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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.
It is meet to be heard that such a Beast would come into the world as the Roman visible Church, and that he hath in him the resemblance of all the old Empires, of the Lyon of Babel, of the Bear of Persia, of the Leopard of Greece, and of other Beasts, and of that other Beast the old Roman Pagan Empire: And it is not unworthy to be heard, the wound that should be given gim by the Goths and Vandals, and the time of his greatness, and that those that worship him shall not be saved, only Reprobates shall worship him: And those whose names are written in the book of life, they shall either not be worshippers of him, (but bear witness against him) or else they shall be rescued from it, and not live and dye in that worship. So these two verses are Corollaries, or uses, ⟨p. 206⟩which the holy Ghost makes (in the former verses) of the description of the Beast.
It is meet to be heard that such a Beast would come into the world as the Roman visible Church, and that he hath in him the resemblance of all the old Empires, of the Lyon of Babell, of the Beare of Persia, of the Leopard of Greece, and of other Beasts, and of that other Beast the old Roman Pagan Empire: And it is not unworthy to be heard, the wound that should be given gim by the Goths and Vandalls, and the time of his greatnesse, and that those that worship him shall not be saved, only Reprobates shall worship him: And those whose names are written in the booke of life, they shall either not be worshippers of him, (but beare witnesse against him) or else they shall be rescued from it, and not live and dye in that worship. So these two verses are Corolaries, or uses, ⟨p. 206⟩which the holy Ghost makes (in the former verses) of the description of the Beast.
The first is a word of attention, and due consideration to every intelligent reader of this Prophecy: If any man have an ear, let him hear.
The first is a word of attention, and due consideration to every intelligent reader of this Prophecy: If any man have an eare, let him heare.