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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.
It was Gods pleasure to make it the season of the Patience of the Saints:1 It was the season wherein Antichrist should swell to his height, and the Saints be brought low, and their Patience be tried to the utmost; and it being a time of the Saints Patience, it must needs be a time of their suffering; and suffer they did with much patience: but yet they were not utterly extirpated, for some fled to France, and some to England, and so propagated Christian Religion, which after turned to the conversion of many, John Huss, and Jerome of Prague's Doctrine grew and spread more, till God raised up Luther to set forward the power of the Gospel. Thus you see the truth of the Doctrine.
It was Gods pleasure to make it the season of the Patience of the Saints:1 It was the season wherein Antichrist should swell to his height, and the Saints be brought low, and their Patience be tryed to the utmost; and it being a time of the Saints Patience, it must needs be a time of their suffering; and suffer they did with much patience: but yet they were not utterly exterpated, for some fled to France, and some to England, and so propagated Christian Religion, which after turned to the conversion of many, John Husse, and Jerome of Pragues Doctrine grew and spread more, till God raised up Luther to set forward the power of the Gospell. Thus you see the truth of the Doctrine.
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For the use then,1 First it may serve to let us see whence is the power of waging war; for the Text saith, it was given; To him it was given to make war with the Saints: All men cannot receive this, as our Saviour saith in another case, but they to whom it is given. It is not an easy matter for any to be […] to wage war, it requires great store of persons, and great store of Treasury, and Fountain to maintain both; And besides all this, it require no small measure of Wisdom and Policy to undertake such designs: all these you see the Lord gives, and gives them to those that his soul take no pleasure in, and to those that in his esteem are men of beastly spirit, yet he gives them power to make war: He may bless himself in his rule and bravery that they were able to […] against Infidels, and after against Heretics as they called them, but indeed the Saints of God: but you see God gave power unto this Beast, which is therefore no cause of triumph or glorying that he hath received such a power, for you see it may be given to these that are enemies to the Lord Jesus.