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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
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2. They made to Rome all their Appeals: What ever government there was in the Christian world, from thence were their Laws, and thither were their Appeals, as out of England and many other places, to the great disturbance of Church and Common-wealth, as also large and bountiful payments were made to them: It were a vast thing to sum up the total sum of constant payments that were from every Kingdom repaid to the Sea of Rome: And as their Appeals & Payments went to Rome, so did their bodies on pilgrimage, and it was thought a great devotion to kiss the feet of the Pope, and to see those blessed Shrines; Thus was their admiration of the Beast.
2. They made to Rome all their Appeals: What ever government there was in the Christian world, from thence were their Laws, and thither were their Appeals, as out of England and many other places, to the great disturbance of Church and Common-wealth, as also large and bountifull payments were made to them: It were a vast thing to sum up the totall sum of constant payments that were from every Kingdome repayed to the Sea of Rome: And as their Appeals & Payments went to Rome, so did their bodies on pilgrimage, and it was thought a great devotion to kisse the feet of the Pope, and to see those blessed Shrines; Thus was their admiration of the Beast.
3. They fetched from Rome the Ordination of all their chief Officers: Any Arch-bishop, who-ever chose him, yet he was not installed, but he must fetch it from Rome, and pay well for it. And from thence they fetched all ⟨p. 50⟩their Coronation of Kings and Emperors; and sundry fundamental Laws of every Catholic Kingdom were derived from thence. All their Dispensations were fetched from thence, that Princes might marry where they would: And dispensation from Oaths, and from Marriages contracted, all these things they fetched from Rome: It was an admirable honour they put upon the Church of Rome, and upon the Head of it; what ever the first Beast did, the second Beast also did; and so in worshipping the one, they worshipped the other; and in admiring one, they admired both.