...

...destruction of the figurative Babylon is solemnly announced ; and an angel is represented as crying mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the Great is fallen, is fallen. A few verses farther it is declared (v. 8), that her plagues shall come in one day, death, and mourning,...

...great power, so that the earth zvas lighted with his glory. And in verse 2. His message was to cry mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen. She may well be called Babylon the great, because this Babylon is a spiritual Babylon, and of a longer...

...kings (ver. 14.) This is observed by Daubitz." Archdeacon Woodhousc's Apocalypse translated, p. 410. mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the...spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth...

...kings (ver. 14.) This is observed by Daubuz." Archdeacon Woodhouse's Apocalypse translated, p. 410. mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the...spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth...

...of harlots and abominations, and is become, (as it was foretold of her,) the habitation of devils, the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. You ask me, my dear friend, what I think of those monks, nuns, and anchorites, who have retired from...

...sport and wallow themselves in filthiness, as it is said of mystical Babylon, Rev. xviii. 2. Babylon, is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and the cage of every unclean and hateful bird : Who would be of such a society ? Who would not flee from...

...sport and wallow themselves in filthiness, as it is said of mystical Babylon, Rev. xviii. 2. Babylon, is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and the cage of every unclean and hateful bird : Who would be of such a society ? Who would not flee from...

...wrath of God, when it shall be poured out upon the confederacy. This angel proclaims the awful decree saying, " Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and " is become the hold of every foul spirit, and a " cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For " all nations have drunk...