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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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Moreover, it is here said, that Jesus Christ hath a bow in his hand. And in the 25. Psal. from whence it seemeth all these phrases and speeches are borrowed, he is said to have ⟨p. 82⟩sharp arrows in his hand, whereby he pierceth the heart of his enemies.
Moreover, it is here said, that Jesus Christ hath a bow in his hand. And in the 25. Psal. from whence it seemeth all these phrases and speeches are borrowed, he is said to have ⟨p. 82⟩sharpe arrowes in his hand, whereby he pierceth the heart of his enemies.
Now his bow and arrows do signify the piercing power of the Gospel, whereby the World hath been subdued unto Christ. For, all the arrows of the Gospel which Christ shooteth out of his bow, which is even the tongue of his Ministers, do stick in the hearts of men; yea they pierce into all the secret places of the soul. For the Ministry of the Gospel is lively, and mighty in operation, sharper then any two-edged sword, and entereth through, 1even unto the dividing asunder of the soul and the spirit, of the joints and the marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts, and the intents of the heart,
Now his bowe and arrowes do signifie the piercing power of the Gospell, whereby the World hath been subdued unto Christ. For, all the arrowes of the Gospell which Christ shooteth out of his bowe, which is even the tongue of his Ministers, do stick in the hearts of men; yea they pierce into all the secret places of the soule. For the Ministery of the Gospell is lively, and mighty in operation, sharper then any two-edged sword, and entreth through, 1even unto the dividing asunder of the soule and the spirit, of the joynts and the marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts, and the intents of the heart,