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…

Now if any man will demand how this may appear, that there have been always some raised up of God, to write, preach, declare, and speak against the whore of Babylon, even then when she was aloft and reigned as the Queen and Lady of the world: I answer, that Histories are very plentiful in this point; which at large do show, that in all countries and kingdoms of Europe, there were ever some stirred up to impugn and resist the whore of Babylon: As, In England. Robert Grosted, Bishop of Lincoln.¹ John Wycliffe, supported by Edw. the 3. and divers of the Nobility in England. In Germany. Taulerus a Preacher.² Franciscus Petrarcha. Johannes de rupe scissa. Conradus Hagar. Gerhardus Rhidor. Petrus de Corbona. Johannes de Poliaco.³ John Zisca. In Bohemia. John Huss.⁴ Jerome of Prague. Mathias Parisiensis. ⟨p. 180⟩In Spaine. ⁵Arnoldus de nova villa. In Italy. ⁶Jerome Savonarola, a Monk. Sylvester, a Friar. In France. ⁷Waldas, of whom came the Waldenses, or poor men of Lyons in France. Guilielmus de sancto amore. Robertus Gallus. Laurentius. In Ireland. ⁸Armachanus, an Archbishop. In Suevia. ⁹Many Preachers at once. In Grecia. ¹⁰All the Churches of Grecia renounced the Church of Rome for their abominable Idolatry.

Now if any man will demand how this may appeare, that there have been alwaies some raised up of God, to write, preach, declare, and speake against the whore of Babylon, even then when shee was aloft and raigned as the Queene and Lady of the world: I answer, that Histories are very plentifull in this point; which at large doe shew, that in all countries and kingdomes of Europe, there were ever some stirred up to impugne and resist the whore of Babylon: As, In England. Robert Grosted, Bishop of Lincolne.