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Revelation 13

1.8 The beast deceiveth the reprobate, 2.4.12 And is confirmed by another beast. 17 The privilege of the beast’s mark.
1.And I saw a abeast rise out of the sea, having bseven heads, and cten horns, and upon his horns were ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2.And the beast which I saw, was like a dleopard, and his feet like a bear’s, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the edragon gave him his power and his throne, and great authority.
3.And I saw one of his fheads as it were wounded to death, but his gdeadly wound was healed, and all the world wondered and followed the beast.
4.And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast, and they hworshipped the beast, saying, Who id like unto the beast! who is able to war with him!
5.And there was given unto him a mouth, that spake great things and blasphemies, and power was given unto him, to do itwo and forty months.
6.And he opened his mouth unto blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his Name and his tabernacle, and they that dwell in heaven.
7.And it was given unto him to make war with the Saints, and to kovercome them, and power was given him over every lkindred and tongue, and nation.
8.Therefore all that dwell upon the earth, shall worship him, whose mnames are not *written in the Book of life of the Lamb, which was slain nfrom the beginning of the world.
9.If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10.If any lead into captivity, he shall go ointo captivity: if any kill with a sword, he must be killed by a sword: here is the patience, and the faith of the Saints.
11.And I beheld another beast coming up out of the pearth, which had two qhorns like the Lamb, but he rspake like the dragon.
12.And he did all that the first sbeast could do before him, and he caused the earth, and them which dwell therein, to worship the first tbeast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13.And uhe did great wonders, so that he made fire to come down from heaven on the earth, in the sight of men,
14.And deceived them that dwell on the earth by the signs, which were permitted to him to do in the xsight of the beast, saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make the yimage of the beast, which had the wound of a sword, and did live.
15.And it was permitted to him to give a zspirit unto the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast should aspeak, and should cause that as many as would not bworship the image of the beast, should be killed.
16.And he made all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a cmark in their right hand or in their foreheads.
17.And dthat no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18.Hear is wisdom. Let him that hath wit, count the number of the beast: for it is the number eof a man, and his number is six hundred, threescore and six.

Notes

1-a.
Here is the description of the Romaine empire which stands in cruelty and tyranny.
1-b.
Meaning Rome, because it was first governed by seven Kings or Emperors after Nero, & also is compassed about with seven mountains.
1-c.
Which signify many provinces.
2-d.
By these beasts are signified the Macedonians, Persians and Chaldeans whom the Romaines overcame.
2-e.
That is, the devil.
3-f.
This may be understand of Nero, who moved the first persecution against the Church, and after slew himself, so that the family of the Caesars ended in him.
3-g.
For the empire was established again by Vespasian.
4-h.
By receiving the statutes, ordinances, decrees, ceremonies, and religion of the Romaine empire.
5-i.
The Antichrist’s time and power is limited.
7-k.
In their bodies, not in soul.
7-l.
He means the universal departing whereof St. Paul speaks to the Thessalonians.
8-*.
Dan. 12.1
8-m.
Antichrist hath not power over the elect.
8-n.
As God ordained from before all beginning, and all the sacrifices were as signs and sacraments of Christ’s death.
10-o.
They which led souls captives, go themselves into captivity.
11-p.
As the kingdom of Christ is from heaven & bringeth men tither: so the Pope’s kingdom is of the earth & leadeth to perdition, & is begun, & estab-lished by ambition, covetousness, beastliness, craft, treason, and tyranny.
11-q.
Which signify the priesthood and the kingdom, and therefore he gives in his arms two keys, and hath two swords carried before him. So Boniface the eight which first ordained the Jubilee, showed himself one day in apparel as a Pope, and the next day in harness as the Emperor, and the two horns in the bishop’s miter are signs hereof.
11-r.
He spake devilish doctrine, accused God’s word of imperfection, set up man’s traditions, and spake things contrary to God and his word.
12-s.
For the Pope in ambition, cruelty, idolatry, and blasphemy did follow and imitate the ancient Romaines.
12-t.
Brought them to idolatry and astonished them with the name of that holy empire (as he termeth it.)
13-u.
The man of sin according to the operation of Satan shalbe with all power, signs and miracles of lies. 2 Thess. 2.9
14-x.
Before the whole empire which representeth the first beast, and is the image thereof.
14-y.
For the first empire Romaine was as the pattern, and this second empire is but an image and shadow thereof.
15-a.
The same things which the Pope, or false prophets instruct him in.
15-b.
Receive the ordinances and decrees of the seat of Rome, and to kiss the villains foot, if he were put thereunto.
15-z.
For except the Pope confirm the authority of the King of Romaines, he is not esteemed worthy to be made Emperor.
16-c.
Whereby he renounceth Christ: for as faith, the word and the Sacra-ments are the Christians marks: so this Antichrist will accept none but such as will approve his doctrine: so that it is not enough to confess Christ, and to believe the Scriptures, but a man must subscribe to the Pope’s doctrine: moreover their chrismatories, graisings, vows, oaths and shavings are signs of this mark in so much as no nation was excepted that had not many of these marked beasts.
17-d.
He that is not sealed with the Antichrist’s mark, can not be suffered to live among men.
18-e.
Such as may be understood by man’s reason: for about 666 years after this revelation the Pope or Antichrist began to be manifest in the world: for these characters χξϛ, signify 666: and this number is gathered of the small number, ΛΑΤΕΙΝΟΣ, which in the whole mark 666 and signifies Lateinus, or Latin, which note the Pope or Antichrist who uses in all things the Latin tongue, and in respect thereof he contemned the Ebrewe and Greek wherein the word of God was first and best written: and because Italy in old time was called Latinum, the Italians are called Latini, so that hereby he notes of what country chiefly he should come.