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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
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AN EXPOSITION Upon the thirteenth Chapter of the REVELATION. › Part
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Again, there is another property in his electing love, which is the efficacy of it, for Gods electing love doth choose us out of the world, John 15. 19. And if he choose us out of the world, the efficacy of that is, that it delivers us from the evil world: God electing us out of the world, hath redeemed and delivered us from this present evil world, Gal. 1. 4. Now if the electing love of God be of such efficacy, that when he elects men of his grace, he will in fullness of time deliver them from the world, then they shall not run headlong to the worship of the Beast, whom their hearts cannot close withal; the Lord redeems them from that vain conversation received by tradition from their Fathers, I, though there be such efficacy in the blood of Ancestors, yet the electing love of God redeems them from that: But that will more appear in the second Reason.
Again, there is another property in his electing love, which is the efficacy of it, for Gods electing love doth choose us out of the world, John 15. 19. And if he choose us out of the world, the efficacy of that is, that it delivers us from the evill world: God electing us out of the world, hath redeemed and delivered us from this present evill world, Gal. 1. 4. Now if the electing love of God be of such efficacy, that when he elects men of his grace, he will in fulnesse of time deliver them from the world, then they shall not run headlong to the worship of the Beast, whom their hearts cannot close withall; the Lord redeemes them from that vaine conversation received by tradition from their Fathers, I, though there be such efficacy in the bloud of Ancestors, yet the electing love of God redeemes them from that: But that will more appear in the second Reason.
And that is the faithfulness of Christ, and the efficacy of of his redeeming blood. All that the Father hath given me shall come unto me, and those that do come unto me, I will by no means cast out,