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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.
he applying this, works saith, and ratifies the Covenant, and thereupon the heart is satisfied, and the justice of God satisfied, and the spirit at rest from unsupportable anguishes which did before plough up the tender heart of a christian that he lay sprawling as it were in his blood.
he applying this, works saith, and ratifies the Covenant, and thereupon the heart is satisfied, and the justice of God satisfied, and the spirit at rest from unsupportable anguishes which did before plow up the tender heart of a christian that he lay sprawling as it were in his blood.
3. A third benefit that flows from the former in respect of the price paid, and in regard of the virtue and efficacy of the price when it comes to be applied: you have not only lawful right unto the creatures to eat and drink, &c. but some right and title to them by the blood of Christ. And he hath also paid a price for the possession of eternal glory. Until the redemption of the purchased possession unto the praise of his glory, Ephes. 1. 14. Until doth argue, that there is a purchase we do not yet receive: and when shall that be received? when both we our selves, and the creatures shall be redeemed to the glorious liberty of the sons of God. Then shall we receive the full benefit of the price which he hath paid whiles he suffered upon the Cross. Therefore wonder not, that though Christ being a lamb yet he was slain, that he being slain we might be redeemed, and might enjoy the purchased possession, redemption from all evil in every kind, from sorrow, pain, &c. from the evil of them. And his blood also was a price for a purchased possession of reconciliation with the Father, of union with the Son, of communion with the holy Ghost; dominion over all sin, ratification of the Covenant to our souls, and at length the possession of everlasting glory. This was the reason why the lamb was slain, and had it not been for these divine, and supernatural, and blessed ends, he would not have prostituted his life to such a bitter and shameful death, as the death of the Cross was. It was not meet the only begotten Son of God should come down into the world to lead a miserable life, and to dye an accursed death, but for noble and glorious ends, and you have the sum in these particulars.