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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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Fourthly, He was slain from the foundation of the world, in regard of the virtue and efficacy of his death: from thence, the lively virtue and efficacy of the death of Christ did express it self from the very foundation of the world, that Abel did offer a more acceptable sacrifice then Cain, it was from his faith; what was his faith fastened on, by which his sacrifice was accepted? (for it is said, the Lord had respect to him, and to his offering) it is Christ alone, it implies he looked not for acceptance by his sacrifice; it is impossible that the blood of bulls should take away sin, but he looked to be accepted in Christ Jesus: so Enoch is said to have walked with God, Gen 5. 24. and no man can walk with God except he be reconciled with God, Amos 3 3. And is there any reconciliation but in the blood of the Son of God? We are reconciled to God by the death of his Son, Rom. 5. 10. It is said of Abraham, that by faith he left his country and his fathers house, and his kindred, and went out, not knowing whether he went, Heb. 11. 8. Gen. 12. 1. How comes Abraham to be redeemed and rescued from the blood of his Ancestors and from his fathers house? We are redeemed from our vain conversation received by tradition from our fathers, not with silver and gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, 1 Pet. 1. 18, 19. Which argues plainly and evidently that Abraham himself, if he had not been washed in the blood of this Lamb, he could not have been saved from hankering after the blood of his ⟨p. 191⟩Ancestors; if the blood of Ancestors had been more warm in him then the blood of Christ, he would not have been redeemed from his fathers house: but now in his old age he leaves his country and goes to seek that seed in whom they all should be blessed in that country. It is said in Gen. 15. 6. That he believed in the Lord, and it was counted to him for righteousness: and all justification is by faith (saith the Apostle) in the blood of Christ,