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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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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,1 that they shall eat the flesh of Kings, and the flesh of great Captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of horse-men, and the flesh of all free-men, and bond-men, and of small and great.
Now, to make this plain: We know, that they which proclaim any matter, seek some market-crosse, 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 theater and middest of the world, as in a place most fit for the purpose, that hee may be heard throughout all the earth. Now this proclamation is directed to all the fowls of the ayr, 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,1 that they shall eate the flesh of Kings, and the flesh of great Captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of hors-men, and the flesh of all free-men, and bond-men, and of small and great.
- 1Verse 18.
This we know, that when men are slain ⟨p. 321⟩