Excerpt from The Ruin of Rome, or an Exposition Upon the Whole Revelation: Wherein Is Plainly Shewed and Proved, That the Popish Religion, Together With All the Power and Authority of Rome, Shall Decay More and More Throughout All the Churches of Europe, and Shall Be Utterly Destroyed Before the End of the World That so plain a discovery of the sense and meaning of the sacred predictions relating to the doctrines and authority of Rome, should have been made at so distant a period, and while exist 1ng Circumstances appeared so little to favour their accomplish ment, is truly astonishing, and claims our serious attention to the matters discussed in this treatise; which breathes so ardent a zeal for the interests and welfare of genuine religion, and so decided and effectual an opposition to its corruptions, as must deeply affect the mind of every Christian. Some expressions will be found in perusing these which the altered circumstances of the times may cause pear too harsh and uncandid, but let the reader remember, t our worthy author's warm expressions were levelled at those priests only who assumed the garb of religion and piety fori purposes of covetousness and lucre and who, under the pre tence of a disinterested devotion, devoured Widows houses, and converted into a profane and gainful speculation the most sacred profession which can adorn and dignify humanity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.