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

1. He is here described to be a wild beast▪] The word so signifies; that is to say, not so tame a beast as those in Isa▪ 11, 6. to 9. that a child may lead them: Wolves, or Leopards, or Lyons that can sleep with Kids, and Calves, and little children, and they may play on the hole of the Asp, and put their hand on the Cockatrice den: He is not so tame, that he can be tamed by the word of Truth, or by the censures of the Church, no nor by the power of Princes; he is above them all, and beyond them all; a wild beast he is therefore.

1. He is here described to be a wilde beast▪] The word so signifies; that is to say, not so tame a beast as those in Isa▪ 11, 6. to 9. that a child may lead them: Wolves, or Leopards, or Lyons that can sleep with Kids, and Calves, and little children, and they may play on the hole of the Aspe, and put their hand on the Cockatrice den: He is not so tame, that hee can be tamed by the word of Truth, or by the censures of the Church, no nor by the power of Princes; he is above them all, and beyond them all; a wild beast he is therefore.

For his Original, He ariseth out of the earth.] That implieth, he hath it not from Heaven, but from below; not from Christ, but from Satan; You are from beneath (saith Christ) I am from above, John 8. 23. He springs from the earth, especially from earthly and carnal policy; that for keeping of good agreement in the Churches, they must be folded up into certain Metropolitans or Patriarchs; and to keep unity, you must have one over them all, and that was the Bishop of Rome, for all unity they say springs from • nits; if you have more then one Governor, you will have no peace: Now this being a carnal principle, some carnal reason being the ground for the preservation of the Church of Rome; for that the Emperors thought, if the Bishop of Rome were advanced, it would be a means to strengthen them against the barbarous Nations that come against them; this