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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.
First to plead silence; That then thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame, when I am pacified towards thee, for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God, Ezek. 16. 63.
Secondly to plead our iniquity, Psal. 51. 3, 4. I acknowledge my transgression, and my sin is ever before me: Against thee only have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight, that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest &c. But purge me with by soap and I shall be clean.
Secondly to plead our iniquity, Psal. 51. 3, 4. I acknowledg my transgression, and my sinne is ever before mee: Against thee onely have I sinned and done this evill in thy sight, that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest &c. But purge me with by sope and I shall be clean.
Look therefore unto this point mainly and principally, that if we come to plead before the Lord our God, he doth require we should examine our selves, and in the end be so surprised (when we have done) as not to have what to answer. Christ could not tell what to answer, and we must not wonder, if we do not find what to answer: For here God magnifieth his love in setting forth himself unto a believer, to be a God justifying him that cannot justify himself: He seeth there is the way of the grace of God, the Lord hath done this in Christ; and the manifestation and declaration of it doth so possess the hearts of Gods children, that it causeth them to cleave unto him for all their righteousness and peace: And this is of great necessity, and of continual practice for the Saints of God to attend unto, that we might not be at a loss in this great question of our souls. Conscience cries out unto us, and we know not in the world what to say, for we are wicked beyond measure in