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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
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.
We are redeemed from the bondage of sin, and Satan, and from the world: and not only redeemed from these, but purchased to life, as a reconciled people to God, to be as the friends of God: Abraham was called the friend of God. Though a man make no bones of breaking out against an enemy; yet now being reconciled especially to him in whom ⟨p. 181⟩we live, or move, and have our being, it is for us to walk as those that are reconciled to God, as those that are united to Christ, as those that are sanctified by his Spirit, as those that have the grace of Christ applied to our souls, as those that are dead to sin, and alive to righteousness; It is for us to walk as those that look for a purchased possession to the glory of Gods grace when this life shall be no more. If we be dead with Christ, why are we not free from all that which is evil, and free to all that is good? Col. 2. 20. It is a stain and blemish to the blood of Christ, to see a child of God live in any dirty corruption, to see a child of God a worldling, to yield to any temptation, it is a stain to the blood of Christ: To see a child of God set loose from the Father, or the Son, or the Spirit, it is a stain to the blood of Christ; for the blood of Christ is a purchase to redeem us from all evil, and to purchase to us all good.
We are redeemed from the bondage of sinne, and Satan, and from the world: and not onely redeemed from these, but purchased to life, as a reconciled people to God, to be as the friends of God: Abraham was called the friend of God. Though a man make no bones of breaking out against an enemy; yet now being reconciled especially to him in whom ⟨p. 181⟩we live, or move, and have our being, it is for us to walke as those that are reconciled to God, as those that are united to Christ, as those that are sanctified by his Spirit, as those that have the grace of Christ applyed to our soules, as those that are dead to sinne, and alive to righteousnesse; It is for us to walk as those that look for a purchased possession to the glory of Gods grace when this life shall be no more. If we be dead with Christ, why are we not free from all that which is evil, and free to all that is good? Col. 2. 20