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An exposition upon the thirteenth chapter of the Revelation by that reverend and eminent…
An exposition upon the thirteenth chapter of the Revelation by that reverend and eminent servant of the Lord, Mr. John Cotton ... ; taken from his mouth in short-writing, and some part of it corrected by himself soon after the preaching thereof ; and all of it since viewed over by a friend to him ... wherein some mistakes were amended, but nothing of the sense altered.
London: printed for Tim. Smart, 1656
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AN EXPOSITION Upon the thirteenth Chapter of the REVELATION. › Part
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A fifth means was the policy of the Canonists, who had gathered together all those Canons that tended to Christs powerful Government, and fastened them upon the Catholic ⟨p. 28⟩Church, and the Bishop of Rome being head, he had it all committed to him, a notable means to bring in Tyranny.
A fifth meanes was the policy of the Canonists, who had gathered together all those Canons that tended to Christs powerfull Government, and fastned them upon the Catholick ⟨p. 28⟩Church, and the Bishop of Rome being head, he had it all committed to him, a notable means to bring in Tyranny.
Last of all lying miracles, 2 Thes. 2. 9. Whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, & lying wonders. Thus you see the means how the Dragon gave him his power, and Authority, and such Authority that he exalts himself above all that is called God.
Last of all lying miracles, 2 Thes. 2. 9. Whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signes, & lying wonders. Thus you see the means how the Dragon gave him his power, and Authority, and such Authority that he exalts himself above all that is called God.
The use is thus much; First it serves to show the vanity of all that admiration of the Roman Catholic visible Church, and devotion to that Church, which hath so long for many Ages deluded the world, and with which Jesuits and Seminaries do to this day delude devout, but carnal souls; Here is great power given to them, and great authority; but whence hath the Church all this? They pretend they have it all from Christ, but they have it from the Dragon of the bottomless pit; He gave him his power and seat and great authority: It never came from Christ, he never gave this power to any Church nor State in the world, it is from the Dragon. And whereas they plead it is the keys of the kingdom of Heaven,