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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.
The matter hath required some-what large opening, but it is a counsel of God, and given of him for this end, that it may be expounded and explained: And the Lord hath promised blessedness, Chap. 1. to those that read and search this Book; and therefore he would encourage all to search diligently the meaning of it, especially as God gives opportunity: It was that which John mourned for, that he found none worthy to open this book, and to loose the seals thereof, only the Lyon of the Tribe of Judah: I think there is no man shall be diligently studious on this Book, depending upon the Lyon of the Tribe of Judah for help, but he shall find something more then he did expect. It is true, if a man go in confidence of his own gifts and knowledge, he may fool himself; but if in modesty of Christian wisdom, and in the fear of God; the spirit of any Christian Minister, or other that lays hold of this Book, he shall not be sent empty away: What light God hath given me in this particular, you have heard opened.
The matter hath required some-what large opening, but it is a counsell of God, and given of him for this end, that it may be expounded and explained: And the Lord hath promised blessednesse, Chap. 1. to those that read and search this Booke; and therefore he would encourage all to search diligently the meaning of it, especially as God gives opportunity: It was that which John mourned for, that he found none worthy to open this book, and to loose the seals thereof, only the Lyon of the Tribe of Judah: I think there is no man shall be diligently studious on this Book, depending upon the Lyon of the Tribe of Judah for helpe, but he shall find something more then he did expect. It is true, if a man go in confidence of his own gifts and knowledge, he may foole himself; but if in modesty of Christian wisdome, and in the feare of God; the spirit of any Christian Minister, or other that layes hold of this Book, he shall not be sent empty away: What light God hath given me in this particular, you have heard opened.
The use in a word is thus much.