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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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Another reason that binds Satan so to speak, is not only his old enmity to Christ, but from his malice against the Church. When he saw that the seed of the woman had thus dethroned him, and cast him out of divine power, he powers forth a flood of malice after her, and he sends forth an ugly Beast, that if he can, may root out the face of Christianity, and root her out from the face of the earth, Rev. 12. 15. These are the Devils reasons that moved him to stir up the Beast, and to give him a mouth to speak so boldly as he did.
Another reason that binds Satan so to speak, is not only his old enmity to Christ, but from his malice against the Church. When hee saw that the seed of the woman had thus dethroned him, and cast him out of divine power, he powrs forth a flood of malice after her, and he sends forth an ugly Beast, that if he can, may root out the face of Christianity, and root her out from the face of the earth, Rev. 12. 15. These are the Devils reasons that mooved him to stirre up the Beast, and to give him a mouth to speake so boldly as hee did.
But why will Christian Princes be so prodigal, to submit themselves to him? God had committed to them the care of the Churches, that all Churches should live peaceably and quietly under them, in all godliness and honesty: why would they so degenerate, and suffer the Bishop of Rome so to arrogate and speak such great blasphemies? The reasons were,
But why will Christian Princes be so prodigall, to submit themselves to him? God had committed to them the care of the Churches, that all Churches should live peaceably and quietly under them, in all godliness and honesty: why would they so degenerate, and suffer the Bishop of Rome so to arrogate and speak such great blasphemies? The reasons were,