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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
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.
knowing what he knew by us, it would make us unfit for both societies, either of Church or Common-wealth. And it is a just humiliation for a man to know that he stands in such a state, of which no good account can be given: A man that is skilful indeed, and knows the Law as well as Christ did, standing in our room, he hath nothing to answer for himself, and the Lord knows it, and time was ⟨p. 160⟩when this considered did muse his mouth, he was like a lamb dumb before his shearer: you cannot rake up such a base accusation against him, but he knows where the dint of it will fall, and therefore he is very sensible of the truth of all that is laid unto his charge. Let God come upon us with spiritual desertions, we must know that it is just with God to dissert us; and though the Church should spue us out, and the Common-wealth cut us off from the land of the living, who can plead for us? If Christ stand in our persons, he hath nothing to plead.
knowing what he knew by us, it would make us unfit for both societies, either of Church or Common-wealth. And it is a just humiliation for a man to know that he stands in such a state, of which no good account can be given: A man that is skilful indeed, and knows the Law as well as Christ did, standing in our room, he hath nothing to answer for himselfe, and the Lord knows it, and time was ⟨p. 160⟩when this considered did muzz• his mouth, he was like a lamb dumbe before his shearer: you cannot rake up such a base accusation against him, but he knows where the dint of it will fall, and therefore he is very sensible of the truth of all that is laid unto his charge. Let God come upon us with spiritual dissertions, we must know that it is just with God to dissert us; and though the Church should spue us out, and the Common-wealth cut us off from the land of the living, who can plead for us? If Christ stand in our persons, he hath nothing to plead.
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