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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
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.
In the first Chapter of the Prophecy of Zechariah, our Lord Jesus purposing to build ⟨p. 79⟩up his Church, being in a very ruinous estate after the captivity, is brought in by the Prophet on horse-back, both for the reedifying of his Church, and also for the punishment of the Babylonians, his enemies, and the enemies of his people. In the 45. Psalm the Church the Spouse saith thus to her beloved Husband Christ: Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, 1O thou mighty one, the sword of thy glory and comely beauty, and with thy comely beauty ride on prosperously for the business of truth and of meek righteousness, &c.
In the first Chapter of the Prophesie of Zachary, our Lord Jesus purposing to build ⟨p. 79⟩up his Church, being in a very ruinous estate after the captivity, is brought in by the Prophet on horse-backe, both for the reedifying of his Church, and also for the punishment of the Babilonians, his enemies, and the enemies of his people. In the 45. Psalme the Church the Spouse saith thus to her beloved Husband Christ: Gird thy sword upon thy thigh,