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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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A second Reason is from Satan;1 for God concurred, and Satan concurred, and Christian Princes concurred herein: Satan concurred for this reason, that he might be avenged of God, and despite the name of Christ, that had cast him out, and dethroned him from his divine power: That whereas he was the great God of the world, and the God of Israel but a puny God of the lesser Nations; now he is to be no God to trust on, but like a Toad or Serpent; this doth so enrage the venom of the old Devil, that he powers forth a flood of malice and venom against the Church and Christ, as much as may be, to testify to the world he would be Lord, and the Lord Jesus should not prevail: And if he may not be God, he will set up a Beast that shall be adored as God: And it is a great despite to Christ, to advance a Beast, that shall carry great State and power, and dare, and will speak greater things then all the Churches of Christ, I, as great as the Lord himself shall speak; look what one speaks, the other will speak it all, and speak it abundantly: As the Devil himself sometimes said to Christ, All these will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. The same doth he speak at this day, and he will speak without control.
A second Reason is from Satan;1 for God concurred, and Satan concurred, and Christian Princes concurred herein: Satan concurred for this reason, that he might be avenged of God, and despight the name of Christ, that had cast him out, and dethroned him from his divine power: That whereas he was the great God of the world, and the God of Israel but a puny God of the lesser Nations; now hee is to be no God to trust on, but like a Toad or Serpent; this doth so enrage the venome of the old Devill, that he powrs forth a flood of malice and venome against the Church and Christ, as much as may be, to testifie to the world hee would be Lord, and the Lord Jesus should not prevaile: And if he may not be God, he will set up a Beast that shall be adored as God: And it is a great despight to Christ, to advance a Beast, that shall carry great State and power, and dare, and will speak greater things then all the Churches of Christ, I, as great as the Lord himself shall speak; look what one speaks, the other wil speak it all, and speak it abundantly: As the Devill himselfe sometimes said to Christ, All these will I give thee, if thou wilt fall downe and worship me. The same doth he speak at this day, and he will speak without controll.