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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 there followed another Angel, saying,1 It is fallen, it is fallen, Babylon that great city: for she gave to all nations to drink the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
- 1Verse 8.
Here is set down the blessed effect of the preaching of this everlasting Gospel, which is the downfall of Babylon. For as when the clear Sun ariseth upon the earth, the thick mists and clouds are dispersed: even so when the bright beams of the Gospel do shine forth unto the world, Babylon, that dark kingdom vanisheth away incontinently. And, as it is written in the eighteenth chapter: so soon as the earth was lightened with the glory of this everlasting Gospel, Babylon immediately falleth. Therefore now before I go any further, my purpose, through the assistance of God,1 is to prove these five points out of this verse, and that which followeth unto the twentieth chapter, to wit;
Here is set down the blessed effect of the preaching of this everlasting Gospel, which is the downfall of Babylon. For as when the cleer Sun ariseth upon the earth, the thick mists and clouds are dispersed: even so when the bright beames of the Gospel doe shine forth unto the world, Babylon, that dark kingdom vanisheth away incontinently. And, as it is written in the eighteenth chapter: so soon as the earth was lightened with the glory of this everlasting Gospel, Babylon immediatly falleth. Therefore now before I go any further, my purpose, through the assistance of God,1 is to prove these five points out of this verse, and that which followeth unto the twentieth chapter, to wit;
- 1Five main points.