John Trapp on Revelation 9:11
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Revelation9:11
Verſe 11. And they had a King over them] Being herein wiſer then thoſe other locuſts, Proe 30 27.
The Angel of the bottomleſſe pit] That apoſtate ſtar, ver. 1. the devils lieutenant Generall, the Weſtern Antichriſt the Pope, not excluding the Turk that Antichriſt of the Eaſt, that comes next to be ſpoken of. And indeed they may well go together: for they both ſet up another law then that of Chriſt, they kill the contrary part, they give liberty to the fleſh, they will not have their religions to be diſputed, &c.
Is Abaddon] A deſtroier.Annot. ad loc. I know not (ſaith learned Junius) whether the holy Ghoſt in this name hath not ſome reſpect to the etymology or notation of Hildebrand, which ſignifies, Fidei incendium, the fire-brand of the faith.
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