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Matthew Poole and continuators on Revelation 18:14

Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Browse this work.

Revelation18:14

14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after, are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly, are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all .

Here is a large Enumeration of several sorts of Wares, such as were most precious, Gold, Silver, precious Stones; such as were most useful for Ornament, fine Linen, Purple, Silk, Scarlet; most gratifying the exterior Senses, Thyine wood, Odors, Ointments, &c. most necessary, Beasts, Sheep, Horses, Chariots; all which, as is prophesied, shall depart from Rome 3 that is, whatsoever she had, which allured Men into her idolatrous Communion: All their Idols and Images, Cardinals Caps, Priests Copes, all their Preferments and Dignities, whatsoever served the Lusts of the Eye, the Lust of the Flesh, or the Pride of Life; whatsoever their own carnal and ambitious Minds, or the carnal and ambitious Minds of others that courted this Whore, thirsted after, which brought them to seek her Communion, they should all perish, and she be despoiled of them. It is very remarkable, that here is one piece of Merchandise to be had no where but at Rome, viz. The Souls of Men; which lets us know they are no earthly Merchants that are here understood: As Souls are to be sold a thousand ways, so they are to be bought by paying for Pardons, Indulgences, Dispensations; so the silly Chapmen think they buy their own Souls, by purchasing of Cardinals Caps, Bishopricks, great Li[illegible: 1 letter]ings, all manner of Ecclesiastical Dignities and Preferments (so they really buy the Souls of others) but when the Papacy shall be wholly destroyed, none of these things shall any more be found.

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