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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.
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.
By the beast in this place is meant the Roman Monarchy, not in regard of the civill power thereof, but especially in respect of the tyranny of it, in oppressing the Church.
By the sea here is meant the troublesome state of the nations; as it is taken, chapt. 4. ver. 6. and chap. 2. ver. 1. For from the boiling and broiling estate of the former kingdoms and heathen nations, which were as a raging sea, did the Roman Empire spring up, as all stories do witness. And the Prophet Daniel doth flatly teach,1 that through the division of the Greek Empire, which fell out in the successors of Alexander the Great, especially betwixt his two Captains, Ptolomeus and Seleucus, this Roman Monarchy by degrees made a head, till at last it came to this pitch, which now we shall hear of.