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John Trapp on Revelation 10:3

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Revelation10:3

Verſe 3. As when a lion roareth] Gr. Loweth like an Oxe, mugit for rugit. See here an oxe in a lion, mildeneſſe mixt with fierceneſſe. Satis eſt proſtraſſe leoni. This lion preys not upon the proſtrate. Non mihi placet vindicta ſed victoria, ſaid Caeſar. So may Chriſt ſay, I ſeek not revenge but victory.

Seven thunders uttered their voices] As the eccho of Chriſts loud voice. No ſooner had he ſpoken, but great was the company of preachers, ſons of thunder, who ſhould ſpeak powerfully,Pſal. 68.11. propheſie and cry down ſuperſtitious worſhips and hereticall doctrines before peoples, Nations, tongues and Kings, verſ. 11. of this Chapter. This was fulfilled in Wicliffe, Huſſe, Luther, Lambert, and other heroicall Reformers. Conter Amos 3.7, 8.

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