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The ruin of RomeThe ruine of Rome
The ruin of Rome: or An exposition upon the whole Revelation Wherein is plainly showed and proved, that the popish religion, together with all the power and authority of Rome, shall ebb and decay still more and more throughout all the churches of Europe, and come to an utter overthrow even in this life before the end of the world. Written especially for the comfort of Protestants, and the daunting of papists, seminary priests, Jesuits, and all that cursed rabble. Published by Arthur Dent, preacher of the word of God at South-Shoobery in Essex.The ruine of Rome: or An exposition vpon the whole Reuelation Wherein is plainly shewed and proued, that the popish religion, together with all the power and authoritie of Rome, shall ebbe and decay still more and more throughout all the churches of Europe, and come to an vtter ouerthrow euen in this life before the end of the world. Written especially for the comfort of Protestants, and the daunting of papists, seminary priests, Iesuites, and all that cursed rabble. Published by Arthur Dent, preacher of the word of God at South-Shoobery in Essex.
London: printed by T. Creede for Simon Waterson and Cuthbert Burby, 1603London: printed by T. Creede for Simon Waterson and Cutbert Burby, 1603
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.
As the fowls have a king over them, which is the Eagle; & the beasts, the Lyon; & mortal men some chief governor, under whose protection and subjection they live: so here these hellish Locusts are said ⟨p. 111⟩to have a king over them, which is the Angel of the bottomless pit; that is, the devil or the Pope, which you will, under whose ensign they fight, and under whose defence they live. Their kings name in Hebrew is called Abaddon, and in Greek Apollyon. The words are both of one signification, that is, destroying: for both the devil himself, & his vicar the Pope, are destroyers and wasters of the Church of God.
As the foules haue a king ouer them, which is the Eagle; & the beastes, the Lyon; & mortall men some chiefe gouernour, vnder whose protection and subiectiō they liue: so here these hellish Locusts are said ⟨p. 111⟩to haue a king ouer them, which is the Angell of the bottomlesse pit; that is, the diuell or the Pope, which you will, vnder whose ensigne they fight, and vnder whose defence they liue. Their kings name in Hebrew is called Abaddon, and in Greeke Apollyon. The words are both of one signification, that is, destroying: for both the diuell himself, & his vicar the Pope, are destroiers and wasters of the Church of God.
One woe is past, And behold yet two woes come after this. vers. 2
One woe is past, And beholde yet two woes come after this. vers. 2
We have heard at large what this first woe is, namely, the plague of the world, by the Pope and his Clergy. Now we are to hear of the second woe, which is the most huge and murdering army of the Turks, wherein the third part of men were slain.