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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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Many a man many times will say, it is true, godly friends have had a good opinion of me, but they are deceived by my expressions, performances, and outward carriage; Here the soul is many times apt to sink, and would sink, if the Lord Jesus stood not at a non-plus in his room; for Christ could not tell what to say, till he had made satisfaction; neither could he acknowledge the faults that were laid to his charge, because himself was guiltless; not deny them, lest he should falsely justify us.
Many a man many times will say, it is true, godly friends have had a good opinion of me, but they are deceived by my expressions, performances, and outward carriage; Here the soule is mady times apt to sinke, and would sink, if the Lord Jesus stood not at a non-plus in his room; for Christ could not tell what to say, till hee had made satisfaction; neither could he acknowledg the faults that were layd to his charge, because himselfe was guiltless; not deny them, lest he should falsly justifie us.
We cannot tell now what to say to our own estates sometimes; The Church complains, all our Prophets are gone, ⟨p. 166⟩and our signs are gone, the case is now desperate, when we are in a desperate taking: But though we cannot tell presently what to say, yet the Text and the Gospel tells you, Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world. He himself could make no words about our justification, it was a case past words, excuses would not heal us, then there was something to be suffered, and that to the utmost: This he hath suffered, wherefore he is able to save them to the utmost that come unto God by him, Heb. 7. 25. He is now able to do it; but when he stood before Pontius Pilate, he could not tell what to say, but now he hath suffered in Family, C•u•ch and Common-wealth. In his family, they forsook him, and denied him, and forswore him; therefore now having made perfect satisfaction unto the exact justice of his heavenly Father, by being condemned to death, crucified upon the Cross, dead and buried, now his mouth is ever open to make intercession: There is a stay and staff unto a Christian: Look unto me, and be ye saved all the ends of the earth,