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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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Pastors of other Churches are poor and of no preferment, but our Bishops have lordly titles and revenues, the Peers of the Realm, equal to the greatest Earls in wealth, attendance, Palaces, stateliness, and all worldly pomp; so also the next ranks, Deans, Arch-deacons, Prebends, &c. how mighty, massive and pursy are they grown with wealth and boast thereof; doth not this amplify the honour of our Church, to have our brave silken Ministers to glister and jet through the streets with troops like Noble-men, so by this means to drive away contempt from the Ministry? no, saith he, this hath brought it, and this miserable lukewarmness; what do you tell them of the Primitive times, as if they were children still in blankets and swaddling bands? the Church is now grown up to peace and riches, then it was poor and in persecution, their rules then not fit for us now; but he demonstrates that such kind of dignities beseems not the Ministers of the Gospel: Thou art therefore for all this a beggarly wretch, O thou English Angel, and Christ shall take a great pleasure in casting away and spewing out this Angel, and his punishment shall be very dreadful: the land of Canaan once spewed out the inhabitants, and they were utterly overthrown: ⟨p. 9⟩and shall their punishment be less or lighter whom Christ shall vomit out?
Pastors of other Churches are poore and of no preferment, but our Bishops have lordly titles and revenews, the Peers of the Realme, equall to the greatest Earles in wealth, attendance, Pallaces, statelinesse, and all worldly pompe; so also the next rankes, Deanes, Arch-deacons, Prebends, &c. how mighty, massie and pursie are they grown with wealth and boast thereof; doth not this amplifie the honour of our Church, to have our brave silken Ministers to glister and jet through the streets with troops like Noble-men, so by this meanes to drive away contempt from the Ministery? no, saith he, this hath brought it, and this miserable lukewarmnesse; what do you tell them of the Primitive times, as if they were children still in blankets and swadling bands? the Church is now growne up to peace and riches, then it was poore and in persecution, their rules then not fit for us now; but he demonstrates that such kinde of dignities beseems not the Ministers of the Gospel: Thou art therefore for all this a beggarly wretch, O thou English Angel, and Christ shall take a great pleasure in casting away and spewing out this Angel, and his punishment shall be very dreadfull: the land of Canaan once spewed out the inhabitants, and they were utterly overthrowne: