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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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3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven: 4for behold a great red Dragon having 5seven heads, & 6ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads:
3 And there appeared another wonder in heauen: 4for behold a great red Dragon hauing 5seuen heads, & 6ten hornes, and seuen crownes vpon his heads:
- 4That is, the devil or Satan (as is declared, verse 9) mighty, angry, and full of wrath.That is, the deuill or Satan (as is declared, verse 9) mightie, angrie, and full of wrath.
- 5Thereby to withstand those seven Churches before spoken of, that is, the Catholic Church; and that with kingly furniture and tyrannical magnificence, signified by the crowns set upon his heads, as if the same without controversy belonged unto him by proper right: as also he boasted unto Christ, Mat. 4. 9. See after, upon chap. 13. 1.Thereby to withstand those seuen Churches before spoken of, that is, the Catholique Church; and that with kinglie furniture and tyrannicall magnificence, signified by the crownes set vpon his heades, as if the same without controuersie belonged vnto him by proper right: as also he boasted vnto Christ, Mat. 4. 9. See after, vpon chap. 13. 1.
- 6More then are the horns of the Lamb, or then the Churches are: so well furnished doth the tyrant brag himself to be, unto all manner of mischief.