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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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2. That they all might be damned that have pleasure in unrighteousness, in the same verse. The Lord gave them up therefore to damnable distempers, damnable usurpations and Ordinances; the Lord gave them up for these two Reasons, and they are one subordinate to another.
2. That they all might be damned that have pleasure in unrighteousnesse, in the same verse. The Lord gave them up therefore to damnable distempers, damnable usurpations and Ordnances; the Lord gave them up for these two Reasons, and they are one subordinate to another.
Secondly,1 this power was given by Satan also. For it is said, The coming of Antichrist shall be after the working of Satan, with all powers, and signs, and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness, 2 Thes. 2. 9, 10. By the efficacy of delusion, which was by the juggling of those great men in ⟨p. 116⟩those times, for efficacy of delusion is by miracles, so by deceivableness of unrighteousness, which is three-fold; The sophistry of Schoolmen, the policy of the Canonists that made their Laws out of the Popes decrees, still advancing the Popish Church, and the head thereof, partly by the devotion of Monks and Friars: And if you ask why Satan did this, there is a double reason of that.
Secondly,1 this power was given by Satan also. For it is said, The coming of Antichrist shall be after the working of Satan, with all powers, and signes, and lying wonders, and with all deceiveablenesse of unrighteousnesse, 2 Thes. 2. 9, 10. By the efficacy of delusion, which was by the jugling of those great men in