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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, to revenge the injury which the Church did him by bringing forth a Man-child, a Christian Emperor to depose him from his glory, wherein he was worshipped as the great God of the world. Now when he sees he is cast off from the honour he had, and there was no more place left for him in heaven, it comes to pass that he pours forth a flood of barbarous nations and damnable Heresies after the woman, and makes war with the remnant of her seed, Rev. 12. 13. 15.
First, to revenge the injury which the Church did him by bringing forth a Man-child, a Christian Emperour to depose him from his glory, wherein he was worshipped as the great God of the world. Now when hee sees hee is cast off from the honour he had, and there was no more place left for him in heaven, it comes to passe that he pours forth a flood of barbarous nations and damnable Heresies after the woman, and makes war with the remnant of her seed, Rev. 12. 13. 15.
2. A second Reason that stirred up Satan, was out of the ancient enmity against Christ, and the seed of Christ, Gen. 3. 15. I will put enmity between thy seed and her seed, which is Christ; and all the seed of Christ, which are both public and private Christians, he hath an inveterate enmity against them all; and therefore he gives the Church of Rome all the power that Pagan Rome had.
2. A second Reason that stirred up Satan, was out of the ancient enmity against Christ, and the seed of Christ, Gen. 3. 15. I will put enmity between thy seed and her seed, which is Christ; and all the seed of Christ, which are both publique and private Christians, he hath an inveterate enmity against them all; and therefore he gives the Church of Rome all the power that Pagan Rome had.