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The ruin of Rome, or, An exposition upon the whole Revelation wherein is plainly…The ruine of Rome, or, An exposition upon the whole Revelation wherein is plainly…
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 ... written especially for the comfort of Protestants and the daunting of papists ... / published by Arthur Dent ; to which is added an epitome of Reverend Mr. Brightman his Exposition upon the Revelation.The ruine of Rome, or, An exposition upon the whole Revelation wherein is plainly shewed and proved that the popish religion, together with all the power and authority of Rome, shall ebbe and decay ... written especially for the comfort of Protestants and the danting of papists ... / published by Authur Dent ; to which is added an epitome of Reverend Mr. Brightman his Exposition upon the Revelation.
London: printed by T.H. and I.Y. for Jo. Waterson, 1644
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Here John taketh a view and sight of Jesus Christ, from the very middest of the throne, and of the four beasts, and the Elders. Christ doth not appear about the throne, as do the Saints and Angels, which are but ministers and ministering Spirits: but in the very middest of the Throne, and the four beasts, &c. because he is God everlasting, coequal and coeternal with the Father; in whom (as the Apostle saith) dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily or essentially. And here afterwards the same worship and honour is ascribed unto him both by the Saints and Angels, which before is ascribed unto God the Father.
Here John taketh a view and sight of Jesus Christ, from the very middest of the throne, and of the foure beasts, and the Elders. Christ doth not appeare about the throne, as do the Saints and Angels, which are but ministers and ministring Spirits: but in the very middest of the Throne, and the foure beasts, &c. because he is God everlasting, coequall and coeternall with the Father; in whom (as the Apostle saith) dwelleth all the fulnesse of the Godhead bodily or essentially. And here afterwards the same worship and honour is ascribed unto him both by the Saints and Angels, which before is ascribed unto God the Father.
Christ is here compared to a Lamb, for his innocency; for the Scripture saith, He was a sheep dumb before his shearer. He is the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world. He is the Lamb slain from the beginning of the world: He is compared to a ⟨p. 70⟩Lyon, for his great and incomparable strength in conquering Hell, Death, and damnation, and all infernal power. And to a Lamb, because he hath dispatched all this upon the Cross, by the sacrifice of himself once offered: for he did never more lively show forth his Lyon-like power, then when he was as a Lamb slain and sacrificed upon the Cross.
Christ is heere compared to a Lambe, for his innocency; for the Scripture sayth, He was a sheepe dumbe before his shearer. Hee is the Lambe of God that taketh away the sinnes of the world. Hee is the Lambe slaine from the beginning of the world: He is compared to a