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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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They had rather confer all that honour upon him that had been so admired & worshipped for so many years, especially having had 32 Monasteries, & had been more Orthodoxall then all other Churches: These were great inducements to give all honour to the Pope, though they saw him desperately wounded; but when they see him recovered, they wonder at him, and every one submits to him, especially the Western parts; though they in the East also would consult with him, and be led and guided by him, and all their decrees in council were referred to him; if he did dislike them, they were antiquated; if he did approve them, they were received as Authentical Laws of the Church.
They had rather conferre all that honour upon him that had been so admired & worshiped for so many years, especially having had 32 M•nasteries, & had been more Orthodoxall then all other Churches: These were great inducements to give all honour to the Pope, though they saw him desperately wounded; but when they see him recovered, they wonder at him, and every one submits to him, especially the Western parts; though they in the East also would consult with him, and be led and guided by him, and all their decrees in counsell were referred to him; if he did dislike them, they were antequated; if he did approve them, they were received as Authenticall Lawes of the Church.
You may ask, why the Lord would heal such an abominable and ugly Beast, this visible Catholic Church, and this Beast that was one of the heads of this Church; for he had a beastly shape; take him alone without the other Beast, and take them together, here is a great Beast; afterwards he is called in Chap. 17. the great whore, and she sits upon this Beast, and he hath all his supportance from her; he restores the Church, and the head of the Beast to that state they were in before; The reason why God doth this is double.
You may aske, why the Lord would heal such an abominable and ugly Beast, this visible Catholick Church, and this Beast that was one of the heads of this Church; for he had a beastly shape; take him alone without the other Beast, and take them together, here is a great Beast; afterwards he is called in Chap. 17. the great whore, and she sits upon this Beast, and he hath all his supportance from her; he restores the Church, and the head of the Beast to that state they were in before; The reason why God doth this is double.