in the very teeth of Scripture. Thou blasphemest "those that dwell in heaven," by worshipping them as Mahuzzim, according to the prophecy of Daniel. Thou dost also blaspheme real Christians, who are "raised up together and sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus," by branding them with the name of Heretics. Yea, the time is come, that "in killing them thou thinkest thou art doing service!"

THOU, O POPE, art this Beast, for it has been given unto" thee "to make war with the saints and to overcome them." Thou didst "make war with the saints" in England during the reign of Queen Mary, and didst "overcome them" for a season. Thou didst "make war with the saints" in France at the inauguration of Henri II. and during the reign of Louis XIV. and didst " overcome them. Thou hast "made war with the" Albigenses and Waldenses, and destroyed above two millions of them. Thou didst "make war with the saints" in Spain during the reign of Philip II. and didst "overcome them." overcome them." Thou hast

made war with the saints" in Italy, and, by thine abominable cruelties, hast " overcome them." What thou dost call clearing a place of heresy, Scripture calls making war with the saints and overcoming them. It is in vain that the Sacred Congregation at Rome has placed Dr. M'Crie's account of thy persecutions in Italy amongst the prohibited books: the time is coming when "the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.” It will then be seen to what an awful extent Rome has been "drunken with

the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus."

THOU, O POPE, art this Beast; for thou art a CATHOLIC, and art possessed of CATHOLIC or uni"Power" has been " given" thee

versal power.

"over all kindreds and tongues and nations."

THOU, O POPE, art this Beast; for "all that dwell upon the earth worship" thee, "whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." Thy religion is suited to fallen nature. 'It has that wherewith it can meet every desire of the natural man, and sooth every anxiety about the soul. For the literate it has prodigious stores of learning; for the illiterate it has its images, pomps, and shows; for the self-righteous it has its innumerable ways of external service; for the most devout it has its unceasing prayers; for the musician it has the most exquisite chaunts and anthems; for the painter the most splendid efforts of human art; for the imaginative all the visions of fancy-its gloomy cloisters, lights, and processions, and incense, and beautiful churches with painted windows, and priests with splendid garments and varied dresses. To quiet the conscience, it has doctrines of human merit and works of supererogation; to alarm the indifferent it has fears of purgatory; to raise the priesthood, they can make a little flour and water into a god, and will themselves worship what they make. To give ease to the conscience of the man of the world and the lover of pleasure, each sin has its indulgence and penance. All men at times

are under fears of God's wrath; their conscience is touched; they are in anxiety; and at such times Popery comes in and gives them a sop, that satisfies for a moment, and sends them into the sleep of death. It covers every lust; it calms every fear. It is the Devil's cunning device of twelve hundred years growth for leading countless myriads to perdition.' (Remarks on the Progress of Popery, by Rev. E. Bickersteth, p. 54.) Thou dost boast that thine is the true church, out of which there is no salvation. But what an awful delusion is this! "Thou hast a few names even in" Rome "which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Christ in white : for they are worthy." Such men were Fenelon and Pascal. But these were men to be "wondered at." (Zech. iii. 8.) They were speckled birds. They were exceptions to the general rule. They were as Noah was in the time of the flood, or as Lot was in the midst of Sodom and Gomorrah. Multitudes in thy church have received from thee a promise of salvation, but have nevertheless gone "into perdition," They now see, when it is too late, that they have "believed a lie!" Their names were never written in the Lamb's Book of Life, according to the declaration of Scripture, "All that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”

THOU, O POPE, art this Beast, for as thou hast led "into captivity," so thou art gone "into captivity:"

as thou hast killed" with the sword," so thou "must be killed with the sword." How many thousands thou

hast led" into captivity" will never be known till that day, when the dismal secrets of the dungeons of the Inquisition shall be unfolded and disclosed to the view of men and angels. But thou thyself hast been led" into captivity." Thou didst go into a captivity of seventy years at Avignon. Thou didst afterwards go into captivity in the person of Pope Clement VII. when thou wast deprived of every resource, and reduced to such extremity of famine, as to feed on asses' flesh. Thou wast then obliged to capitulate on such conditions as the conquerors were pleased to prescribe. Besides giving hostages thou didst agree to remain a prisoner thyself until the chief articles were performed. (See Robertson's History of Charles V.) Thou didst also go into captivity in the time of Buonaparte, and in the person of Pope Pius VI.-But thou hast also "killed with the sword." And in like manner, thou hast "been killed with the sword." Five of the vials of of the wrath of God have been already poured out upon thee. "The rivers and fountains of waters" in Italy have become "blood." As thou hast "shed the blood of saints and prophets," so thou hadst had "blood given" thee "to drink :" for thou art "worthy." "Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and just are thy judgments." But the sword has not yet departed from thee. Thou " Thou "must" yet "be killed with the sword," when the Seventh Angel pours out his Vial into the air, and "great Babylon" comes

up in remembrance before God to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath."

We have now gone through the description of the that it agrees with thee, O POPE, We therefore conclude that thou

Beast, and we find

in every particular.

We do not

art the Beast. But do not misunderstand us. Do not suppose that we believe in Transubstantiation, because we say, THOU ART THE BEAST. mean that thou art changed into the Beast, but that thou are represented by it. We no more hold Transubstantiation when we say, THOU ART THE BEAST, than St. John held it, when he said, THE SEVEN HEADS ARE SEVEN MOUNTAINS ; THE WOMAN IS THAT GREAT CITY. We no more hold Transubstantiation, when we say, THOU ART THE BEAST, than our Saviour held it, when he said, I AM THE VINE;

I AM THE WAY; I AM THE DOOR OF THE SHEEP; I AM THAT BREAD; THIS IS MY BODY.