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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.
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I saw one of his heads.] You heard before that the Beast had seven heads: Now as the Scribes asked Christ concerning the woman that had seven Husbands, whose wife shall she be of the seven? So here is a Beast hath seven heads, and one is wounded, which of the seven must it be? To this the Apostle John tells us, Chap. 17. That five of them were gone; they had been, but were not now, and these are the seven governments of the Roman State: These five had been Kings and Consuls, Decemvirs, Dictators, Tribunes. The sixth yet was, and that was the Caesars, the Roman Emperors they were the sixth head, whether Christian or Pagan, it differs not much the state of the Government, for they were all governed by Roman Laws, under one head or other. Now therefore what is this that is here spoken of, One of his heads were as it were wounded to death? was it the Roman Emperor, whether Pagan or Christian? you heard reasons before why it could not be Pagan, nor indeed Christian Rome.
I saw one of his heads.] You heard before that the Beast had seven heads: Now as the Scribes asked Christ concerning the woman that had seven Husbands, whose wife shall she be of the seven? So here is a Beast hath seven heads, and one is wounded, which of the seven must it be? To this the Apostle John tells us, Chap. 17. That five of them were gone; they had been, but were not now, and these are the seven governments of the Roman State: These five had been Kings and Consuls, Decemviers, Dictators, Tribunes. The sixth yet was, and that was the Caesars, the Roman Emperours they were the sixth head, whether Christian or Pagan, it differs not much the state of the Government, for they were all governed by Roman Laws, under one head or other. Now therefore what is this that is here spoken of, One of his heads were as it were wounded to death? was it the Roman Emperour, whether Pagan or Christian? you heard reasons before why it could not be Pagan, nor indeed Christian Rome.