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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 it will be objected, that S. Paul saith, The Lord shall consume Antichrist with the spirit of his mouth and abolish him with the brightness of his coming: 1Therefore before his coming he shall not be utterly abolished. True it is indeed,2 he shall not utterly be cut off in all his members, till the very coming of Christ: For there will be some Papists remaining in all countries, even unto the end; there be some, nay, many, that will ⟨p. 324⟩carry the beasts mark even until the last day. But the holy Ghost in this Prophecy speaketh of the revolting and falling away of kingdoms and countries from the See of Rome; whereby it shall come to pass, that it shall be exceedingly weakened, and brought so low, that the kings of the earth shall easily take it; or, as the holy Ghost speaketh,3 shall easily pass over, their Euphrates being dried up, and enter their Babylon. But then, will some man say, Shall there be no Pope at all a little before the coming of Christ? I answer, and not I, but the holy Ghost for me; he shall be a poor Pope, a naked Pope,4 a desolate Pope, a Pope whose flesh shall be torn, whose flesh shall wither, as we shall hear anon: He shall be such a Pope, as Ishbosheth was a King, when Abner and all Israel fell away from him. He shall be such a Pope as the king of Portugal is a king.
But it will be objected, that S. Paul saith, The Lord shall consume Antichrist with the spirit of his mouth and abolish him with the brightnesse of his coming: 1Therefore before his coming he shall not be utterly abolished. True it is indeed,2 he shall not utterly be cut off in all his members, till the very coming of Christ: For there will be some Papists remaining in all countries, even unto the end; there be some, nay, many, that will ⟨p. 324⟩