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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 we are to observe, that as Satan was bound by degrees, through the Ministry of Christ, and his Apostles, and in their immediate successors; so also he was loosed by degrees, by the prevailing of Heresies, till the great Antichrist was hatched, and brought into the possession of his cursed Chair. For Satan was not fully loosed, till the year of our Lord 998. At what time Sylvester the second came to be Pope, who was in league with the Devil. Stories do report that at his death he called for the Cardinals, and ⟨p. 369⟩confessed that he had familiarity with the Devil, and how he had given himself unto him body and soul, so that he might come to the Papal dignity.
But we are to observe, that as Satan was bound by degrees, through the Ministry of Christ, and his Apostles, and in their immediate successors; so also he was loosed by degrees, by the prevailing of Heresies, till the great Antichrist was hatched, and brought into the possession of his cursed Chaire. For Satan was not fully loosed, till the yeare of our Lord 998. At what time Silvester the second came to be Pope, who was in league with the Divell. Stories doe report that at his death he called for the Cardinals, and ⟨p. 369⟩confessed that hee had familiarity with the Divell, and how hee had given himself unto him body and soule, so that he might come to the Papall dignity.
After him succeeded sundry other Popes, which were notorious monsters, some of them murderers, some poisoners, some sorcerers, some conjurers; by whom the Devil was fully loosed, all light of the Gospel and •rue religion being in a manner clean put out, and most abominable idolatry, and all manner of villainy spreading over the face of the earth, and hereof Saint John saith, that Satan being fully loosed, he went forth to deceive the people which were in the four corners of the •arth, even Gog and Magog, &c. This seducing by Satan here spoken of, is the same with hat which is spoken chap. 13. only this excepted, that this of Gog and Magog is more general. We read there, how all nations, kindreds and tongues were made to worship he image of the beast, and to receive his mark; but that is to be extended no further hen to those kingdoms which were subject o the Papacy.