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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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The second Reason was, by their attention to politic and deceitful Treaties of peace; for when they saw the men were good Soldiers, valiant in battle, and able to fight it out, and they found the 3000. that were to fight for plenary pardon three years, had served out their time, and they had got as they thought, their souls saved, they would go home now, and they had got peace by this carnal confidence of theirs: So they perceived this war would be troublesome, and the Heretics were like to prosper, therefore they gather in the chief Leaders to Treaties about peace, and great pity that such blood should be shed; therefore for the honour of Rome it were needful to cease the war, and so would draw their chief Leaders to firm leagues of Peace, and then they kept their best Generals in Prison; and thus when they had got them to yield to their pretences, then they had their necks under their girdles, and their throats under their axes, they might hew them out of measure: Insomuch that the King of France hearing of such cruel massacre, he sent to know what their Religion was; and though he sent express charge that none of his Soldiers should offer violence to them, yet they concealing his Letters, they went on in massacring the poor Saints, and scattering them up and down, in so much that they prevailed, partly by the Saints cleaving to the arm of flesh, and by trusting their false pretences.
The second Reason was, by their attention to politick and deceitfull Treaties of peace; for when they saw the men were good Souldiers, valient in battell, and able to fight it out, and they found the 3000. that were to fight for plenary pardon three years, had served out their time, and they had got as they thought, their souls saved, they would go home now, and they had got peace by this carnall confidence of theirs: So they perceived this war would be troublesome, and the Hereticks were like to prosper, therefore they gather in the cheif Leaders to Treaties about peace, and great pitty that such bloud should be shed; therefore for the honour of Rome it were needfull to cease the warre, and so would draw their cheif Leaders to firme leagues of Peace, and then they kept their best Generals in Prison; and thus when they had got them to yeild to their pretences, then they had their neckes under their girdles, and their throats under their axes, they might hew them out of measure: Insomuch that the King of France hearing of such cruell massacre, he sent to know what their Religion was; and though he sent expresse charge that none of his Souldiers should offer violence to them, yet they concealing his Letters, they went on in massacring the poor Saints, and scattering them up and down, in so much that they prevailed, partly by the Saints cleaving to the arme of flesh, and by trusting their false pretences.