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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.
We see then, that the holy Ghost in all this description doth plainly note out the Jesuits and seminary Priests: for to whom can these things here spoken of agree, but only to them? And do not we which live in these days sensibly see and discern the fulfilling of all these things? Surely we cannot but see and feel them, unless we be wilfully blind, and do of purpose blind-fold & hoodwink our selves. But the holy Ghost goeth ere further, and doth more fully, and as it were demonstratively point them out unto us, describing them by their office, which is, to go unto the kings of the earth, 1and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God almighty. Who is ignorant that the Jesuits and seminary Priests are sent out to all Kings and Nobles of the whole world, that favour them and their proceedings? Are they not croaking in corners ⟨p. 297⟩thick and threefold in all parts of this land? Are they not practising of treacheries and treasons against our most gracious King and the whole state? Are they not plotting the destruction and subversion of this Church & common-wealth? Nay, as the holy Ghost saith, the chief end of their coming abroad is to solicit & gather the kings of the earth unto battle against God, against Christ, and against all true professors of religion. The battle betwixt them is here called, The battle of the great day of God almighty, that is, that battle wherein the Almighty God will have the day, and go away with the victory. For it followeth,2 that the Jesuits and seminary Priests did prevail with the seduced kings of the earth so far, as to gather them together to a place, which in Hebrew is called Armageddon, that is to say, a place where they shall be destroyed, and that with such an horrible slaughter, that the place shall take a name thereof. For it was an usual thing among the Hebrews to call the place where any famous thing fell out by a name which did report the same to all posterity, as, Kibroth Hataavah, 3the graves of Concupiscence; Hamon Gog, 4the multitude of Gog; and divers such like. And so ⟨p. 298⟩