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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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This we know, that when men are slain ⟨p. 321⟩in great numbers in the wars, their bodies lie scattered as meat for the fowls of the air. And therefore here all fowls are invited and bidden to a great supper made them by the great God, whose hand is in all this; their cheer and their dainties are reckoned up to be the flesh of Kings and Captains, &c. Now out of this may be strongly concluded, that hereafter in all time to come, when the armies of the Pope, which is the beast; the armies of the king of Spain, who hath given his power and authority unto the beast, and is his great upholder; when the armies of the Cardinal, his great confederate; when the armies of the Leaguers, his great adherents; yea, when all these, and all other Popish armies shall join and band themselves together against the Christian kings, and defenders of the Gospel, they shall have a notable overthrow; insomuch that their dead carcasses shall even cover the earth, and the fowls of the air shall come to their great supper, which the Lord of hosts will make ready for them. For assuredly, and out of doubt, they that live, shall see the fulfilling of all this, and shall see the Popish armies go down by heaps in all countries and kingdoms, and be made meat for the ⟨p. 322⟩fowls of the air.1 For the holy Ghost saith, They shall come to Armageddon; that is, the place where their armies shall be destroyed. And again, If any lead into captivity, he shall go into captivity: If any kill with a sword, he must be killed with a sword. For as the Popish forces have in former times taken captive the people of God, and cruelly murdered them: so now the time draweth on apace, wherein themselves shall be taken and put to the sword.
This wee know, that when men are slain ⟨p. 321⟩in great numbers in the wars, their bodies lie scattered as meat for the fowls of the air. And therefore here all fowles are invited and bidden to a great supper made them by the great God, whose hand is in all this; their cheer and their dainties are reckoned up to be the flesh of Kings and Captains, &c. Now out of this may be strongly concluded, that hereafter in all time to come, when the armies of the Pope, which is the beast; the armies of the king of Spain, who hath given his power and authority unto the beast, and is his great upholder; when the armies of the Cardinall, his great confederate; when the armies of the Leaguers, his great adherents; yea, when all these, and all other Popish armies shall joyne and band themselves together against the Christian kings, and defenders of the Gospel, they shall have a notable overthrow; insomuch that their dead carcasses shall even cover the earth, and the fowles of the air shall come to their great supper, which the Lord of hosts will make ready for them. For assuredly, and out of doubt, they that live, shall see the fulfilling of all this, and shall see the Popish armies goe down by heaps in all countries and kingdomes, and be made meat for the