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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
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Thirdly, by the same price he hath also purchased us the holy Spirit. These are the three persons in Trinity, a possession of Christ to be our head: of the Father to be our God and King, and our Father, as his Father; therefore he tells his Disciples in John 20. 17. saith he, Touch me not, for I go to my Father, and your Father, to my God, and your God.
Thirdly, by the same price he hath also purchased us the holy Spirit. These are the three persons in Trinity, a possession of Christ to be our head: of the Father to be our God and King, and our Father, as his Father; therefore he tels his Disciples in John 20. 17. saith he, Touch me not, for I go to my Father, and your Father, to my God, and your God.
As soon as he had by death overcome death, now I go to my Father and your Father: He hath purchased the possession of Gods fatherly love: he hath also purchased union with himself, and therefore he prayed that his passion might be available to this end, that all that should believe through the Apostles preaching should be one with them, John 17 21, 23. That they all might be one, as thou Father art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
As soon as he had by death overcome death, now I go to my Father and your Father: He hath purchased the possession of Gods fatherly love: he hath also purchased union with himselfe, and therefore he prayed that his passion might be available to this end, that all that should beleive through the Apostles preaching should be one with them, John 17 21, 23. That they all might be one, as thou Father art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.