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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 Angel with his golden measuring rod measureth the square sides of the city, both in length, breadth, height and depth of it, and findeth each of them to be 12000 furlongs, which after eight furlongs to the mile, maketh in our account 1500 miles, and so the whole square of this great city cometh to 6000 miles, which is a goodly compass, and noteth unto us the great largeness of Gods kingdom, and that there is roomth enough for all the inhabitants thereof: yea, most pleasant and commodious rooms, as our Lord Jesus saith, In my Fathers house are many dwelling places; 1if it were ⟨p. 389⟩not so, I would have told you, for I go to prepare a place for you.
The Angel with his golden measuring rod measureth the square sides of the city, both in length, breadth, height and depth of it, and findeth each of them to be 12000 furlongs, which after eight furlongs to the mile, maketh in our accompt 1500 miles, and so the whole square of this great city cometh to 6000 miles, which is a goodly compasse, and noteth unto us the great largenesse of Gods kingdome, and that there is roomth enough for all the inhabitants thereof: yea, most pleasant and commodious rooms, as our Lord Jesus saith, In my Fathers house are many dwelling places; 1if it were ⟨p. 389⟩not so, I would have told you, for I go to prepare a place for you.
- 1John 1.4.
After this he measureth the thickness of the wall, and findeth it to be an hundred and forty and four cubits thick, which after our common account of two cubits to a yard, amount to seventy and two yards, which is a jolly thickness, even so thick as no cannon can pierce, and therefore altogether inexpugnable, as hath been said before.