...of harlots and abominations, and is become, (as it was foretold of her,) the habitation of devils, the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. You ask me, my dear friend, what I think of those monks, nuns, and anchorites, who have retired from...

...sport and wallow themselves in filthiness, as it is said of mystical Babylon, Rev. xviii. 2. Babylon, is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and the cage of every unclean and hateful bird : Who would be of such a society ? Who would not flee from...

...sport and wallow themselves in filthiness, as it is said of mystical Babylon, Rev. xviii. 2. Babylon, is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and the cage of every unclean and hateful bird : Who would be of such a society ? Who would not flee from...

...wrath of God, when it shall be poured out upon the confederacy. This angel proclaims the awful decree saying, " Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and " is become the hold of every foul spirit, and a " cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For " all nations have drunk...

...of heaven is like unto a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind. ' Rev. xviii. 2. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying,...of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean siftd hateful bird. Rom. xi. 18. G 4 Soatt Nevertheless, there shall be always a church on earth to...

...very much in the unpolite stile of Luther's bitter inveo lives against Rome and its modern masters. *' Babylon the great is fallen— is fallen, and is become...spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth...

...may devour. Unclean birds and evil spirits are taken in the same sense in this passage — Babylon is fallen, and is become the habitation of Devils, and the hold of every foul Spirit, a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. Which expression refers us » as we should expect from the...

...destruction in this manner hath not yet taken place, that she should become " the habitation ofJevilt, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful Urd" — unless it be allowed that die popes and cardinals merit these appellations. Newton, vol. iii....

...fall, answers the prophetical description given of Babylon : it " is become the ha" bitation of devils, the hold of every foul spirit, and a " cage of every unclean and hateful bird *." If we ask, as with good reason we may, How can the wise and holy God, " who is of purer eyes than...

...another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily, with a strong voice, saying,...spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird," Rev. xviii. 1, 2. Thus Moses's collected aviary and the angel's cage are now found together. " A sword...