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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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Therefore I conclude, that forasmuch as God in a•l ages hath effected the most strange and admirable things,1 either by himself without means, or by very weak means, or contrary to all means, •herefore it is in vain to ask this question, How, or by what ⟨p. 334⟩means shall Rome be destroyed? For it is enough for us to know that it shall be destroyed, and come to utter desolation. And in my judgment the holy Ghost hath so often and plainly affirmed this, that no man should any more make any doubt of it, or once call it into question. For what can be more plain,2 then to say, Rome is fallen: Rome shall fall. Great hail-stones like talents shall fall upon it. It shall go to perdition. It shall fall to destruction. It shall be cast down like a great mil-stone into the bottom of the sea. It shall be burnt with fire. 3It shall be made desolate and naked. It shall be without inhabitants. All the Popish sort,4 both high and low, shall with great mourning and lamenting bewail the desolation thereof. 5Their armies shall come to Armageddon. 6The beast and the false prophet shall be taken, and their Captains and soldiers slain by infinite heaps, and their carcasses made meat for the fowls of the air? If all this be not plain enough, I cannot tell what can be plain enough. True it is indeed, the holy Ghost doth not name Rome; but it is apparent by the circumstances, that all these places must needs be understood of Rome, of Romish power, and of th• romish armies. For there can no other sound sense be given of them, ⟨p. 335⟩