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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
Dedication: TO THE RIGHT Honourable his very good Lord, ROBERT Lord RICH everlasting consolation, a…
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TO THE RIGHT Honourable his very good Lord, ROBERT Lord RICH everlasting consolation, and good hope through Grace.
TO be a father to the fatherless, is properly the virtue of the most high, and therefore meet for those who bear his name and office upon earth. Among whom (Right Honourable) seeing it hath pleased his Majesty to count your Lordship faithful, and to put you in so high a service, it shall (I assure my self) be matter of rejoicing unto your Lordship, to take the Patronage of this poor Orphan, which knoweth not whither to fly for succour, but to you, who did so many ways commend your favour to his late deceased Father, that if he had lived to the birth of this his last off-spring it was his full purpose (as ⟨image 3⟩many can witness) to have committed it unto your Lordships protection, as most meet among many to take this Patronage upon you, that this young Infant growing up under your roof, may in time effect that indeed, whereof it bears the name, to be The ruin of Rome, To speak of the excellent parts thereof, and of what hope it is like to be in the Church of Christ, I think needless, and I fear the note of partiality: it shall speak for it self, (I doubt) will commend to all posterity his worthy fathers memory. Now for my self (right Honourable) being so straightly bound to this duty, in regard of my near conjunction with my late Brother Master Dent, and great importunity of his poor Widow, was the more willingly drawn hereunto in two respects. The one to give some public testimony of my love towards him, and reverence of the rare grace which we all (who enjoyed his sweet society) did continually in our comfort behold in him. Whose learning his labours do show: whose diligence, yea extreme and unwearied pains in his ministry publicly, privately, at home, and abroad, for four and twenty years at least, all our Country can testify. All which being ⟨image 3⟩