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Apocalypsis A brief and learned commentary upon the revelation of Saint John the apostle…Apocalypsis A briefe and learned commentarie vpon the reuelation of Saint Iohn the apostle…
Apocalypsis A brief and learned commentary upon the revelation of Saint John the apostle and evangelist, applied unto the history of the Catholic and Christian Church. Written in Latin by M. Francis Junius Doctor of Divinity, and professor in the University of Heidelberg: And translated into English for the benefit of those that understand not the Latin.Apocalypsis A briefe and learned commentarie vpon the reuelation of Saint Iohn the apostle and euangelist, applyed vnto the history of the Catholicke and Christian Church. Written in Latine by M. Francis Iunius Doctor of Diuinitie, and professor in the Vniuersitie of Heidelberge: And translated into English for the benefit of those that vnderstand not the Latine.
London: printed by Richard Field for Robert Dexter, 1592
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10 7Then the third Angel blew the trumpet, and there fell a great star out of heaven, burning like a torch, and fell into the third part of the rivers, and into the fountains of waters.
10 7Then the third Angell blew the trumpet, and there fell a great star out of heauen, burning like a torch, and fell into the third part of the riuers, and into the fountaines of waters.
- 7The third execution upon the floods and fountains, that is, upon all fresh waters, in this verse: the effect where of is, that many are destroyed with the bitterness of the waters, in the verse following.The third execution vpon the flouds and foūtaines, that is, vpon al fresh waters, in this verse: the effect where of is, that manie are destroyed with the bitternesse of the waters, in the verse following.
11 The name of the star is called 8wormwood: therefore the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men dyed of the waters, because they were made bitter.
11 The name of the starre is called 8wormewood: therefore the third part of the waters became wormewood; and manie men dyed of the waters, because they were made bitter.
- 8This is spoken by metaphor, of the name of a most bitter herb, and commonly known: unless perhaps a man following those that note the derivation of words, had rather expound it adiectivelie, for that which by reason of bitterness can not be drunk, or which maketh the liquor into which it is poured, more bitter then that any man can drink the same.