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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.
And I beheld another beast coming out of the earth which had two horns like a lamb,1 but he spake like the dragon.
- 1Verse 11.
Having described the first beast, which is the Roman Empire; now the holy Ghost cometh to describe the second beast, which is the Papacy, or the kingdom of the great Antichrist: for although he be described before in regard of his Monarchy, that is, the civill jurisdiction which he exercised, as he was the seventh head of the beast, and head of the Empire; yet here he is described after another sort, that is, according to this ecclesiastical authority: and therefore ⟨p. 244⟩he is called another beast, or a beast differing from the former, in that he exerciseth another power, beside the power of the heathen Emperors of Rome, which is his spiritual jurisdiction, in which respect he is called the false prophet.
Having described the first beast, which is the Roman Empire; now the holy Ghost cometh to describe the second beast, which is the Papacy, or the kingdome of the great Antichrist: for although he be described before in regard of his Monarchy, that is, the civill jurisdiction which he exercised, as he was the seventh head of the beast, and head of the Empire; yet here he is described after another sort, that is, according to this ecclesiasticall authority: and therefore ⟨p. 244⟩he is called another beast, or a beast differing from the former, in that he exerciseth another power, beside the power of the heathen Emperors of Rome, which is his spirituall jurisdiction, in which respect he is called the false prophet.