Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen,
and is become the habitation of devils,
and the hold of every foul spirit,
and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Revelation 18:2
"Babylon is fallen into this dreadful state.
No Protestant would think this language too strong to express the true state of things in the Catholic church at the present time;
and the Catholics in their turn would say the same things of Protestants.
--Sumptuous dwellings and apparel, and equipage, are sought after
by professed disciples of the meek and lowly Jesus, as though they were the supreme good; and you will see multitudes of such professed Christians puffing and strutting about the world in their proud and lofty bearing, and looking down upon the humble follower of the crucified Nazarene, (who dares be singular enough to carry out the principles of the religion of the cross,) as though they could find no language sufficient to express their contempt.
--Speak to them about the coming of Christ to ...and they show themselves sufficiently disgusted to spit in your face.
--Ask them to read anything on the subject, and they put on every possible expression of scorn.
--Even pretended ministers of the gospel, in multitudes, manifest all these feelings in relation to the coming and kingdom of Christ, and do their utmost to perpetuate and increase this state of feeling in their hearers.
They are Babylon in its fallen state; their hearts are the habitations of devils, the hold of every foul spirit, the cage of every unclean and hateful bird."
Charles Fitch
and is become the habitation of devils,
and the hold of every foul spirit,
and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Revelation 18:2
"Babylon is fallen into this dreadful state.
No Protestant would think this language too strong to express the true state of things in the Catholic church at the present time;
and the Catholics in their turn would say the same things of Protestants.
--Sumptuous dwellings and apparel, and equipage, are sought after
--Speak to them about the coming of Christ to ...and they show themselves sufficiently disgusted to spit in your face.
--Ask them to read anything on the subject, and they put on every possible expression of scorn.
--Even pretended ministers of the gospel, in multitudes, manifest all these feelings in relation to the coming and kingdom of Christ, and do their utmost to perpetuate and increase this state of feeling in their hearers.
They are Babylon in its fallen state; their hearts are the habitations of devils, the hold of every foul spirit, the cage of every unclean and hateful bird."
Charles Fitch
