I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
Ver. 21. I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints.] With the Waldenses, against whom the Pope turned his croisados, those armies of the Cross which had been first appointed against the Saracens. a This war began in the year 1160, and yet continueth, and must till the end of the reign of Antichrist. Daniel 7:9,10 ; Dan 7:26
And prevailed against them.] As they did against the ancient Waldenses or Leonists, and against their posterity lately in Piedmont. Yea, it is the opinion and fear of some great divines that Antichrist, before his abolition, shall once again overflow the whole face of the West, and suppress the whole Protestant Churches.
a Thuan.