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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.
Revel. 13. 5, 6. And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things, and blasphemies, and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his Tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
Revel. 13. 5, 6. And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things, and blasphemies, and power was given unto him to continue forty and two moneths. And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his Tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
THE events that followed upon the healing of the Beast; the first was, That all the world admired him. The second was, Universal worship given both to the Beast, and to the Dragon that gave power to the Beast, of which we have already spoken. The third event remains now to be spoken to, and that is, the delegation of power to this Beast, upon his recovery, and the power given him is four-fold.
THE events that followed upon the healing of the Beast; the first was, That all the world admired him. The second was, Ʋniversall worship given both to the Beast, and to the Dragon that gave power to the Beast, of which wee have already spoken. The third event remains now to be spoken to, and that is, the deligation of power to this Beast, upon his recovery, and the power given him is four-fold.
1. There was power given him to speak great things, and in particular, great blasphemies.