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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.
1. For it is said, this Dragon gave to him his power, his seat, and great authority; now the seat of the Roman pagan Empire indeed was Rome, but the Dragon did not give the Christian Emperors Rome for their Seat, they would never sit there; but the•e sate at Constantinople, and prepared it to sit there, and for that end Constantine named it after himself, Constantinople; and if they had occasion to come into the Western parts of Italy, they would sit at Ravenna, but at Rome they would not come, unless it were Guest-wise.
1. For it is said, this Dragon gave to him his power, his seate, and great authority; now the seat of the Roman pagan Empire indeed was Rome, but the Dragon did not give the Christian Emperors Rome for their Seat, they would never sit there; but the•e sate at Constantinople, and prepared it to sit there, and for that end Constantine named it after himselfe, Constantinople; and if they had occasion to come into the Western parts of Italy, they would sit at Ravenna, but at Rome they would not come, unlesse it were Guest-wise.
2. Though it be true, as they say, the Roman Christian Emperor had a deadly wound given him by barbarous Nations, yet when it was healed, the whole world did not admire him: When Charles the great did heal the wound, yet all the world did not wonder after him; It is true, France, and Germany, and Italy did admire him, but all the Eastern parts did not submit to him, no nor England, nor Scotland, nor Sweden, nor many other parts, they did not acknowledge the Western Emperor, gave him neither civill nor religious worship.
2. Though it be true, as they say, the Roman Christian Emperour had a deadly wound given him by barbarous Nations, yet when it was healed, the whole world did not admire him: When Charles the great did heale the wound, yet all the world did not wonder after him; It is true, France, and Germany, and Italy did admire him, but all the Eastern parts did not submit to him, no nor England, nor Scotland, nor Sweden, nor many other parts, they did not acknowledg the Western Emperour, gave him neither civill nor religious worship.