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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.
First, we are to understand that a beast in the Scripture doth signify a Kingdom, or Monarchy; and that not in respect of the civill power thereof, which is of God, as it is written,1 There is no power but of God: but in respect of the tyranny, cruelty, ambition, pride, and other such like beastly qualities thereof, which are of the Devil: and therefore this beast is said to ascend out of the bottomless pit, chap. 17. ver. 8.
First, we are to understand that a beast in the Scripture doth signifie a Kingdome, or Monarchy; and that not in respect of the civill power thereof, which is of God, as it is written,1 There is no power but of God: but in respect of the tyranny, crueltie, ambition, pride, and other such like beastly qualities thereof, which are of the Divell: and therefore this beast is said to ascend out of the bottomelesse pit, chap. 17. ver. 8.
- 1Rom. 13.
This word beast is thus taken in the seventh of Daniel, where the three great Monarchies of the Babylonians, Medes, and Persians, and of the Grecians, are compared for their pride,1 rapine and cruelty, to a lion, a bear, and a leopard. The Angel in that chapter saith expressly, that these beasts were Kings, that is, Kingly Governments or Dominions.
This word beast is thus taken in the seventh of Daniel, where the three great Monarchies of the Babylonians, Medes, and Persians, and of the Grecians, are compared for their pride,1 rapine and cruelty, to a lion, a bear, and a leopard. The Angel in that chapter saith expresly, that these beasts were Kings, that is, Kingly Governments or Dominions.