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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.
1And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
1And the woman fled into the wildernesse, where shee hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore dayes.
- 1Verse 6.
Now after the woman's child was set in safety, here is showed what became of the woman her self: to wit, that she was so sore pursued by the Scribes and Pharisees, and by the Priests and Elders, that she was fain to fly into the wilderness. The natural sense and meaning of this place is, that when the Church began to grow after Christs ascension, and the number of the Disciples to increase exceedingly, as we read in the second of the Acts, Satan did so greatly malign it, and began to be in such a rage, that he would have eaten them up all at a bit, and rooted them out at once, that so the woman ⟨p. 211⟩might have no more being in the earth. And therefore we read, Acts 8. that after the stoning of Stephen, there was such a persecution raised up against the Church by the high Priests, the Princes of the Jews, the Pharisees, & all that cursed crew, that all the Apostles and Disciples of Christ were scattered and dispersed here and there in the heathen countries, and amongst the heathen people, which here are called the wilderness, that is to say, a ground untilled, desolate and barren of all fruits of godliness.
Now after the womans child was set in safety, here is shewed what became of the woman her selfe: to wit, that shee was so sore pursued by the Scribes and Pharisees, and by the Priests and Elders, that shee was fain to fly into the wildernesse. The naturall sense and meaning of this place is, that when the Church began to grow after Christs ascension, and the number of the Disciples to increase exceedingly, as wee read in the second of the Acts, Satan did so greatly maligne it, and began to be in such a rage, that he would have eaten them up all at a bit, and rooted them out at once, that so the woman