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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
2 And this beast which I saw, was 6like a Leopard, and his feet like a bear, & his mouth as the mouth of a Lyon: 7and the Dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.
2 And this beast which I saw, was 6like a Leopard, and his feete like a beare, & his mouth as the mouth of a Lyon: 7and the Dragon gaue him his power, and his throne, and great authoritie.
- 6Swift as the Leopard, easily clasping all things, as the Bear doth with her foot, and tearing and devouring all things with the mouth as doth the Lyon.Swift as the Leopard, easily clasping all things, as the Beare doth with her foote, and tearing and deuouring all things with the mouth as doth the Lyon.
- 7That is, he lent the same unto the beast to use when he perceived that himself could not escape, but must needs be taken by the hand of the Angel, and cast into the bottomless pit, Chapter 20. yet did he not so abandon the same utterly from himself, but that he might use it as long as he could.That is, he lent the same vnto the beast to vse when he perceiued that himselfe could not escape, but must needes be taken by the hand of the Angell, and cast into the bottomlesse pit, Chapter 20. yet did he not so abandon the same vtterly from himselfe, but that he might vse it as long as he could.
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