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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 17:9 - 17:9
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9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
Ver. 9. Here is the mind] q.d. Here is work for wise men to busy their brains about. Sapientia est vel codicibus vel cordibus. Wisdom is either from books or from the hearts.
Seven mountains] The Jesuits cannot deny but that Rome is here pointed at, as being set upon seven hills,
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. So the ancient Rome was, whereof the present Rome is but a carcase, retaining nothing of the old but her ruins, and the cause of them her sins.