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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.
11 15Then I saw an other beast coming ⟨p. 50⟩up out of the earth, 16which had two horns like the Lamb, but he spake like the dragon.
11 15Then I sawe an other beast comming ⟨p. 50⟩vp out of the earth, 16which had two hornes like the Lambe, but he spake like the dragon.
- 15The second member of the vision, concerning the Ecclesiastical dominion, which in Rome succeeded that which was politic, and is in the power of the corporation of false prophets, and of the forgers of false doctrine. Wherefore the same beast, and the same body or corporation is called of S. John by the name of false prophet, chapt. 16. 13. & 19. 20. The form of this beast is first described, in this verse, then his acts, in the verses following: and the whole speech is concluded in the last verse. This beast is by his breed, a sonne of the earth (as they say) obscurely borne, and by little and little creeping up, out of his abject estate.The second member of the vision, concerning the Ecclesiasticall dominion, which in Rome succeeded that which was politique, and is in the power of the corporation of false prophets, and of the forgers of false doctrine. Wherefore the same beast, and the same bodie or corporation is called of S. Iohn by the name of false prophet, chapt. 16. 13. & 19. 20. The forme of this beast is first described, in this verse, then his acts, in the verses following: and the whole speech is concluded in the last verse. This beast is by his breed, a sonne of the earth (as they say) obscurely borne, and by litle and litle creeping vp, out of his abiect estate.
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