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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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But behold yet a more plain and pregnant proof, drawn from the pitiful mournings and most woeful lamentations ⟨p. 313⟩of the kings of the earth, the merchants and the mariners, who all do jointly lament and mourn for the destruction and desolation of Rome, crying, Alas, alas, 1that great city Babylon, that mighty city: for in one hour is thy judgement come: in one hour so great riches are come to desolation, in one hour she is made desolate. What can be more plainly and fully spoken to prove an utter desolation of Rome? What can be more required then to have it set down in express terms, as here we see? For now the holy Ghost useth no figure, no hardness, no circumlocution, no obscurity; but telleth us plainly, and thrice for failing, that Babylon, that is Rome, is made desolate, is to come to desolation.
But behold yet a more plain and pregnant proofe, drawne from the pitifull mournings and most wofull lamentations ⟨p. 313⟩of the kings of the earth, the merchants and the mariners, who all doe joyntly lament and mourn for the destruction and desolation of Rome, crying, Alas, alas, 1that great city Babylon, that mighty city: for in one houre is thy judgement come: in one houre so great riches are come to desolation, in one houre shee is made desolate. What can be more plainly and fully spoken to prove an utter desolation of Rome? What can be more required then to have it set down in express terms, as here we see? For now the holy Ghost useth no figure, no hardnesse, no circumlocution, no obscurity; but telleth us plainly, and thrice for failing, that Babylon, that is Rome, is made desolate, is to come to desolation.
- 1Chap. 18.10.