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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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Thirdly,1 there was a third Reason, and that was from the great reverence of all Councils, and Synods to the Sea of Rome. The City of Rome had wont to be the imperial City, now in such a case as this they thought it but reasonable; In heathenish Rome they gave all worship to them, and so let Christian Rome give all their worship to the chief Head there, ⟨p. 57⟩and so to their mother Church, all Catholics would encourage others so to do; and so by this means there were such encouragements laid for admiration and adoration, that you may not wonder at what the holy Ghost saith, That when the wound was healed, all the world wondered after the beast, saying, who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? Not the Emperors of the East and West, not the King of England, France, Spain, nor all that have been of greatest force, they were none of them able to hold up their heads against this great Beast. The use of this point is thus much;
Thirdly,1 there was a third Reason, and that was from the great reverence of all Councells, and Synods to the Sea of Rome. The City of Rome had wont to be the imperiall City, now in such a case as this they thought it but reasonable; In heathenish Rome they gave all worship to them, and so let Christian Rome give all their worship to the chief Head there, ⟨p. 57⟩and so to their mother Church, all Catholicks would incourage others so to doe; and so by this means there were such incouragements laid for admiration and adoration, that you may not wonder at what the holy Ghost saith, That when the wound was healed, all the world wondred after the beast, saying, who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? Not the Emperors of the East and West, not the King of England, France, Spain, nor all that have been of greatest force, they were none of them able to hold up their heads against this great Beast. The use of this point is thus much;
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