“31 Proposition. The visible marks of the Beast, are the abused characters, of λρς and crosses of all kindes, taken out of the number of the first beasts name.”

A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John (1593), The First and Introductory Treatise

A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John (1593), The First and Introductory Treatise

Vol. I, Ch. 4: Of the vision of the four Beasts
Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John (1733)
Context: I beheld, saith Daniel, till the Beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flames. As concerning the rest of the Beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time [Chap. vii. 11, 12. ]. And therefore all the four Beasts are still alive, tho the dominion of the three first be taken away. The nations of Chaldea and Assyria are still the first Beast. Those of Media and Persia are still the second Beast. Those of Macedon, Greece and Thrace, Asia minor, Syria and Egypt, are still the third. And those of Europe, on this side Greece, are still the fourth.

A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John (1593), The First and Introductory Treatise

A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John (1593), The First and Introductory Treatise

A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John (1593), The First and Introductory Treatise

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A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John (1593), The First and Introductory Treatise