he shall perish] Some expound it of the Jewes, some of the descendents or off-spring of Chittim, which is most like: for the Grecian Empire is overthrowne by the Romane, and the Romane which came from Chittim as the Grecian did, is much empaired by the Papacie, and that usurping state and power is in a great part ruined, and the ruine of it shall be further accomplished, 2 Thes. 2. 8.