John Gill's Exposition on Isaiah 2:7

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Their land also is full of silver and gold, &c.] Procured by pardons, indulgences, masses, praying souls out of purgatory, tithes, annates, Peter’s pence, &c. neither [is there any] end of their treasures; laid up in the pope’s coffers, in their churches, monasteries, and convents: their land is also full of horses, neither [is there any] end of their chariots; for the cardinals, archbishops, bishops, &c. to ride on and in. Horses and chariots are mentioned among the wares and merchandise of Rome, in (<661813>Revelation 18:13).

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