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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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when the head moves, the whole body doth accordingly: So that it was marvellous admirable power that he had; whom he would he set up, and whom he would he pulled down. Peter, he said, ⟨p. 53⟩gave it to him, and he did what he would to those that were on the earth, this is great power. They profess, if their holy Father carry many millions of souls to Hell, yet no man must say, Sir, why do you so: All appeals were from him, so that there is transcendent, sovereign power, and indeed divine, such as no man can attain; Power to pardon sin, power to bind Conscience, to dispense with the Law of God, to interpret and judg of Scripture as he sees cause, and this is such power, as is far above the reach of man: None of them all have such power as he, not those that are called Gods: So they admire his power, what he can do to inward or outward man, to public or private States. And they do not only admire the Catholic Church, and the head of it, and adore them; but in both these they adore the Dragon that gave all this power to the Beast. The meaning may be expressed in two branches.
when the head moves, the whole body doth accordingly: So that it was marvellous admirable power that he had; whom he would he set up, and whom he would he pulled downe. Peter, he said, ⟨p. 53⟩gave it to him, and he did what he would to those that were on the earth, this is great power. They professe, if their holy Father carry many millions of soules to Hell, yet no man must say, Sir, why do you so: All appeals were from him, so that there is transcendant, soveraign power, and indeed divine, such as no man can attaine; Power to pardon sin, power to bind Conscience, to dispence with the Law of God, to interpret and judg of Scripture as he sees cause, and this is such power, as is far above the reach of man: None of them all have such power as he, not those that are called Gods: So they admire his power, what he can do to inward or outward man, to publique or private States. And they do not only admire the Catholick Church, and the head of it, and adore them; but in both these they adore the Dragon that gave all this power to the Beast. The meaning may be exprest in two branches.