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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.
First,1 it may be a just watch-word and warning to all the Sons of men, to beware of Gods checks. When the Lord checks you, crushes your Crowns, and exposeth you to this and that danger in one kind or other, beware of this; whether you be the children of God or not, yet come home effectually to him; for this you shall find, if you be in distress, and call, he is ready to hear; He will hear Ishmael; and he hears the Lyons that roar, and seek their meat of him; He will many times, once, or twice, or thrice do thus: But if the Lord once strike, and almost crush you, beware now that you lay aside all carnal ends and ambitious designs; for otherwise, if you shall recover again, and persist in your former ways without repentance, then the next news is, you go on to perdition: And therefore when ever the Lord affects us, and afflicts us in any kind, it is heavenly wisdom to be warned by the least philip of his finger; be warned by any sicknesses, crosses, danger by Land or Sea, by any thing whatsoever the Lord is pleased to exercise you with, this is both children's bread, and the bread of strangers: Beware you go not on still, but if the Lord check you, then turn back again; but if you go forward, be sure you go to God-ward, and according to Gods will, and after Gods ends:
First,1 it may be a just watch-word and warning to all the Sons of men, to beware of Gods checks. When the Lord checks you, crushes your Crowns, and exposeth you to this and that danger in one kind or other, beware of this; whether you be the children of God or not, yet come home effectually to him; for this you shall finde, if you be in distress, and call, he is ready to heare; He will heare Ishmael; and he hears the Lyons that roar, and seek their meat of him; He will many times, once, or twice, or thrice do thus: But if the Lord once strike, and almost crush you, beware now that you lay aside all carnall ends and ambitious designes; for otherwise, if you shall recover againe, and persist in your former wayes without repentance, then the next news is, you goe on to perdition: And therefore when ever the Lord affects us, and afflicts us in any kind, it is heavenly wisdome to be warned by the least phylip of his finger; be warned by any sicknesses, crosses, danger by Land or Sea, by any thing whatsoever the Lord is pleased to exercise you with, this is both childrens bread, and the bread of strangers: Beware you goe not on still, but if the Lord check you, then turn back again; but if you go forward, be sure you go to God-ward, and according to Gods will, and after Gods ends: