9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,



Ver. 9. And the third angel] Understand by this third angel, all the reformers and preachers of the gospel after Luther, to the end of the world.



If any man worship] See Mr Perkins’s Treatise. A Papist cannot go beyond a reprobate.



And receive his mark] He saith not this of those that have the name or the number of the beast. For we doubt not but many were carried away by him, as those 200 were by Absalom in the simplicity of their hearts, 2Sa_15:11, knowing nothing of his treason.