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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.
The Lord Jesus Christ was as a Lamb;1 and though a Lamb, yet was slain: and though slain in fullness of time (about 4000. years after the world began) yet in effect he was slain from the foundation of the world.
The Lord Jesus Christ was as a Lamb;1 and though a Lamb, yet was slaine: and though slaine in fulnesse of time (about 4000. years after the world began) yet in effect he was slaine from the foundation of the world.
- 1Doctrine 2.
This is the sum of this latter part of the verse. Not to stay long in any of these things, and put to stay upon them, because they are principles of our Christian faith; and principles may not be passed over in hast, especially considering the handling of them is a special branch of our calling. Behold the Lamb of God (saith John) that taketh away the sins of the world, John 1. 29. 36. It was his particular office to point at Christ, and he doth it under the notion of a Lamb: So it is said, A Lamb stood upon mount Zion, Rev. 14. 1.
This is the sum of this latter part of the verse. Not to stay long in any of these things, and put to stay upon them, because they are principles of our Christian faith; and principles may not be passed over in hast, especially considering the handling of them is a speciall branch of our calling. Behold the Lamb of God (saith John) that taketh away the sinnes of the world, John 1. 29. 36. It was his particular office to point at Christ, and he doth it under the notion of a Lamb: So it is said, A Lamb stood upon mount Zion,