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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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Now having finished the second vision, we are come unto the third, contained in all the chapters following, even unto the end of this book. Wherein divers things which were obscurely and darkly set down in the former vision, are more plainly and fully opened and expounded: so that this third vision is as it were a Commentary or more clear exposition of sundry things contained in the second vision.1 But especially of the persecuting Roman Empire mentioned in the opening of the second seal, and also of the Papacy mentioned at the blowing ⟨p. 202⟩of the first trumpet.2 But the general sum of this third vision is a lively painting out of the malignant Church, and the great upholders thereof, the Devil, the Roman Emperor, and the Pope. It showeth also the rising and falling of the Roman Empire, and the rising and falling of the Papacy. It showeth also the utter overthrow of both together, with the eternal condemnation of the Devil which set them all awork to fight against the Church. Last of all, it showeth the eternal felicity of the Church, and the unconceivable happiness of all Gods chosen in the heavens for evermore. The principal drift of this twelfth chapter is to set forth the nature of the true, visible, and militant Church here on earth, whose head is Christ Jesus: and also the false malignant Church, whose head is the Devil; together with the continual enmity and war which is always betwixt them.
NOw having finished the second vision, we are come unto the third, contained in all the chapters following, even unto the end of this book. Wherein divers things which were obscurely and darkly set down in the former vision, are more plainly and fully opened and expounded: so that this third vision is as it were a Commentary or more cleare exposition of sundry things contained in the second vision.1 But especially of the persecuting Roman Empire mentioned in the opening of the second seal, and also of the Papacy mentioned at the blowing ⟨p. 202⟩of the first trumpet.