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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.
By the ten horns of this beast is meant the great power and large dominion of the Roman Empire; or,1 as the Angel himself doth ⟨p. 230⟩expound it, thereby is meant ten kings, that is, many kingdoms which should be subject to the Roman Monarchy, and wherein in very deed the power and strength of the Empire did consist. For by these Horns the Roman Empire did not only push down other Nations: but especially dose against the Church, and as it were cruelly gore the sides thereof.
By the ten horns of this beast is meant the great power and large dominion of the Roman Empire; or,1 as the Angel himself doth ⟨p. 230⟩expound it, thereby is meant ten kings, that is, many kingdomes which should be subject to the Roman Monarchy, and wherein in very deed the power and strength of the Empire did consist. For by these Horns the Roman Empire did not onely push down other Nations: but especially dosse against the Church, and as it were cruelly gore the sides thereof.
- 1Chap. 17.1.
Now then we see that the Roman Emperors, both in horns and heads, were like their father the Devil, or the Dragon.
Now then we see that the Roman Emperors, both in horns and heads, were like their father the Divell, or the Dragon.