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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.
For a sixth use:1 If any man shall ask, how shall I know that all this belongs to me? what it is for thee we cannot yet ⟨p. 183⟩tell, in case a man have had no impression upon his soul yet it may be to thee for ought thou canst tell, because all the Elect are not yet called home, but are to be called: Therefore it is not the thing, to say they have no hope in it, because they are not yet washed by it, for they may be before they dye.
For a sixth use:1 If any man shall aske, how shall I know that all this belongs to me? what it is for thee we cannot yet ⟨p. 183⟩tell, in case a man have had no impression upon his soule yet it may be to thee for ought thou canst tell, because all the Elect are not yet called home, but are to be called: Therefore it is not the thing, to say they have no hope in it, because they are not yet washed by it, for they may be before they dye.
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But if for the present you would know whether you have part in it or no: you see what the nature of it is, where the blood of Christ comes, where it is sprinkled, you see what it doth; it hath a redeeming power in it, and a purchasing power: It doth redeem thee from all evil, from the power of sin, and Satan, and of this world, and of thine own heart, and withal from the wrath of God, and the curse of the Law, so that the Conscience is more pure and peaceable then before, and both these go together.
But if for the present you would know whether you have part in it or no: you see what the nature of it is, where the blood of Christ comes, where it is sprinkled, you see what it doth; it hath a redeeming power in it, and a purchasing power: It doth redeem thee from all evill, from the power of sinne, and Satan, and of this world, and of thine owne heart, and withall from the wrath of God, and the curse of the Law, so that the Conscience is more pure and peaceable then before, and both these go together.