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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,1 it may teach us for ever to loath and abhor all sin, as that which so deeply displeaseth God, so as no satisfaction might be made for sin, but the blood of his own Son; and no blood could satisfy but that, and this sin hath been the slaughterer of the innocent Lamb of God. It provokes God greatly, and slaughters his own Son; this is the power and venom of Sin. And therefore unless we take delight in the deep displeasure of God, which is unappeasable, but in the blood of his Son, how shall we that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Rom. 6. 2. He means dead through Christ; Christ is dead, and we in him, and with him, all that have fellowship with him.
Thirdly,1 it may teach us for ever to loath and abhor all sinne, as that which so deeply displeaseth God, so as no satisfaction might be made for sinne, but the blood of his own Sonne; and no blood could satisfie but that, and this sin hath been the slaughterer of the innocent Lamb of God. It provokes God greatly, and slaughters his own Sonne; this is the power and venome of Sinne. And therefore unlesse we take delight in the deep displeasure of God, which is unappeasable, but in the blood of his Sonne, how shall we that are dead to sinne, live any longer therein? Rom. 6. 2. He means dead through Christ; Christ is dead, and we in him, and with him, all that have fellowship with him.
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Can we see the wrath of God rising again, first in our ⟨p. 180⟩souls, and breaking forth in fierceness of the Lords indignation? How shall we dare to tread under foot the blood of the Covenant, as if it were an unholy thing? If there were no other argument to discourage from sin, this alone might prevail, the nature of sin, that so deeply displeaseth God, as there is no satisfaction but by the blood of Christ; and to consider, that sin hath slaughtered Christ Jesus. And therefore the meditation of the slaughter and death of Christ, should be as a slaughtering knife to cut asunder all temptations to sin. What is it that all pleasures and profits can put upon us, to countervail the loss of the favour of God, and the blood of the Lamb? can any sin procure the favour of God, or any thing answerable to the favour of God? or can any allurements of the world, or temptations that can put upon us, or Satan's suggestions; can they make the blood of Christ an unworthy thing? or give us greater matters then the blood of Christ hath purchased? And therefore how shall we sin against the love of God? how shall we commit this great wickedness, and sin against God? sin against the blood of this immaculate Lamb of God. These very considerations are enough to cut off all sin.