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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.
1. From the violent destruction of this great Beast, a double destruction.
1. Captivity.
2. Slaughter; and both amplified by the equity of both, the Lord rendering the like vengeance unto this Beast, which hath rendered unto the Saints: He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity. And again, He that killeth with the sword (as this Beast had done by his War, some millions of Saints) must be killed with the sword.
2. Slaughter; and both amplified by the equity of both, the Lord rendering the like vengeance unto this Beast, which hath rendered unto the Saints: Hee that leadeth into captivity shall goe into captivity. And againe, Hee that killeth with the sword (as this Beast had done by his Warr, some millions of Saints) must be killed with the sword.
The second Consolation is a word of acknowledgement of the Patience, and Faith of the Saints that have, or shall suffer from this Beast: Here is the patience and the faith of the Saints; not only of the Saints acknowledged as Sufferers in the time of the Pagan, Roman Empire, but even such as suffer under his Holiness (as they call it) and that suffer under this Catholic visible Church: These sufferings are here acknowledged for witness bearing, against the Heresies, Idolatries, and Tyrannies of that State. The Lord doth acknowledge their Sufferings to be the patience and faith of the Saints: As he did acknowledge it when the Saints were put to death in the ten Persecutions, so likewise doth he acknowledge these. And this is some part of the meaning of the words: That which more concerneth it may be further opened in handling the notes that arise from them.