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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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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 ⟨p. 70⟩Lyon, for his great and incomparable strength in conquering Hell, Death, and damnation, and all infernall power. And to a Lambe, because he hath dispatched all this upon the Crosse, by the sacrifice of himselfe once offered: for he did never more lively shew forth his Lyon-like power, then when he was as a Lambe slaine and sacrificed upon the Crosse.
This Lamb Christ is here said to have seven horns, which signify his manifold power, or fullness of power, or perfect power, according as this metaphor or borrowed speech of horn is usually so taken in all the Scriptures. This Lamb also is said to have seven eyes, which are interpreted to be the seven spirits of God: that is, the manifold graces and gifts of the Spirit, which he giveth unto his Church. Now then to conclude this point, forasmuch as the number of seven in this book is a number of perfection and always noteth perfection, therefore by Christs seven horns, and seven eyes, we may, and that soundly understand his perfect power, and his perfect sight and knowledge in all things. For his seven eyes are so taken in the third Chapter of the Prophecy of Zechariah, where it is said a