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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, How know you this? are you a prophet? can you fore-tell of things to come? I answer, Saint John was a Prophet, and endued with a Prophetical spirit in this matter of his visions and revelations; and I speak no more then Saint John hath set down. And therefore I hope ⟨p. 325⟩I speak within my compass: for I do but relate Saint Johns words, and explain them in such measure as I am able.
But it will be objected, How know you this? are you a prophet? can you fore-tell of things to come? I answer, Saint John was a Prophet, and indued with a Propheticall spirit in this matter of his visions and revelations; and I speak no more then Saint John hath set down. And therefore I hope ⟨p. 325⟩I speak within my compasse: for I doe but relate Saint Johns words, and explain them in such measure as I am able.
This Prophecy doth plainly declare, that Babylon shall fall, Rome shall come down, the Pope shall never be esteemed again: and I do believe it to be so; I believe God, I believe his word, I believe all that is spoken in Scripture, and I do endeavour to persuade others also. For sith the holy Ghost hath so plainly and so fully fore-told it, why should we not believe it? why are we so slow to believe all that is written in the Scriptures? Hath God spoken it, and shall it not come to pass? shall any jot of his word fail? shall we think he jesteth with us, when he doth so often and so seriously tell us of the down fall of Rome? Surely, surely, the cause why men are not fully persuaded of the final fall of Rome, is, because they do not diligently peruse this book of the Apocalypse. But let them be studious and diligent in this book, and they shall be out of all doubt, that Rome is the great whore of Babylon, that the Pope is Antichrist, and the Papacy the beast.
This Prophecie doth plainly declare, that Babylon shall fall, Rome shall come down, the Pope shall never be esteemed again: and I do beleeve it to be so; I beleeve God, I beleeve his word, I beleeve all that is spoken in Scripture, and I do indeavour to perswade others also. For sith the holy Ghost hath so plainly and so fully fore-told it, why should we not beleeve it? why are wee so slow to beleeve all that is written in the Scriptures? Hath God spoken it, and shall it not come to passe? shall any jot of his word fail? shall we think he jesteth with us, when he doth so often and so seriously tell us of the downe fall of Rome? Surely, surely, the cause why men are not fully perswaded of the finall fall of Rome, is, because they do not diligently peruse this book of the Apocalypse. But let them be studious and diligent in this book, and they shall be out of all doubt, that Rome is the great whore of Babylon, that the Pope is Antichrist, and the Papacy the beast.