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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.
As the Fowls have a King over them, which is the Eagle; and the Beasts, the Lion; and mortal Men some Chief Governor, under whose protection and subjection they live: so here these hellish Locusts are said to have a King over them, which is the Angel of the bottomless pit: that is, the Devil or the Pope, which you will, under whose Ensign they fight, and under whose defence they live. Their Kings name in Hebrew is called Abaddon, and in Greek Apollyon. The words are both of one signification, that is, destroying: for both the Devil himself, and his Vicar the Pope, are destroyers and wasters of the Church of God.
As the Fowles have a King over them, which is the Eagle; and the Beasts, the Lion; and mortall Men some Chiefe Governour, under whose protection and subjection they live: so heere these hellish Locusts are sayd to have a King over them, which is the Angell of the bottomlesse pit: that is, the Divell or the Pope, which you will, under whose Ensigne they fight, and under whose defence they live. Their Kings name in Hebrew is called Abbadon, and in Greek Apollyon. The words are both of one signification, that is, destroying: for both the Divell himselfe, and his Vicar the Pope, are destroyers and wasters of the Church of God.
One woe is past, and behold yet two woes come after this.
We have heard at large what this first ⟨p. 145⟩Woe is, namely, the plague of the world, by the Pope and his Clergy. Now we are to hear of the second woe, which is the most huge and murdering army of the Turks: wherein the third part of men were slain. Some do expound this second woe of the kingdom of Antichrist and his armies; but that it is not so, may appear by these reasons following.