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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
3 5And there came out of the smoke Locusts upon the earth; and unto them was given power, such as the Scorpions of the earth have.
3 5And there came out of the smoke Locusts vpon the earth; and vnto them was giuen power, such as the Scorpions of the earth haue.
- 5A description of the malignant spirits invading the world, taken from their nature, power, form and order. From their nature, in that they are like unto certain locusts, in quickness, subtlety, hurtfulness, number, and such like, in this verse. From their power, for that they are, as the Scorpions of the earth, of a secret force to do hurt. For our battle is not here with flesh and blood, but with powers, &c. Ephes. 6. 12. This place of the power of the devils, generally noted in this verse, is particularly decla-red afterwards, in the three next verses.A description of the malignant spirites inuading the world, taken from their nature, power, forme and order. From their nature, in that they are like vnto certaine locustes, in quickenesse, subtletie, hurtfulnesse, number, and such like, in this verse. From their power, for that they are, as the Scorpions of the earth, of a secret force to do hurt. For our battell is not here with flesh and bloud, but with powers, &c. Ephes. 6. 12. This place of the power of the deuils, generally noted in this verse, is particularly decla-red afterwardes, in the three next verses.
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