Excerpt from Illustrations of Popery: The "Mystery of Iniquity" Unveiled: In Its "Damnable Heresies, Lying Wonders, and Strong Delusion," With the Sanguinary Persecutions of the "Woman Drunken With the Blood of the Saints" A asvraw of God's dealings with mankind, in his providential government of the world, when conducted by the light of the holy Scriptures, and in an humble and devotional spirit, cannot fail to instruct the mind and meliorate the heart. But as the various generations of the human family are indissolubly conjoined in their identity of nature, the similarity of their moral and religious duties, and their destiny to an eternal state of existence, it is equally requisite to search the page of prophecy, as the volume ot history. To the performance of this momentous duty, the Prince of the kings of the earth, has annexed his special benediction at the commencement of the Apocalypse; which was revealed ex pressly to demonstrate the certainty of the Divine Oracles, by pre ngaring the annals of the Christian Church, until the glorious millennial era shall enrapture the sons of Adam. Blessed is he who readeth, and they who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein. A faithful narrative of the changes through which the visible Christian Church has passed, forms the most appropriate accompaniment for the Bible of truth, and the only sure guide to all other historical annals. 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.