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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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11 22And the beast that was, and is not, is 23the eight, and is 24one of the seven, 25and goeth unto destruction.
11 22And the beast that was, and is not, is 23the eight, and is 24one of the seuen, 25and goeth vnto destruction.
- 22This is spoken by the sigure synecdoche, as much to say, as that head of the beast which was and is not, because it is cut off, & Nerva in so short time extinguished. How many heads there were, so many beasts there seemed to be in one. See the like speech in the third verse of the thirteenth chapter.This is spokē by the sigure synecdoche, as much to say, as that head of the beast which was and is not, because it is cut off, & Nerua in so short time extinguished. How manie heads there were, so many beasts there seemed to be in one. See the like speech in the third verse of the thirteenth chapter.
- 23Nerva Traianus, who him self in diverse respects is called here the seventh & the eighth.Nerua Traianus, who him selfe in diuerse respects is called here the seuenth & the eighth.
- 24Though in number & order of succession he be the eighth, yet he is reckoned together with one of these heads, because Nerva and he were one head. For this man obtained authority together with Nerva, and was Consul with him, when Nerva left his life.