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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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What this rent and division is, and how it shall be, I cannot determine, being a thing to come, as all the rest comprehended under the pouring forth of the seventh vial: But this I am sure of, that Rome shall go down; and there shall be such tumults, uproars, rents, divisions, disputations, and concussions in Rome, and throughout all the Romish jurisdiction, as never were heard of, nor read of since the world began: For Saint John addeth,1 that Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath: that is, God doth now at length call to mind all the wrongs done to his people, and ⟨p. 304⟩all the righteous blood shed for the space of seven or eight hundred years by the whore of Babylon, that he may be fully revenged; and execute the fierceness of his wrath both upon her and her whole kingdom: yea, and that in such terrible and wrathful manner, that there shall be no place of refuge, no place to fly into for succour: for Saint John saith,2 Every Isle fled away, and the mountains were not found: Meaning that the Papists in that day shall have neither mountain nor Island to fly unto.
What this rent and division is, and how it shall be, I cannot determine, being a thing to come, as all the rest comprehended under the powring forth of the seventh viall: But this I am sure of, that Rome shall goe down; and there shall be such tumults, uprores, rents, divisions, disputations, and concussions in Rome, and throughout all the Romish jurisdiction, as never were heard of, nor read of since the world began: For Saint John addeth,1 that Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fiercenesse of his wrath: that is, God doth now at length call to mind all the wrongs done to his people, and ⟨p. 304⟩all the righteous bloud shed for the space of seven or eight hundred yeers by the whore of Babylon, that he may be fully revenged; and execute the fiercenesse of his wrath both upon her and her whole kingdom: yea, and that in such terrible and wrathfull manner, that there shall be no place of refuge, no place to flie into for succour: for Saint John saith,