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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.
The sum of these three verses is, that Christ giveth warning of the last judgement, that men might awake and look out in time.1 And because men for the most part are careless and secure, putting the evil day far from them, as the Prophet speaketh, therefore here Christ bindeth it with a solemn oath, and solemn gestures thereunto annexed, as was ⟨p. 166⟩the lifting up of the hand in ancient time Genesis, 14.22. The thing that our Lord Jesus disposeth, is, that time shall be no more; that is, Time as it is now, or the state of things as they be now: but he telleth us flatly, that as six Angels have already blown their Trumpets, so when the seventh Angel should blow, the Mystery of God shall be finished: that is, the time of punishing the wicked, and rewarding the godly, should come, which is therefore called a Mystery, because the world understandeth it not: They think there is no such matter.
The summe of these three verses is, that Christ giveth warning of the last judgement, that men might awake and looke out in time.1 And because men for the most part are carelesse and secure, putting the evill day far from them, as the Prophet speaketh, therefore here Christ bindeth it with a solemne oath, and solemne gestures thereunto annexed, as was ⟨p. 166⟩the lifting up of the hand in antient time Genesis, 14.22. The thing that our Lord Jesus disposeth, is, that time shall be no more; that is, Time as it is now, or the state of things as they be now: but he telleth us flatly, that as six Angels have already blowne their Trumpets, so when the seventh Angell should blow, the Mystery of God shall be finished: that is, the time of punishing the wicked, and rewarding the godly, should come, which is therefore called a Mystery, because the world understandeth it not: They thinke there is no such matter.
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