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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.
1And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth Beast say: Come and see. 2And I looked, and behold a pale horse, and his name that sate on him was Death, and hell followed after him, &c.
1And when he had opened the fourth seale, I heard the voice of the fourth Beast say: Come and see. 2And I looked, and behold a pale horse, and his name that sate on him was Death, and hel followed after him, &c.
- 1Ver. 7.
- 2Ver. 8.
This pale Horse signifieth the pestilence ⟨p. 89⟩and other contagious diseases, which God most justly brought upon the world for the contempt of the Gospel, and the murdering, of Christ and his Apostles. And as I noted before out of the Scriptures, that when God cometh either in mercy or judgement, he is said to come on Horse-back, to note his expedition and swiftness, both in the one and the other: so, as before, Christ is upon the white Horse, the Devil upon the red Horse, famine upon the black Horse: so here death and hell are said to be upon the pale Horse: for pestilence and death maketh men look pale: but being dead, he saith Hell followed. For assuredly Hell doth always follow the death of the body, excepting those only whom Christ hath delivered from hell and damnation by the power of his death.
This pale Horse signifieth the pestilence ⟨p. 89⟩