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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.
First,1 he overcame them by their a little too much confidence in the arm of flesh: when they see the King of Aragon set on, they come to be a little set on by the power of the King, and a great Battle recoiled by trusting to the arm of flesh. You read in Heb. 11. 34. That by faith the Saints waxed valiant in Fight, turned to flight the Armies of the Aliens; but when our faith run in another channel, that we grow confident not in the Lord Jesus, by trusting in him, but on the arm of flesh; we know what is said in Jer. 17. 5. Cursed be the man (yea though he be a good man) that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord: It withers, it cannot stand against the potent Army that rise up against them; though their enemies were never less in number, nor never less provided, yet they prevailed more then ever before.
First,1 he overcame them by their a little too much confidence in the arme of flesh: when they see the King of Aragon set on, they come to be a little set on by the power of the King, and a great Battell recoyled by trusting to the arme of flesh. You read in Heb. 11. 34. That by faith the Saints waxed valiant in Fight, turned to flight the Armies of the Aliens; but when our faith runne in another channell, that we grow confident not in the Lord Jesus, by trusting in him, but on the arme of flesh; we know what is said in Jer. 17. 5. Cursed be the man (ye though he be a good man) that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arme, and whose heart departeth from the Lord: It withers, it cannot stand against the potent Army that rise up against them; though their enemies were never lesse in number, nor never lesse provided, yet they prevailed more then ever before.
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