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

Sixthly, whereas he saith, this number is the number of a man, and the number is six hundred threescore and six, he doth apparently put a difference between that and the name of the beast; for he doth expressly distinguish them in the former verse, for he saith, The mark of the Beast, and the name, and the number of his name, Verse 17. They are three distinct things: So in Chap. 15. 2. where he saith, They got victory over the beast and his Image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name: And more yet, expressly in Chap. 14. 9, 10, 11. He denounceth vengeance to them that receive his mark or name, and yet not damnation to all that receive his number; so that the number is not his name, it is a distinct thing from the name, as the adjunct is from the subject. Then it will follow, me thinks (but I refer it to men of better judgement) it cannot be that either Latinus should be the number of the name, or (Ecclesia Catholica) the Roman Catholic Church; yet upon these points do our chief and late Expounders run: But (leaving them their due honour) it doth not satisfy me, because Ecclesia Catholica is the name of the first beast; and the name is one thing, and the number is another thing. And Latinus is one of the names of the second beast, of Latinus Episcopus, the name of the Bishop of Rome; therefore it being his name, it is not the number of his name: So then all these things be considered, these observations being laid down, attend to a seventh observation for the clearing of the meaning of the text, and for opening the true […] of it;

Sixthly, whereas he saith, this number is the number of a man, and the number is six hundred threescore and six, he doth apparently put a difference between that and the name of the beast; for hee doth expresly distinguish them in the former verse, for he saith, The marke of the Beast, and the name, and the number of his name, Verse 17. They are three distinct things: So in Chap. 15. 2. where he saith, They got victory over the beast and his Image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name: And more yet, expresly in Chap. 14. 9, 10, 11. He denouceth vengence to them that receive his mark or name, and yet not damnation to all that receive his number; so that the number is not his name, it is a distinct thing from the name, as the adjunct is from the subject. Then it will follow, me thinks (but I referre it to men of better judgement) it cannot be that either Latinus should be the number of the name, or (Ecclesia Catholica) the Roman Catholick Church; yet upon these points do our chief and late Expositers run: But (leaving them their due honour) it doth not satisfie me, because Ecclesia Catholica is the name of the first beast; and the name is one thing, and the number is another thing. And Latinus is one of the names of the second beast, of Latinus Episcopus, the name of the Bishop of Rome; therefore it being his name, it is not the number of his name: So then all these things be considered, these observations being laid down, attend to a seventh observation for the clearing of the meaning of the text, and for opening the true of it;