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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.
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.
And the glory which thou gavest me, I have given them, that they may be one, even as we are one. So that this is the purchase which the Lord by his blood hath purchased, reconciliation with the Father, and union with the Son, and also the inhabitation of the holy Ghost, as 1 Cor. 3. 16, 17. Know ye not that ye are the Temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you. And as he tells us in Ephes. 2. 18. Through him we have an access by one spirit unto the Father. So that this is a purchase of unspeakable blessings which the Lord hath given ⟨p. 173⟩his blood for. It was not meet the blood of the Son of God should be spilt in vain (it were abomination to God) therefore he gives it to avoid the greatest evil that can befall us, to cleanse us from sin, and Satan, and to redeem us from the curse of God; and to free us also from death, and hell, and the world, and all the enemies of our souls.