PART V.

I.

ADDRESS TO ROMAN CATHOLICS.

You have seen that the Pope is the Beast, that he is "the Eighth," and "is of the seven." You have seen his heads; his horns; his crowns; and the name of blasphemy upon his heads. You have seen that he is like unto a leopard, with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion; that he is the Vicar, not of Jesus Christ, but of the Dragon, who has given him his power, and his seat, and great authority. You have seen his wounded head, and all the world wondering after him. You have seen the whole world worshipping the Dragon, who gave the Pope his power; you have seen them worshipping the Pope, saying, Who is like unto the Pope? who is able to make war with him?' You have seen that his dominion is to last 1260 years, and that he was "the Eighth" in the year 727. You have seen that the first vial was poured out in the year 1789, and the

fifth in the year 1798. Transpose these figures, and you have the fatal year

1987,

when the seventh vial will be poured out, and the 1260 years terminate. You have seen that the Pope has a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and opens it in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his Name, and his Tabernacle, and them which dwell in heaven. You have seen that he not only blasphemes the Tabernacle or Church of God by calling real Christians Heretics, but has made war with them and overcome them. You have seen that the Pope is possessed of CATHOLIC or Universal power; and that power has been given him over ALL kindreds, and tongues and nations. You have seen how suited Popery is to the carnal unconverted heart of man, and that all that dwell upon the earth worship the Pope, whose names are not written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear. You have seen the Pope leading into captivity; you have seen him going into captivity. You have seen him killing with the sword; you have seen him perishing with the sword.

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You have seen the Society of Jesus coming up out of the earth, having two horns like a LAMB, but speaking like a DRAGON. You have seen them exercising all the power of the Pope before him, in his presence and with his sanction, and causing the earth, and them which dwell therein, to worship the Pope, and to promise true obedience to him, as successor to St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles, and Vicar of Jesus

Christ. You have seen them doing great wonders, in order to bring down the fire of Papal excommunication upon their enemies. You have seen both Jesuits and Romish Priests deceiving them which dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles, which they have power to do in the sight of the Pope. You have seen that Popish miracles should be confined to Popish countries, or else the imposture is sure to be detected.

You have seen the Jesuits and the Pope's Legates at Trent. You have heard these Janissaries of his Holiness saying to them which dwell on the earth that they should make an Image to the Pope. You have seen the Postilion's Cloak-Bag conveying the Holy Spirit from Rome to Trent! You have seen the hireling Bishops, who, as Country Bag-pipes, could not speak, but as BREATH WAS PUT INTO THEM! You have seen BREATH PUT INTO THEM that they should speak! You have heard the Decrees of the IMAGE made to the Pope! You have heard the Council speak and cause as many as would not worship it to be killed. THE COUNCIL OF TRENT HAS SPOKEN. THERE CAN BE NO REHEARING OF THE CASE. The Council consigns to indefinite punishment all baptized persons, who refuse to lead a Christian life, i. e. a life conformed to the tenets of Popery. (See Sess. vii. Can. xiv.)

You have received as your Creed the Creed of Pius IV. ' which the Holy ROMAN Church maketh use of.' You thereby acknowledge the Holy Catholic Apostolic ROMAN Church for the Mother and

Mistress of all Churches; and promise true obedience to the Bishop of ROME, as the Vicar of Jesus Christ.' The time has been, when all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, have been compelled to profess this faith, at the risk of being burned alive!

The time has been, and is still, in some parts of Ireland, when no man might buy or sell, save he that professed himself a member of the ROMAN Church, and had the Mark, Name, or Number of the Pope. The time has been, when members of the ROMAN Church signed themselves with the sign of the cross, and proclaimed a crusade against the devoted followers of Jesus. The sign of the cross was then the Mark of the Papacy, as much as the crescent is the badge of Mahommedanism. You are ROMAN Catholics, and therefore the Mark, Name, and Number of the

Pope has passed upon you. Your mark is +, the sign of the Cross; your name is ROMAN; your number is 666; and the mark of your name is +, the sign of the Cross. For the Mark, Name, and Number of the Pope, and the Mark of his name is contained in the Hebrew word

and the number in each of these languages is the same, viz. 666.

We may observe also that the fatal number 1261, is contained in the very name ROMAN CATHOLIC :

for ROMANUS CATHOLICUS

=

1261. The Pope's

dominion is to last 1260 years: the number 1261 is therefore a fatal number: and this is contained in your name-ROMANUS CATHOLICUS.

As often as you look at the name

ROMAN,

think of the number 666.

As often as you look at the name
ROMAN CATHOLIC,

think of the number 1261.

It is in vain for you to say that the Beast is the PAGAN ROMAN Empire, and not the PAPACY. The ancient Romans never signed themselves with the sign of the Cross! They never received the mark + in their right hand, or in their foreheads; they never added it to their signatures. A ROMAN Consul, or Dictator, was indeed

רומיי

but his number was only 266: whereas, the Pope is

רומי+

and his number is 666. The mark + is called in Hebrew a TAU or MARK, and is not only the MARK of the Pope, as denoting the Sign of the Cross, but is the MARK of his NAME, without which his NAME, and the NUMBER of his NAME would be incomplete.

We have seen that the Pope is the Beast; and you worship him; you profess true obedience to him, as the Vicar of Christ. We have seen that the Council of Trent is the Image; and you worship it; you embrace and receive all and every one of the things which have been delivered, defined, and declared by it.