An exposition upon the thirteenth chapter of the Revelation by that reverend and eminent…

Here are three words, and one include another: Nation is the largest; for in a Nation there may be many Tongues, and in one Tongue there may be many Kindreds. He had dominion and sovereignty over all Nations, or over the ten Kings; that is to say, the body of Christian Princes, and all the Nations subject to them, they all gave their power unto the Beast, Rev. 17. 17. No nation professed Christianity, but professed also subjection to the Sea of Rome, that is, to the Roman Catholic visible Church: And the Papists are large in this; Bellarmine makes it a 4th. note of the visible Church, amplitude of power, and he gives sundry instances: Stories are evident, that all Nations did profess this Religion (specially after the subduing of the Waldenses, though they did before) setting aside that remnant of the woman's seed that ⟨p. 114⟩were fled into the wilderness: Now no Nation in Christendom profess other Religion then Popery, especially from the time of Charles the Great, to Charles the fifth, which was a matter of 720. years: There was no visible profession open, unless in some secret corners of the world: no Nation held forth any other Religion then Popish, nor professed subjection to any other Church. Now in every Nation there are, or may be divers Tongues, as in England, you have the English, and Welsh, and Cornish Tongues, besides others that are discrepant from English: But he saith not only every Nation, but every Tongue, that is, every Language, they all gave their power to the Beast: And in every Tongue we have many Kindreds, and there is no man that could ever say but some of his kindred have been Popish, or are Popish to this day, if not all, yet some of the ancientest, and those the greater part, here is the universality of it.

Here are three words, and one include another: Nation is the largest; for in a Nation there may be many Tongues, and in one Tongue there may be many Kindreds. He had dominion and soveraignty over all Nations, or over the ten Kings; that is to say, the body of Christian Princes, and all the Nations subject to them, they all gave their power unto the Beast, Rev. 17. 17. No nation professed Christianity, but professed also subjection to the Sea of Rome, that is, to the Romon Catholick visible Church: And the Papists are large in this; Bellarmine makes it a 4th. note of the visible Church, amplitude of power, and he gives sundry instances: Stories are evident, that all Nations did professe this Religion (specially after the subduing of the Waldences, though they did before) setting aside that remnant of the womans seed that