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geneva@Revelation:13:2 @ And the beast which I saw was like (note:)Swift as the leopard, easily grabbing all things, as the bear does with his foot, and tearing and devouring all things with the mouth as a lion does.(:note) unto a leopard, and his feet were as [the feet] of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: That is, he lent the same power to the beast to use, when he perceived that he could not escape, but must be taken by the hand of the angel, and cast into the bottomless pit; (Rev_20:1-15) yet he did abandon the same power completely from himself, but that he might use it as long as he could. and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

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geneva@Revelation:13:4 @ And they worshipped the dragon which gaue power vnto the beast, & they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like vnto the beast! Who is able to warre with him!

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geneva@Revelation:13:6 @ And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, (note:)That is, the holy Church, the true house of the living God.(:note) and his tabernacle, That is, the godly who as a group hid themselves from his cruelty. For this bloody beast charged those holy souls falsely with innumerable accusations for the name of Christ as we read in Justin Martyr, Tertullian, Arnobius, Minutius, Eusebius, Augustine and others: whose example the latter times followed most diligently, in destroying the flock of Christ: and we in our own memory have found by experience, to our incredible grief. Concerning heaven, see in (Rev_11:12) and them that dwell in heaven.

geneva@Revelation:13:7 @ And it was giuen vnto him to make warre with the Saints, and to ouercome them, & power was giuen him ouer euery kinred, and tongue, and nation.

geneva@Revelation:13:8 @ And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, (note:)That is, such as are not from everlasting elected in Christ Jesus. For this is that Lamb slain; (Rev_5:6). These words I do with Aretas, distinguish in this manner: whose names are not written from the laying of the foundation of the world, in the book of Life, of the Lamb slain. This distinction is confirmed by a similar verse in (Rev_17:8).(:note) whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

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geneva@Revelation:13:10 @ If any leade into captiuitie, hee shall go into captiuitie: if any kill with a sword, he must be killed by a sword: here is the patience and the faith of the Saints.

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geneva@Revelation:13:14 @ And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by [the means of] those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an (note:)That is, images, by «enallage» or change of the number: for the worship of them ever since the second Council of Nicea, has been ordained in the Church by public credit and authority, contrary to the Law of God.(:note) image to the In the Greek the word is in the Dative case, as much to say, as to the worship, honour and obeying of the beast: for by this maintenance of images, this pseudo-prophetical beast mightily profits the beast of Rome, of whom long ago he received them. Wherefore the same is hereafter fittingly called the image of the beast, for images have their beginning from the beast, and have their form or manner from the will of the beast, and have their end and use fixed in the profit and commodity of the beast. beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

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geneva@Revelation:13:17 @ And that no man might (note:)That is, have any trade or dealings with men, but only those who have this annointing and consecration of Clearkely shaving of the head, as they call it, read Gratian «de Consecratione, distincione tertia.c.omnes.cap spiritus, etc.» of these matters.(:note) buy or sell, save he that had the Here the false prophets require three things, set down in the order of their greatness, a character, a name, and the number of the name. The meaning is, that man that does not have their first annointing and clerical shaving of the head: secondly holy orders, by which is communicated the name of the beast: or finally has not attained that high degree of pontifical knowledge, and of the law (as they call it) canonical, and has not made up in account and cast the number of the mysteries of it: for in these things consists the number of the name of the beast. This is excellently set forth in the next verse. mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

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