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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.
Answ. The Sea is the collection of many waters; The gathering together of the waters called the Seas, Gen. 1. 9, 10. And what are the waters? The waters which thou sawest are People, and Nations, and Languages, and Tongues, Rev. 17. 15. So then, what is the beast here that ariseth out of the Sea? It is some sovereign State that ariseth out of the connection of many Nations into one body, as you know the Roman Catholic Church is not confined within the lifts of the City of Rome, (though there the head is seated) but the whole Roman Sea; it is well called a Sea in that respect, it is that which comprehends all Nations, whether subject to the Eastern or Western Emperor; yea and other Nations that did not submit themselves to the one or other, as if they did recollect themselves as into one Sea, all banks are broken down in the Sea, yet there is no distinction, but all is one Sea, one vast body: And such is the Roman Catholic visible Church, all partitions are here broken down, all Churches make but one visible Catholic Church.
Answ. The Sea is the collection of many waters; The gathering together of the waters called the Seas, Gen. 1. 9, 10. And what are the waters? The waters which thou saw•st are People, and Nations, and Languages, and Tongues, Rev. 17. 15. So then, what is the beast here that ariseth out of the Sea? It is some soveraign State that ariseth out of the connexion of many Nations into one body, as you know the Roman Catholick Church is not confined within the lifts of the City of Rome, (though there the head is seated) but the whole Roman Sea; it is well called a Sea in that respect, it is that which comprehends all Nations, whether subject to the Eastern or Western Emperour; yea and other Nations that did not submit themselves to the one or other, as if they did recollect themselves as into one Sea, all banks are broken down in the Sea, yet there is no distinction, but all is one Sea, one vast body: And such is the Roman Catholick visible Church, all partitions are here broken downe, all Churches make but one visible Catholick Church.