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John Trapp on Revelation 20:8

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Revelation20:8

Verſe 8. Gog and Magog] That is Pope and Turk, ſaith Aretius, the Pope a covert enemy to Chriſt, the Turk an overt,Ezek, 38. & 35. or open enemy, as Gog and Magog ſignifie. Theſe are ſet forth by Ezekiel, as the laſt enemies of Gods people before Shiloh came; and preſently after their utter overthrow, the ſtate of the City and Temple, is notably deſcribed. So, after the Pope and Turk in that laſt great battle at Armageddon routed and foiled, the new Jeruſalem is in the following Chapters excellently pourtraied and depainted: that being a ſpeciall type of this.

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