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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.
Let a man stand before the Tribunal of the justice of God, and he cannot answer one of a thousand: And if Christ be to stand for all the elect of God, he cannot answer one of a thousand: And therefore when the King came to see the man in the room that had not on the wedding Garment, the man was speechless; which plainly shows us, that if Christ stand in the room of Gods people, the case stands so, that Christ cannot answer for us, to excuse us. Job could not answer one of a thousand, though he was the perfectest man in his Generation (and I know not whether any man after him that was more innocent then he:) And what shall others of Gods called ones be able to do? and what they are not able to do, the Lord Jesus Christ he doth carry it in the same manner, as one that cannot excuse them from being guilty of those sins, no more then himself can.
Let a man stand before the Tribunall of the justice of God, and he cannot answer one of a thousand: And if Christ be to stand for all the elect of God, hee cannot answer one of a thousand: And therefore when the King came to see the man in the room that had not on the wedding Garment, the man was speechlesse; which plainly shewes us, that if Christ stand in the room of Gods people, the case stands so, that Christ cannot answer for us, to excuse us. Job could not answer one of a thousand, though he was the perfectest man in his Generation (and I know not whether any man after him that was more innocent then he:) And what shall others of Gods called ones be able to doe? and what they are not able to doe, the Lord Jesus Christ hee doth carry it in the same manner, as one that cannot excuse them from being guilty of those sinnes, no more then himselfe can.
Thus you see the reasons both of Christs innocency and patience.
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