The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2

III. Coverdale-Poem on the Fall of Babylon

Space precludes more than passing reference to certain noted Reformers whose interpretations have not been preserved PFF2 403.4

for us, but who shared the positions of their associates. For in stance, there is Coverdale’s ³⁵ eighty-eight line poem “Let Go the Whore of Babylon,” the first stanza of which reads: PFF2 404.1

“Let go the whore of Babilon,
Her kyngdome falleth sore;
Her mechauntes begyne to make theyr mone,
The Lorde be praysed therfore.
Theyr ware is naught, it wyll not be bought,
Great falsheed is founde therin:
Let go the whore of Babilon,
The mother of al synne.” ³⁶ PFF2 404.2