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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.
A fountain that springs from a low place may be stopped, but if it comes from a high place, higher then the highest, no creature here below can hinder it, nor created thing below it can intercept the flowing of it: The Lord will redeem thee from the world, and from these passions and lusts, and from the Satanical, and malignant distempers, and the Lords blood will restore thee to reconcilement with the Father, and bring thee to union with the Son, and the comfort of the Spirit, and the sense of it. And therefore know, if he have left thee to live in such distempers, and thou dost bless thy self in them, and canst not look further, and there is nothing in the blood of Christ that much takes up thy heart, for redemption from evil, or purchasing good, it is much to be feared thou hast not yet tasted of the blood of Christ: what there may be in heaven we know not, but no man on earth can give thee a comfortable sign of a good estate.
A fountaine that springs from a low place may be stopped, but if it comes from a high place, higher then the highest, no creature here below can hinder it, nor created thing below it can intercept the flowing of it: The Lord will redeeme thee from the world, and from these passions and lusts, and from the Satanicall, and malignant distempers, and the Lords blood will restore thee to reconcilement with the Father, and bring thee to union with the Son, and the comfort of the Spirit, and the sence of it. And therefore know, if he have left thee to live in such distempers, and thou dost blesse thy selfe in them, and canst not looke further, and there is nothing in the blood of Christ that much takes up thy heart, for redemption from evill, or purchasing good, it is much to be feared thou hast not yet tasted of the blood of Christ: what there may be in heaven wee know not, but no man on earth can give thee a comfortable signe of a good estate.
If a man bless himself in these engagements, and in these imbondagements to the enemies of his soul, and thinks his captivity is his liberty, he doth not know what the Lord Jesus hath purchased, there is little hope such a man hath redemption from the blood of Christ. This is the condition of all the people of God in the greatest temptations, unless it be in some extreme hurry of passion, it is a captivity to him, and a burden to him that he wants Christ Jesus, and that is a good sign of a mans liberty purchased by Christ: This Christ who hath reconciled others to God, and done great things for them in a way of greece, and hath also reconciled him to God, and delivered him from death to see this captivity, and to groan under it, it is a sign this man