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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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Fourthly, the person to whom he writ it.
Fifthly, the end and use of his writing this Prophecy.
Fiftly, the end and use of his writing this Prophesie.
Lastly, the authority of it.
As touching the first, it is agreed upon amongst the soundest Divines, that John the Apostle, or Evangelist; John the Disciple, whom Jesus loved, was the Author and Instrument of penning this Prophecy: as he himself testifieth,1 saying: I am John which saw these things and heard them. And he received a commandment from Jesus Christ which hath the keys of hell and death, that he should write the things which he had seen and heard, and set them all down together in a book. Now we all know that the testimony of John is of great weight,2 though he be but a man: for he is such a man as is firmly to be believed in all that he speaketh. He is an Apostle, an Instrument of the holy Ghost, and so guided by the Spirit of God, that he speaketh and uttereth nothing that is his own. He was well known and approved. For we must consider, that what an Apostle did utter, he did utter it as the instrument