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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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And therefore a second was,1 their taking up of Arms, in the just defence of their liberties, both of conscience and outward man: For if the Catholic Church had raised up all these Forces, and they had quietly submitted themselves like sheep to the slaughter, there had been no war then, there had been massacres: It would have amounted to that as the massacre in Paris, that a man did not lift up his hand, but they were slaughtered like dogs in the street: Though they come with fire and sword, yet unless they resist with fire and sword, it cannot be said to be war: Some set in against them, though their weakness caused them to presume, but it was to weak a business for flesh and blood; We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against Principalities and Powers, and spiritual wickednesses: They which trust to flesh and blood shall be deceived; as these men, they stood out, and sometimes prospered, while the Earl of Tone, and some other Princes joined together, though they were but few, they prospered; but war is not one Battle or two, and in the end they were overcome, and this Beast prevailed; and that's the reason of the 2d part, how he came to make war against the Saints.
And therefore a second was,1 their taking up of Armes, in the just defence of their liberties, both of conscience and outward man: For if the Catholick Church had raised up all these Forces, and they had quietly submitted themselves like sheep to the slaughter, there had beene no warre then, there had been massacres: It would have amounted to that as the massacre in Paris, that a man did not lift up his hand, but they were slaughtered like dogs in the street: Though they come with fire and sword, yet unlesse they resist with fire and sword, it cannot be said to be war: Some set in against them, though their weaknesse caused them to presume, but it was to weak a businesse for flesh and bloud; Wee wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against Principalities and Powers, and spirituall wickednesses: They which trust to flesh and bloud shall be deceived; as these men, they stood out, and sometimes prospered, while the Earl of Tone, and some other Princes joyned together, though they were but few, they prospered; but war is not one Battel or two, and in the end they were overcome, and this Beast prevailed; and that's the reason of the 2d part, how he came to make warre against the Saints.