An exposition upon the thirteenth chapter of the Revelation by that reverend and eminent…

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, John 6. 37. Of those that thou hast given me, I have lost none, but the son of perdition, that (but) is not an exceptive, but an adversative; he that was never given, was lost, he did not bring him on to salvation; For this is the will of the Father that sent me, that of all that he hath given me, I should loose nothing, &c. John 6. 37, 38, 39. That is, his faithfulness, and ⟨p. 141⟩with his faithfulness there is such efficacy in his blood, that though the blood of Ancestors run very warm, that a man would choose to live no better life, nor keep a better house then his Father or Grandfather, but wish their souls might be but as safe as theirs, when men are once redeemed by the blood of Christ, and that is sprinkled upon their consciences, then the blood of Christ is warmer then the blood of Ancestors: though the Religion of our Fathers should be strong in the hearts of devout Catholics, as in Bilney or Latimer, then alas for our poor Fathers, what is become of them? they pity them, and see plainly, that unless the Lord led them a further way then the Religion of those that taught them, they are gone everlastingly, and then they wonder that God should ever choose such a dunghill, thee and me, that they see a broad difference between the Religion of their Ancestors, and that which they see now; but that is the efficacy of the blood of Christ, there is that efficacy in it, that it washeth away all relations to Fathers, to antiquity, and universality, he is crucified to them all; God forbid (saith the Apostle) that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, whereby the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world, Gal. 6. 14. So that though all the world run after the Beast, they will not; the world looks at them as base unworthy creatures, and so they look at the world.

And that is the faithfulnesse of Christ, and the efficacy of of his redeeming bloud. All that the Father hath given me shall come unto me, and those that doe come unto mee, I will by no means cast out,