And he opened his mouth unto blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his Name, [a]and his tabernacle, [b]and them that dwell in heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:6 That is, the holy Church, the true house of the living God.
  2. Revelation 13:6 That is, the godly in several who hid themselves from his cruelty. For this bloody beast surcharged those holy souls most falsely with innumerable accusations for the Name of Christ, as we read in Justin Martyr, Tertullian, Arnobius, Minutius, Eusebius, Augustine, and others: which example the latter times followed most diligently in destroying the flock of Christ and we in our own memory have found by experience to our incredible grief. Concerning heaven, see the eleventh Chapter and twelfth verse.

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