Armageddon... a Lamb stood on it and with him 144,000! (Rev. 14:1)

Text: " Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women ..." Daniel 11:37 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;  Forbidding to marry ..." 1 Timothy 4:1-3 Quote:    To be short, Polydorus Vergilius saith: Nullius delicti crimen majus ordini dedecus, plus mali religioni, plus doloris . . . bonis . . . attulit 18 :  "No kind of crime ever brought either more shame to the order of priesthood, or more hindrance to religion, or more grief to the godly, than the life of single priests."    [ 19  P olyd. Verg. de Invent. Rer. Amst. 1671. Lib. v. cap. iv. p. 314; where attulerit. ] Jewel, John; Parker Society (Great Britain), ed., The works of John Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury , Cambridge, Eng.: P...

Text: " Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women ..." Daniel 11:37 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;  Forbidding to marry ..." 1 Timothy 4:1-3 Quote:    And here Polidore protesteth. That the single life of Priests doth more harm to the Religion, shame to the Order, and grief to honest men, then their constrained chastity profiteth: If they were restored to the liberty and choice, it were no prejudice to the Christian Commonwealth, and honesty for the Order. [...] Vergil, Polydore; Langley, Thomas, tr.; Hammond, William Alexander, Polydori Virgilii De rerum inventoribus , New York: Agathynian Club, 1868, p. 156 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/polydorivirgilii00vergrich ;  archive.org...

Text: " Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women ..." Daniel 11:37 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;  Forbidding to marry ..." 1 Timothy 4:1-3 Quote: [...] Polidorus Virgilius an Italian, and gatherer of the Popes Peter pense here in England, writeth thus: Illud tamen dixerim tantum abfuisse vt ista coacta castitas illam coniugalem vicerit, &c.  [ Polidor. Virg. de inuent. rerum. lib: 5. cap. 4. ] Yet this I will say, that this enforced chastitie is so far from excelling that chastitie of marriage, that no crime and sin hath brought more shame to ye order of Priesthood, more euill to religion, nor more griefe to all good men, than that blot of the filthines of Priests. Wherefore peraduenture it were...

Text: " Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women ..." Daniel 11:37 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;  Forbidding to marry ..." 1 Timothy 4:1-3 Quote: [...] illud tamen dixerim tantum abfuisse, ut ista coacta castitas illam coniugalem uicerit, ut etiam nullius delicti crimen maius ordini dedecus, plus mali religioni, plus doloris omnibus bonis impresserit, inusserit, attulerit, quàm sacerdotum libidinis labes. Proinde forsitan tam è republica christiana, quàm ex ordinis usu esset, ut tandem aliquando ius publici matrimonij sacerdotibus restitueretur, quod illi sine infamia, sancte potius colerent, quàm se spurcissime eiusmodi naturali uitio turpificarent. Vergil, Polydore, Polydori Vergilii vrbinatis de r...