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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
AN EXPOSITION Upon the thirteenth Chapter of the REVELATION. › Part
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Secondly,1 Learn we to magnify the free rich grace of God that hath delivered us from this great Beast, and the worship of it, and hath restored us in a great measure to the government of primitive simplicity, that now we may meet every Lords day, that all may hear, and all may be edified, where every one may brign his offence (if he cannot be satisfied in private) and may be heard, and the case in due time searched into, and healed according to God. This is Primitive simplicity, and this is direct proceeding without Lordly Prelacy, ⟨p. 30⟩which overwhelms all the world like a great Sea; And it i, well called a Sea, for it swallows up all like a vast Ocean.
Secondly,1 Learn we to magnifie the free rich grace of God that hath delivered us from this great Beast, and the worship of it, and hath restored us in a great measure to the government of primative simplicity, that now we may meet every Lords day, that all may heare, and all may be edefied, where every one may brign his offence (if hee cannot be satisfied in private) and may be heard, and the case in due time searched into, and healed according to God. This is Primative simplicity, and this is direct proceeding without Lordly Prelacy, ⟨p. 30⟩which overwhelms all the world like a great Sea; And it i, well called a Sea, for it swallows up all like a vast Ocean.
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And the more thankful ought we to be, that he hath delivered us from the Image of the Beast, as well as from the beast it self; A Catholic Church that beareth sway over so many hundred Churches, and overwhelms them all: Such Laws they shall make as shall bind all Nations, and whether they give consent or no, they must subscribe to them in point of government. Were we sensible how odious this Beast were in the sight of the holy Ghost, and of the Apostle John, it would affect us with strong thankfulness, and hearty enlargedness to God, that hath delivered us from so great a beast, and from any image and picture of it, unto which all the world is subject, unless in some few places.