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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 31After he said unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, 32are peoples, & multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
15 31After he sayd vnto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, 32are peoples, & multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
- 31This is the other member of the enarration, as I said ver. 7. belonging unto the harlot, showed in the vision, ver. 3. In this history of the harlot, these three things are distinctly propounded; what is her magnificence, in this verse, what is her fall, & by whom it shall happen unto her, in the 2. verses following: & lastly, who that harlot is, in the last ver. This place which by order of nature should have been the first, is therefore made the last, because it was more fit to be joined with the next chapter.This is the other member of the enarration, as I said ver. 7. belonging vnto the harlot, shewed in the vision, ver. 3. In this historie of the harlot, these three things are distinctly propounded; what is her magnificencie, in this verse, what is her fall, & by whom it shall happen vnto her, in the 2. verses following: & lastly, who that harlot is, in the last ver. This place which by order of nature should haue bene the first, is therefore made the last, because it was more fit to be ioyned with the next chapter.
- 32That is, as unconstant and variable as are the waters. Upon this foundation sitteth this harlot as a queen, a vain person upon that which is vain.That is, as vnconstant and variable as are the waters. Vpon this foundation sitteth this harlot as a queene, a vaine person vpon that which is vaine.