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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.
Here we see how Jesus Christ maketh the authority to this Book equal to all other the Oracle of God, to the which it is not lawful for any man to add or detract under pain of condemnation. It maketh much also for the authority of this book, that S. John doth so often repeat, reiterate, and inculcate his own name; I John, I John, I John: I John the Apostle; I John the Evangelist; I John the Divine, showing by all these repetitions, how needful a thing it was that the faithful should be throughly instructed who he was, even one of the Lambs twelve Apostles, and therefore to be void of all suspicion and doubt concerning the authority of ⟨p. 17⟩this book, and not once to imagine it to be any invention of man, or feigned device, sith it was penned by so great an Apostle.
Heere we see how Jesus Christ maketh the authority to this Booke equall to all other the Oracle of God, to the which it is not lawfull for any man to adde or detract under paine of condemnation. It maketh much also for the authority of this booke, that S. John doth so often repeat, reiterate, and inculcate his owne name; I John, I John, I John: I John the Apostle; I John the Evangelist; I John the Divine, shewing by all these repetitions, how needfull a thing it was that the faithfull should bee throughly instructed who he was, even one of the Lambs twelve Apostles, and therefore to be void of all suspition and doubt concerning the authority of ⟨p. 17⟩this booke, and not once to imagine it to bee any invention of man, or feigned device, sith it was penned by so great an Apostle.
Moreover, the authority of this Prophecy is confirmed by four reasons in the last Chapter. The first is the affirmation of the Angel: who saith, The words are faithful and true. 1The second is the authority of the most high GOD himself in these words, The Lord GOD of the holy Prophets sent his Angel to show unto his servants the things which must shortly be fulfilled. The third is the testimony of Jesus,