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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 second beast riseth out of the earth, as the former rose out of the sea: then it appeareth, that Antichrist is, by his breed, a son of the earth, obscurely born, and by little & little creeping up out of his abject estate, as did the Turk. It is here most truly said, that the kingdom of Antichrist ariseth out of the earth, and is the very breed of the earth; for assuredly it never came from heaven. It was first hatched out of covetousness, ambition, pride, murders, treasons, poisoning, sorceries, enchantments, and such like. For all stories do show, that from these roots the Papacy grew to his exceeding height and altitude.
The second beast riseth out of the earth, as the former rose out of the sea: then it appeareth, that Antichrist is, by his breed, a son of the earth, obscurely born, and by little & little creeping up out of his abject estate, as did the Turk. It is here most truly said, that the kingdome of Antichrist ariseth out of the earth, and is the very breed of the earth; for assuredly it never came from heaven. It was first hatched out of covetousnesse, ambition, pride, murders, treasons, poysoning, sorceries, enchantments, and such like. For all stories do shew, that from these roots the Papacy grew to his exceeding height and altitude.
This second beast hath two horns like the Lamb; Whereby is meant his Civil and Ecclesiastical power, or his Kingdom & Priesthood, which he falsely pretended to come from the Lamb: and therefore he giveth in his arms two keys, and hath two swords carried before him. So Boniface the eighth ⟨p. 245⟩showed himself one day in apparel as a Pope, and the next day in armour as the Emperor; and the two horns in the Popes Mitre are signs hereof. But the holy Ghost here telleth us, that these two horns are not the horns of the Lamb, but only like the horns of the Lamb: for he received not his power from the Lamb Christ, but from the Devil, that is, the Dragon with ten horns. Then thus it is, The Papacy is the seventh head of the first beast, that is, the Empire; and yet a beast by it self, with two horns like the Lamb, in respect of his joint power and authority, both Ecclesiastical and Civill, in which respect he is called even the Eighth: and one of the seven, chap. 17.11.