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John Trapp on Revelation 12:3
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Verſe 3. A great red Dragon] A Dragon the devil is called for his ſharp-ſightedneſſe (the Dragon hath a very quick eye, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. S[illegible: 1 letter]a[illegible: 1 letter]g. and is ſaid to ſleep with open eyes) as alſo for his miſchievouſneſſe to man-kinde; and laſtly, for his ſerpentine ſubtilty, Gen. 3. The comfort is, That as the devil is a Lion, ſo is Chriſt, there's courage for courage. And as the devil is a ſerpent, ſo Chriſt compares himſelf to the brazen ſerpent: there's wiſdome for wiſdome. A great Dragon the devil is, as being God of the world; and red all over with the bloud of ſouls, which he hath ſwallowed down, as S. Peter hath it, 1 ep. 5.8.
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Seven heads] To plot, and ten horns to puſh men into the pit of hell.
Seven crowns upon his heads] Pretenſed authority for what he did againſt the Church. It paſſed in France in manner of a proverb, That the modern Councel (of Trent) had more authority then that of the Apoſtles, becauſe their own pleaſure was a ſufficient ground for the decrees, without admitting the holy Ghoſt.Hiſt. of the Coun. of Trent fol. 820. That Popiſh Councel was carried with ſuch infinite guile and craft, that the Papiſts themſelves will even ſmile in the triumphs of their own wits (when they hear it but mentioned) as at a maſter-ſtratagem.
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