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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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We read in the seventeenth chapter, that when this Angel showed John the whore of Babylon, he carried him away into the wilderness in the spirit: because the whore of Babylon ⟨p. 384⟩should make the Church barren and desolate, as the wilderness. But now that he is to show him the Spouse of Christ in her glory, and to describe the everlasting Jerusalem, he carrieth him in the spirit unto a very high mountain, that he might take a sight of it, as Moses was carried up to the top of mount Nebo, that from thence he might take a view of the holy land. Which teacheth, that none can take a right view of heaven and heavenly things, but only such as fly an high pitch, and mount far above this earth in holy affections, and heavenly contemplation.
We read in the seventeenth chapter, that when this Angel shewed John the whore of Babylon, hee carried him away into the wildernesse in the spirit: because the whore of Babylon ⟨p. 384⟩should make the Church barren and desolate, as the wildernesse. But now that hee is to shew him the Spouse of Christ in her glory, and to describe the everlasting Jerusalem, hee carryeth him in the spirit unto a very high mountaine, that hee might take a sight of it, as Moses was carryed up to the top of mount Nebo, that from thence hee might take a view of the holy land. Which teacheth, that none can take a right view of heaven and heavenly things, but only such as flie an high pitch, and mount far above this earth in holy affections, and heavenly contemplation.
Moreover, Saint John telleth us, that as soon as he took a sight of this new Jerusalem (far passing all Sinai's sights) forthwith he espied in it the very glory of God. If he had said, he had espied the glory of an Angel, it had been more: But that he espieth the very glory of God, it is most of all. For who can conceive or express what the glory of God is, being infinite? The Apostle saith, that God dwelleth in unaccessible light, or such light as none can approach unto.