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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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15 20And the Serpent cast out of his mouth water after the woman, like a flood; that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
15 20And the Serpent cast out of his mouth water after the woman, like a flood; that he might cause her to be caried away of the flood.
- 20That is, he inflamed the Romans and Nations, that they persecuting the Jewish people with cruel arms, might by the same occasion invade the Church of Christ, now departed from Jerusalem and out of Judea. For it is an usual thing in Scripture, that the raging tumults of the Nations should be compared unto waters.That is, he inflamed the Romanes and Nations, that they persecuting the Iewish people with cruell armes, might by the same occasion inuade the Church of Christ, now departed from Ierusalem and out of Iudaea. For it is an vsuall thing in Scripture, that the raging tumultes of the Nations should be compared vnto waters.
16 21But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood, which the dragon had cast out of his mouth.
16 21But the earth holpe the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swalowed vp the flood, which the dragō had cast out of his mouth.
- 21That is, there was offered in their place other Jews, unto the Romans & nations raging against that people: and it came to pass thereby that the Church of God was saved whole from that violence; that most raging flood of persecution which the Dragon vomited out being altogether spent in the destruction of those other Jews.