John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 16:14
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Ver. 14. The spirits of devils ] Or breathing devils. Working miracles ] Lying wonders, 2 Thessalonians 2:9 . Unto the kings of the earth ] The pope’s nuncios, legates a latere, and other emissaries, stir up the spirits of princes to embroil the world with wars, for the upholding of his tottering... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 16:13
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. Ver. 13. Three unclean spirits ] Spiritual fathers, as the Papists call their Jesuits, who seek to subject all to the pope, and the pope to themselves, being ultimus diaboli crepitus, as one speaketh, the last attempt of a daring devil. These are the pope’s janizaries, a bloodhounds, vultures, whose nest (as Aristotle saith)... read more