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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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1Therefore I beheld, and lo, there was a white horse, and he that sate on him had a bow, and a Crown was given unto him, and he went forth conquering, that he might overcome.
1Therefore I beheld, and loe, there was a white horse, and hee that sate on him had a bowe, and a Crowne was given unto him, and he went forth conquering, that he might overcome.
- 1verse 2.
John keeping his eye steady upon the Lamb, having now opened the first seal, doth in a vision see a white horse, &c.
Iohn keeping his eye steady upon the Lambe, having now opened the first seale, doth in a vision see a white horse, &c.
By this white Horse, is meant the Ministry of the Word of God, and the first preaching of the Gospel by Christ and his Apostles, and the successors in the Primitive Church. The white horse is taken in this sense in the nineteenth Chapter of this Prophecy; where our Lord Jesus being upon this white Horse, beateth down all his enemies before him: For who is able to resist his word, and the ministry of it.
By this white Horse, is meant the Ministery of the Word of God, and the first preaching of the Gospell by Christ and his Apostles, and the successors in the Primitive Church. The white horse is taken in this sense in the nineteenth Chapter of this Prophesie; where our Lord Jesus being upon this white Horse, beateth downe all his enemies before him: For who is able to resist his word, and the ministery of it.