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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.
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Power was given to him.] The word in the Original is [Greek or Hebrew] which properly signifies the power of Authority or Jurisdiction; a sovereign kind of power (as it is here described in the seventh verse) over all Kindreds, and Tongues, and Nations: Such power that all the world wondered at it, and adored, especially that which they call the Christian world, did exceedingly magnify the power and authority of this Beast, and he speaks here principally of Spiritual Authority, though it grew to Temporal Power in making War, in the 7. vers. for he riseth by degrees to further power, but authority was given him: Given him, by whom?
Power was given to him.] The word in the Originall is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 which properly signifies the power of Authority or Jurisdiction; a soveraign kind of power (as it is here described in the seventh verse) over all Kindreds, and Tongues, and Nations: Such power that all the world wondered at it, and adored, especially that which they call the Christian world, did exceedingly magnifie the power and authority of this Beast, and he speakes here principally of Spirituall Authority, though it grew to Temporall Power in making Warr, in the 7. vers. for he riseth by degrees to further power, but authority was given him: Given him, by whom?
1. By God, that put it into the heart of the ten Horns (that is, the ten K••gs) to give their Kingdoms with one consent to the Beast, Rev 17. 17. So God by his wise and just providence gave him authority, such as God hath ordained in his word; but he put it in their hearts by his wise and just providence.
1. By God, that put it into the heart of the tenne Horns (that is, the tenne Kgs) to give their Kingdoms with one consent to the Beast, Rev 17. 17. So God by his wise and just providence gave him authority, such as God hath ordained in his word; but he put it in their hearts by his wise and just providence.