John Trapp on Revelation 12:8

Verſe 8, And prevailed not] They were ſo totally routed and ruined, S[illegible: 1 letter]u[illegible: 1 letter]tet. [illegible: 1 word]. to. [illegible: 1 letter]. p. 118. that they could never rally or rage any more. Iucundum Christiano homini spectaculum eſt, quaſi coràm cernere certantem Chriſtum cu[illegible: 1 letter] Antichriſto, ſaith one, concerning Luthers Reformation. It was a pleaſant ſight to ſee Chriſt and Antichriſt ſtriving for the better. For whatſoever the Pope with his Buls, or the Emperour with his light-bolts did to hinder it, ſtill the Goſpel ran and was glorified: And as then, ſo ever ſince, ma[illegible: 1 letter]gre the malice of Rome and of hell. Their late utmoſt endeavours, and ſome ſucceſſes for a ſeaſon, were but as the laſt ſpruntings, or bitter-bites of dying beaſts.