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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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2 And he took the dragon that old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and he bound him ⟨p. 79⟩for 3a thousand years.
2 And he tooke the dragon that old serpent, which is the deuill and Satan, and he bound him ⟨p. 79⟩for 3a thousand yeares.
- 3The first where of (continuing this history with the end of the 12. chap.) is the 36. year from the passion of Christ, when the church of the Jews being overthrown Satan assayed to invade the Christian Church gathered of the Gentiles, and to destroy part of her seed chap. 12. 17. The thousandth year falleth precisely upon the times of that wicked Hildebrand, who was called Gregory the seventh, a most damnable Nicromancer and sorcerer, whom Satan used as an instrument, when he was loosed out of bonds, thence forth to annoy the Saints of God with most cruel persecutions, and the whole world with dissentions, and most bloody wars: as Benno the Cardinal reporteth at large. And this is the first victory gotten over the dragon in the earth.The first wher of (continuing this history with the end of the 12. chap.) is the 36. yere frō the passiō of Christ, whē the church of the Iews being ouerthrown Satan assayed to inuade the Christian Church gathered of the Gentiles, and to destroy part of her seede chap. 12. 17. The thousandth yeare falleth precisely vpon the times of that wicked Hildebrand, who was called Gregorie the seuenth, a most damnable Nicromancer and sorcerer, whom Sathan vsed as an instrument, when he was losed out of bonds, thence forth to annoye the Saincts of God with most cruell persecutions, and the whole world with dissentions, and most bloudie warres: as Benno the Cardinall reporteth at large. And this is the first victorie gotten ouer the dragon in the earth.