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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
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3. Innocent also in his death. Pilate bare him that record, Mat. 27. 24. when he had heard all things that were born witness against him, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person.
3. Innocent also in his death. Pilate bare him that record, Mat. 27. 24. when he had heard all things that were born witnesse against him, hee tooke water and wash•d his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person.
And as he was thus innocent as a Lamb: So he was meek and patient as a Lamb: and the holy Ghost hath respect unto it, Acts 8. 32. He was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and like a Lamb dumb before the shearers, so opened he not his mouth. And therefore there is something respected in his silence and quiet subjection to the slaughter knife: And his patience or meekness doth express it self in two things chiefly.
And as he was thus innocent as a Lamb: So he was meeke and patient as a Lamb: and the holy Ghost hath respect unto it, Acts 8. 32. He was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and like a Lamb dumb before the shearers, so opened he not his mouth. And therefore there is something respected in his silence and quiet subjection to the slaughter knife: And his patience or meeknesse doth expresse it self in two things chiefly.