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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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Lastly, it describeth the day of judgment,1 wherein all, both good and bad, shall have according to their deserts.
- 1Verse 14 &c.
Then I looked,1 and behold a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred and forty and four thousand, having his Fathers name written in their foreheads.
Then I looked,1 and behold a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred and fourty and four thousand, having his Fathers name written in their foreheads.
- 1Verse 1.
Now at the last the holy Ghost bringeth in Jesus Christ upon the theatre of the world, as it were to play his part in this tragedy, and to help the poor weak woman, which we heard of before, against the Dragon, and the two monstrous beasts, which would have torn her in pieces, and utterly devoured her, if this Lamb Jesus Christ had not stepped in and rescued her. Well, now cometh in our Lord Jesus, and beginneth to stir in these matters, and to take upon him the protection and defence of the poor helpless woman, against both the Dragon, and the Dragons two great instruments. But some may say, What is a poor lamb to encounter with a dragon, with a ⟨p. 264⟩