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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.
4. Power was given him of dominion over all Kindreds, Tongues, and Nations.
First, There was given him a mouth speaking great things.
Secondly, There was power given him to continue 42. months, and both these Authorities or Liberties, they are amplified by the effect it wrought in the Beast: He did effectually take that power which was given him, and employed it to the utmost. As he had a mouth given him, so he opened his mouth in blasphemies, and that amplified by the object of his blasphemy against God, and God distributed, his Name, his Tabernacle, and those that dwell in Heaven. The note then that the words do afford first, is this.
Secondly, There was power given him to continue 42. moneths, and both these Authorities or Liberties, they are amplified by the effect it wrought in the Beast: He did effectually take that power which was given him, and employed it to the utmost. As he had a mouth given him, so he opened his mouth in blasphemies, and that amplified by the object of his blasphemy against God, and God distributed, his Name, his Tabernacle, and those that dwell in Heaven. The note then that the words do afford first, is this.