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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, From the foundation of the world, Christ was slain in the forerunning types of him; for it is said, that Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof, and that was a ⟨p. 190⟩type of this Lamb, Gen. 4. 4. the sacrifice of Abel was a type of Christ suffering: now because offering that sacrifice was by faith, Heb. 11. 4. And faith hath ground from the word of God, though there was no written word, yet there was from the mouth of God to Adam, that taught Adam, he and his sons to offer sacrifice in type of Christ that was to be slain, who should break the head of the Serpent, and therefore as a type of the bruising of the heel of the promised seed which God had set before them, they were to offer sacrifice, to shadow forth that great work of Christ: Abel believed on Christ, how far expressly or distinctly I do not know; but had he not believed, he had not sacrificed by faith, nor had not been accepted.
Thirdly, From the foundation of the world, Christ was slaine in the foreruning types of him; for it is said, that Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof, and that was a ⟨p. 190⟩type of this Lamb, Gen. 4. 4. the sacrifice of Abel was a type of Christ suffering: now because offering that sacrifice was by faith, Heb. 11. 4. And faith hath ground from the word of God, though there was no written word, yet there was from the mouth of God to Adam, that taught Adam, he and his sonnes to offer sacrifice in type of Christ that was to be slain, who should break the head of the Serpent, and therefore as a type of the bruising of the heel of the promised seed which God had set before them, they were to offer sacrifice, to shadow forth that great worke of Christ: Abel beleived on Christ, how far expresly or distinctly I do not know; but had he not beleived, he had not sacrificed by faith, nor had not been accepted.