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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.
2dly,1 From the sacrilegious injury put upon the Church: It is an usurpation of all power from the Church, that if a Catholic Church be met, they will give power and Laws to other Churches, and look what the second Beast doth, he administers all the power of the first Beast; Look what power is given to the Catholic Church, that doth the Bishop of Rome incorporate to himself, and he causeth an Image of that Church to be made in Provincial Nations; which when they have taken hold, like a Bears claws, they will not easily be rooted out: Now this is such injurious usurpation, that from that day to this, they have never been free; That where the Pope hath had to do, the Churches are spoiled of the authority that is given to them by Christ; And therefore you must not wonder if the Lord wound the head of such as go on in their wickedness, Psal. 68. 20, 21. The jealousy of the Lord riseth against such usurpations: For a visible Catholic Church to be set over the world, who may make Laws to rule conscience, and make Officers for the ordering of all Churches; It is such a Monster, and the Government of it is so odious in the sight of God, that he wounds it to death.
2dly,1 From the sacrilegious injury put upon the Church: It is an usurpation of all power from the Church, that if a Catholick Church be met, they will give power and Lawes to other Churches, and look what the second Beast doth, he administers all the power of the first Beast; Look what power is given to the Catholick Church, that doth the Bishop of Rome incorporate to himself, and he causeth an Image of that Church to be made in Provinciall Nations; which when they have taken hold, like a Bears claws, they will not easily be rooted out: Now this is such injurous usurpation, that from that day to this, they have never been free; That where the Pope hath had to doe, the Churches are spoiled of the authority that is given to them by Christ; And therefore you must not wonder if the Lord wound the head of such as goe on in their wickednesse, Psal. 68. 20, 21. The jealousie of the Lord riseth against such usurpations: For a visible Catholick Church to be set over the world, who may make Lawes to rule conscience, and make Officers for the ordering of all Churches; It is such a Monster, and the Government of it is so odious in the sight of God, that he wounds it to death.