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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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The manner of Johns calling to receive this Prophecy, is set down in these words; I John even your brother, 1and companion in tribulation and in the Kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the Isle of Patmos for the Word of God, and for the witnessing of Jesus Christ: And I was ravished in the Spirit on the Lords day, and heard behind me a great voice, as it had been of a Trumpet, saying: I am Alpha and Omega, that first and that last; and that which thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven Churches which are in Asia, &c.
The manner of Johns calling to receive this Prophesie, is set downe in these words; I John even your brother, 1and companion in tribulation and in the Kingdome and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the Ile of Pathmos for the Word of God, and for the witnessing of Jesus Christ: And I was ravished in the Spirit on the Lords day, and heard behinde me a great voice, as it had beene of a Trumpet, saying: I am Alpha and Omega, that first and that last; and that which thou seest, write in a booke, and send it unto the seven Churches which are in Asia, &c.
- 1Ver. 9, 10, 11.
Now out of these three verses five things are to be observed:
First, that John is commanded by the voice of Christ, which he heard behind him as loud as a Trumpet, to write and record the visions which he saw, & being so written and recorded, to commend them to all the Churches, for the common benefit and use thereof. So that herein John doth nothing of himself, nothing of his own brain, but all things by special warrant and authority from Jesus Christ, and that Alpha and Omega,