"And they worshipped the dragon, which gave power unto the beast," signifies the acknowledgment of salvation and justification by faith alone, strengthened and established by those modes of conjunction that were devised, and received therefrom in doctrine: "and they worshipped the beast," signifies acknowledgment of the reasonings by which discordance with the Word is apparently removed; "saying, Who is like unto the beast?" signifies confession that nothing is truer. "Who is able to make war with him?" signifies that it cannot be assaulted by any means.