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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.
And for the Devil, you say you defy him, and did renounce ⟨p. 178⟩him in Baptism, and promise it, or some other in your stead.
And for the Devil, you say you defie him, and did renounce ⟨p. 178⟩him in Baptisme, and promise it, or some other in your stead.
But if there were not a strong power of Satan in us, how comes it that the blood of Christ must be shed, to destroy him that had the power of death, that is the Devil, Heb. 2. 14. And therefore consider of it, so strongly did the cu•se of the Law threaten us, such power hath sin over the best nature, that were it not for the blood of the Son of God, is were not possible we should be redeemed from them.
But if there were not a strong power of Satan in us, how comes it that the blood of Christ must be shed, to destroy him that had the power of death, that is the Devill, Heb. 2. 14. And therefore consider of it, so strongly did the cu•se of the Law ••reaten us, such power hath sin over the best nature, that were it not for the blood of the Sonne of God, is were not possible we should be redeemed from them.
Therefore if thou hast a good opinion of thy self, that the world hath no hold of thee, nor thy passions and lusts, and the Devil least of all, whatever the Law of God saith: know that there was nothing could redeem us from this, but the blood of the Son of God; and if thou dost not believe this (however thou art thus naturally born) the truth is, thou tramplest under foot the blood of Christ, as not worth the spilling: If men be thus exact in their courses, so equal in their dealings, if the Devil have no power over you, to what end did he through death destroy the Devil that had the power of death? If sin have no dominion over you, wherefore did he shed his blood, that the power of sin should be destroyed? And therefore all the while a man is out of Christ, and the warm blood of Christ is not applied thee, thy soul is a bleeding to death.