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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.
Among other parts of the description (which have been opened) this Beast is described by the change that befell him, in his head, wounded, and healed; the effect whereof was,
1. The admiration of the world.
2. The worship of the Beast, and of the Dragon.
The third effect or event was the authority or power that the Beast did receive, and did exercise, and that power was,
1. To speak great things and blasphemies; which accordingly he did exercise, in blaspheming the name of God, and his Tabernacle, and the Saints.
1. To speake great things and blasphemies; which accordingly he did exercise, in blaspheming the name of God, and his Tabernacle, and the Saints.