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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, may some man say, When the Leaders and Commanders of the Popish armies shall be taken captives and set at their ransoms, what shall become of the inferior Captains and soldiers? The holy Ghost answereth, that the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sitteth upon the horse: that is, they were put to the sword, and all the fowls were filled full with their flesh. And ⟨p. 320⟩for this cause Saint John saith,1 that he saw an Angel stand in the Sun, who cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that did fly by the middest of heaven, Come and gather your selves together unto the supper of the great God.
But, may some man say, When the Leaders and Commanders of the Popish armies shall be taken captives and set at their ransomes, what shall become of the inferiour Captains and souldiers? The holy Ghost answereth, that the remnant were slaine with the sword of him that sitteth upon the horse: that is, they were put to the sword, and all the fowles were filled full with their flesh. And ⟨p. 320⟩for this cause Saint John saith,1 that he saw an Angel stand in the Sun, who cryed with a loud voice, saying to all the fowles that did fly by the middest of heaven, Come and gather your selves together unto the supper of the great God.
- 1Chap. 19.21.
Now, to make this plain: We know, that they which proclaim any matter, seek some market-cross, or high place to stand in, where they may be heard: so this Angel, which proclaimeth the victory against Antichrist, before any stroke be strucken, because of the certainty of it, standeth in the Sun, as it were in the theatre and middest of the world, as in a place most fit for the purpose, that he may be heard throughout all the earth. Now this proclamation is directed to all the fowls of the air, to bid them to a supper, which is here called the supper of the great God. But it may be demanded, What cheer shall they have? The holy Ghost answereth,