we notice that it was for the exercise of the Divine Right in the forgiveness of sins that Christ was stoned and afterwards put to Death by the Jews, for they said, "How doth this Man thus speak blasphemies: who can forgive sins but God only? And if the Jews considered it Blasphemy in "the Man Christ Jesus," who, as the Son of Man" had “ power on Earth to forgive sins;" and evidenced his High and Divine Commission by a public exhibition of his Miracles in attestation of the Truths which he taught, what shall we say to this vile Papal Impostor, this Antichrist, this Man of Sin, this Son of Perdition, this Mystery of Iniquity? Shall we not say, without hesitation, that this Latin Papal Roman Man speaketh BLASPHEMIES? Yea, verily, we fear not to charge upon the Pope and the conclave of his Latin Cardinals confederate, with the whole College of Jesuits, the blood of Saints and Martyrs for Jesus' sake, whose blood crieth from the ground for that vengeance which will shortly be awarded to this "Man of Sin," "whom the Lord shall consume with the Spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming."

CHAPTER XVIII.

ROMANISM SUMMARILY CONFRONTED WITH HOLY

SCRIPTURE.

It was a common saying of old, Ubi Imperator, ibi Roma,' 'Where the Emperor is, there is Rome; and can we not with equal propriety say at this time, Ubi Papa, ibi Roma? Where the Pope is, there is Rome?' Yes, indeed; for nothing can be clearer than that the Proper and Appellative Name AarêVOS most fully unfolds the whole secret of the Mystical Enigmatical Number xks', or 666, and brings us into acquaintance with the "wisdom" and "understanding" of which St. John speaks, and of which we have been in search. To this we have now attained in the most satisfactory and unequivocal manner, insomuch that it may be truly affirmed that there is none other Name of a MAN SO suitably descriptive of, and Identical with, the Roman Sovereign Pontiff, who Latinizes in every Ecclesiastical

1 Rev. xiii. 18.

Matter. Moreover, if the adjective Roman be subtracted from that of Catholic, we might be in some little difficulty about the manner of appropriating the Latin Name to the Roman Sovereign Pontiff, because the term Catholic would apply to the Universal Church of Christ upon Earth, wheresoever dispersed, the term Catholic being a universal Term; but by the retention of the adjunct ROMAN' (as the Papists themselves have acted by reviving the use of the old Latin Tongue,) we have thereby both the identity and limit of this Roman, Latin, Italian, or Mystic Babylonish Church. Doubtless she herself has given us her own proper and 'approved Appellations in these words, 'Sacra ROMANA Ecclesia,' and Sanctum ROMANUM Imperium,' and, therefore, as she has styled herself by the Titles of the Holy ROMAN Church,' and the Holy ROMAN Empire,' (which is Imperium in Imperio,) and that the Latin vulgate is the canonized Mother Tongue of the aforesaid Roman Church, so the Appellative Name Aareivos, Lateinos, is engraved upon her Battlements, and the Hebrew word ", Romiith, which likewise contains the Number 666, confirms the signature, which cannot be obliterated by all the sophistry of the whole Order of Jesuits, or the thunders of the Vatican itself.

Having fully established the orthography of Irenæus concerning the Diphthong Lord, and shown the strict propriety of retaining the Name Aarêvos in preference to all Indefinite and inappropriate Titles, Sentences, or Names of Men, I must now leave the

subject to the calm and impartial consideration of my Readers, as to whether any other NAME has been conjectured, or can be found equally appropriate to the terms of the Prophecy. Prophecy. And I fear not the

Result, with reference to this "STRONG-HOLD against Romanism, the wisdom and understanding of which St. John speaks, being to find the Name of a Man, producing by the individual LETTERS of the Name, the true Number 666: as also his descriptive MARK," all of which harmonize in the Name LATEINOS, and, therefore, to set aside the Proper, descriptive, and Appellative Name Aarêivos, as the Rev. Mr. Faber, Dr. Adam Clarke, &c., have done, by rejecting the Orthography and Testimony of Father Irenæus, and as Professor Lee has done by insinuating an uncertainty concerning the authenticity both of the Number, and the verse which contains the Number xs'; and Dean Woodhouse, by the Mode of Calculation, would be (what the Sailors would say,) to let go the Sheet Anchor, and thereby to incur certain Shipwreck.

What further doubt then can we have upon the subject of the NAME in Question? when the Papists themselves have literally adopted the Epithet ROMAN, both for their CHURCH and Empire, and have Canonized the LATIN as the MOTHER TONGUE of their ITALIAN, ROMAN, or LATIN CHURCH, whereby the POPE has established the use of the ROMAN and LATIN as his self-approved MARKS of Distinction? Wherefore let " and Aarêvos divide the spoil between them!!

Let us therefore proceed summarily to suggest the following queries:

I. Why is it that the Kingdom of modern Rome is designated by the Papists, at this very hour, 'Sanctum ROMANUM Imperium,' The Holy ROMAN Empire;' if the Sovereign Pontifical EMPIRE be not AT ROME?

II. Why is the Church of Rome denominated by the Papists themselves, Sacra ROMANA Ecclesia,' The Holy ROMAN Church;' if that Church be not the ROMAN CHURCH to all intents and purposes?

III. Why does the Pope of Rome, as a professed Christian Bishop, adopt the Pagan Imperial Title of "PONTIFEX MAXIMUS," upon his TRIPLE CROWN or TIARA, if it be not with the intent of identifying himself with the old Pagan HIGH PRIESTHOOD OF JUPITER, which office and Title were commonly held by the Roman Emperors?

IV. Why has the Latin Vulgate Translation of the Holy Scriptures been substituted and canonized by the Papal COUNCIL OF TRENT,' instead of the HEBREW and GREEK Originals; if it be not intended. by the said Papal Council, that the Church of Rome should, after the most mature Deliberations, be considered as a LATIN CHURCH?

V. Why is it that the Pope of Rome, as the professed VICAR and HEAD of Christ's Church upon Earth, RENOUNCES both his BAPTISMAL and SURNAME, and assumes (upon ascending the Pontifical Throne) some fictitious Title of Eminence, such as