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BABYLON FALLEN, Or, ROME HER RUINE.
1. Typed under the Law by old Chaldean Babylon, and Tyre the Lady of Kingdoms, their fall.
2. Foretold under the Gospel, under the name of new Mystical Babel, her ruine. And
3. Performed in a good degree already, by the drying up of her waters, the falling away of her horns, and cleer discovery of her to be that Mother of whoredoms, through the successe of the Gospel daily.
The Paralel of the Prophecies of the Old and New Testament concerning both Babels.
| 1. Of old Eastern Babylon. | 2. Of new Western Babylon. |
| Isa. 21.9. and Jer 50.1, 2. BAbel is fallen, it is fallen and all the images of her gods hath he broken to the ground. | Rev. 18.2. Babylon is fallen, it is fallen, Babylon that great City. |
| Isa. 13.21. and Jer. 50.39. The Ziim of the desart shal lie there, and their houses shall be full of Ochim, and doleful creatures, and Owles shall dwel there, &c. | Rev. 18.3. And it is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of all foule spirits, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. |
| Jer. 51.7. The Nations have drunk of her wine, therefore do they rage. | Rev. 18.3. For all Nations have drunk of the wine of her fornication. |
| Isa. 23.17. Of Tyre. And she shall commit fornication with the Kingdoms of the earth. | Rev. 18.3. And the Kings of the earth have committed fornication with her. |
| Isa. 23.8. Whose Merchants are Princes, and whose chapmen are the Nobles of the world. | Rev. 18.23. And her Merchants were the great men of the earth, and are waxed rich of the abundance of her pleasures. |
| Jer. 51.6. Flee out of the midst of Babel, and deliver every man his soul, be not destroyed in her iniquity, for this is the time of the Lords vengeance, | Rev. 18.4. Go out of her my people, that ye be not partaker of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. |
| Jer. 51.9. For her judgments are come up to heaven, and is lifted up to the clouds. | Rev. 18.5. For her sins are come up to heaven, and God hath remembred her iniquities. |
| Jer 50.29. Recompence her according to her works, and according to all that she hath done, do unto her. | Rev. 18.6. Reward her even as she hath rewarded you, and give her double according to her works |
| Isa. 47 7 8. And thou said I shal be a Lady for ever, &c. therefore hear thou this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelesly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me, I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the losse of children. | Rev 18.7. In as much as she hath glorified her self, & in lived pleasure, so much give her torment and sorrow, for she sayes in her heart, I sit as a Queen and am no widow, and shall see no mourning. |
| Isa. 47.9, 11. But these two things shall come to thee in a moment, in one day, the losse of children and widowhood, they shall come upon thee in their perfection. | Rev. 18.8. Therefore shall her plagues come one day, even death and sorrow, and famine. |
| Jer. 51.31. O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abounding in treasures. | Rev. 17.1. I wil shew thee the judgment of the great whore, that sitteth upon many waters, (expounded, c. 17.15.) |
| Jer. 50.38. A drought is upon her waters, and they shal be dried up, for it is the land of graven images. | Rev. 16.12. And the sixth Angel poured out his vial on the great river Euphrates, and the waters thereof were dried up. |
| Jer. 51.58. and 50.40. And her high gates shall be burnt with fire, &c. for this is the work of the Lord God of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. Israels strong Redeemer, v. 34. | Rev. 18.8. And she shal utterly be burnt with fire, for strong is the Lord who judges her. |
| Ezek 26.16. Of Tyre. Then all the Princes of the sea, shal come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and put off their broidered garments, they shall cloath themselves with trembling, &c. | Rev. 18.9. And the Kings of the earth shal bewail her, and lament for her, who have committed fornication, and lived in pleasure with her. |
| Verse 17 And they shall take up a lamentation for thee and say, how art thou destroyed that wast inhabited of sea-faring men, the renouned City. | Verse 10. Saying, alas, alas, that great City Babylon, that mighty City, for in one houre is thy judgement come. |
| Ezek. 27.29, 32. And all that handle the oare, & Mariners, & all the Pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, and stand upon the land. And in their mourning they shall take up a lamentation for thee, saying, what City is like Tyrus? | Rev. 18.17, 18. And every Ship-master, and all the company in ships, and Sailers, and all that trade by Sea stood afar off. And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, what City was like to this great City? |
| Ezek 27.30, 32, 33. And they shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and cast dust on their head, and wallow themselves in ashes. | Rev. 18.19. And they shall cast dust upon their heads and cry, weeping and wailing. |
| Ezek. 27.32, 33. And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, &c. saying, when thy wares went out of the Seas, thou fillest many people, thou didst enrich the Kings of the earth. | Rev. 18.19. And they shall say, Alas, alas, that great City, wherein were made rich all that had Ships on the Sea, by her costlinesse. |
| Jer. 51.63, 64. And it shall be when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it in the midst of Euphrates, and thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her. | Rev 18 21. Then a mighty Angel took a stone, like a great milstone, and cast it into the Sea, saying, with such violence shall that great City Babylon be cast, and shall be found no more. |
| Ezek. 26.13. Against Tyre And I will cause the noi…e of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard. Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladnesse, the voice of the Bride-groom, and the voice of the Bride, the sound of the milstone, and the light of the candle, …ayes Jeremy against idolatrous Judah, Jer. 25.10. | Rev. 18.22, 23. And the voice of Harpers and Musitians, and Pypers, and Trumpeters shall be heard no more in thee, and no Craftsman of whatsoever Craft shall be found any more in thee. And the sound of a milstone shall be heard no more in thee; And the light of a candle shall shine no more in thee; And the voice of the Bride-groome and the Bride shall be heard no more in thee. |
| Jer. 51.49. As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. | Rev. 18.24. And in her was found the blood of the Prophets, and of the Saints, and of all that were slaine upon the earth. |
| Jer. 51.48. and Isa. 66.10. Then the heaven and the earth and all that is therein shall sing for Babylon. Rejoyce ye also with Jerusalem, and be glad with her all ye that love her, rejoce for joy with her, all ye that morun for her. | Rev. 18.20. O heaven rejoyce of her, and ye holy Apostles and Prophets, for God has punished her to be revenged on her for your sakes. |
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