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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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The same God which first delivered the Church from the violence and fury of Satan, and afterwards cast him out of heaven, and gave her victory over him; and after that again miraculously hid her, and preserved her in the wilderness, doth not now at a dead lift forsake her, nor suffer her to be drowned in this flood of reproaches, and unjust calumniations, which the Dragon cast up after her; but causeth the earth to help her, and to swallow up the flood: That is, he useth ⟨p. 223⟩all creatures in the earth to help his Church: and not only so, but also he stirreth up many earthly and carnal men to defend the Church and to take part with her against her enemies, as sometimes he did Cyrus, Ebedmelech, Nebuzaradan, Gamaliel, and sundry others, whose power and policy he used for the good of his Church, and for the drying up of that flood of reproaches, which Satan hath in all ages cast up against her. And, God be thanked, we see at this day, that this flood of slanders and calumnies, which Papists and Atheists cast out against the Church and her particular members, do dry up daily, and shall dry up more and more, being drunk in by the earth. And the Church doth stand still unmoveable, and shall stand and continue even unto the end of the world.
The same God which first delivered the Church from the violence and fury of Satan, and afterwards cast him out of heaven, and gave her victory over him; and after that again miraculously hid her, and preserved her in the wildernesse, doth not now at a dead lift forsake her, nor suffer her to be drowned in this floud of reproaches, and unjust calumniations, which the Dragon cast up after her; but causeth the earth to help her, and to swallow up the floud: That is, he useth