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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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2. There be that take it indeed for a definite time, but they would confine it to three years and an half, for forty two months, or 1260. days, is just three years and an half, and that is true: But I cannot accept that Interpretation; and though it be common, yet our Divines do with one accord reject it: For this Antichrist which they say is their Beast (in which they say true) that he should come out of Jerusalem three years and an half before the great Judgment day, and prevail against Rome: But that it cannot be taken for three years and an half, may appear from the great authority he shall gain in this time, and the power that he shall exercise over all Kindreds, and Tongues, and Nations; now for any one in three years and an half to overcome all Nations, and to rule them by an Ecclesiastical and Civill power, it is incredible. The Leopard of Greece, ⟨p. 85⟩which was a swift Beast, and had wings, yet he did not conquer the world but in twelve years, and it was a great matter to overcome it then: But this Beast is described to be a Leopard, but not with wings: now that he should do as much in three years and an half without wings, as Alexander did in twelve years with wings, is not credible.
2. There be that take it indeed for a definite time, but they would confine it to three years and an halfe, for forty two moneths, or 1260. dayes, is just three yeares and an halfe, and that is true: But I cannot accept that Interpretation; and though it be common, yet our Divines do with one accord reject it: For this Antichrist which they say is their Beast (in which they say true) that he should come out of Hierusalem three years and an halfe before the great Judgment day, and prevaile against Rome: But that it cannot be taken for three years and an halfe, may appeare from the great authority he shall gaine in this time, and the power that he shall exercise over all Kindreds, and Tongues, and Nations; now for any one in three yeares and an halfe to overcome all Nations, and to rule them by an Ecclesiasticall and Civill power, it is incredible. The Leopard of Greece, ⟨p. 85⟩which was a swift Beast, and had wings, yet he did not conquer the world but in twelve yeares, and it was a great matter to overcome it then: But this Beast is described to be a Leopard, but not with wings: now that he should do as much in three yeares and an halfe without wings, as Alexander did in twelve years with wings, is not credible.