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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
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But secondly, how comes he to make War against the Saints?
There is a double reason for that,1 one is taken from the profession, and practice, and conversation of these Saints: This was their practice, They followed the Lamb, as in the next Chapter; I looked, and lo a lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Fathers name written in their foreheads: These are they which are not defiled with women, for they are Virgins: These are they which follow the Lamb whether soever he goeth: They kept themselves undefiled of this Antichrist of Rome, were not defiled with the whoredom of this great beast; in all things they consented with the Doctrine of the Primitive Church, and their hypocrisies, and whoredoms, and covetousness, were things that would by no means be borne; therefore the Pope, who was the great head, discerning he was thus contested against, and (as they say) blasphemed, he thinks he does nothing, though he destroy Turks, and Saracens, and Egyptians, and whoever took the Sepulchre of Christ, as long as those Heretics at home were not subdued, therefore he thinks it as meritorious a work to subdue them, as ever to fight for the holy Land. But there was another thing that made the war, for no war can be made but by levying of Forces on both part•.
There is a double reason for that,1 one is taken from the profession, and practice, and conversation of these Saints: This was their practice, They followed the Lamb, as in the next Chapter; I looked, and loe a lambe stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred fourty and four thousand, having his Fathers name written in their foreheads: These are they which are not defiled with women, for they are Virgins: These are they which follow the Lamb whether soever he goeth: They kept themselves undefiled of this Antichrist of Rome, were not defiled with the whoredome of this great beast; in all things they consented with the Doctrine of the Primitive Church, and their hypocrisies, and whoredomes, and coveteousnesse, were things that would by no means be borne; therefore the Pope, who was the great head, discerning he was thus contested against, and (as they say) blasphemed, he thinks he does nothing, though he destroy Turkes, and Sarazens, and Aegyptians, and whoever took the Sepulcher of Christ, as long as those Heretickes at home were not subdued, therefore he thinks it as meritorious a worke to subdue them, as ever to fight for the holy Land. But there was another thing that made the war, for no warre can be made but by levying of Forces on both part.