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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 a point worthy of due and deep Attention and Consideration, 1and yet such as none but intelligent Christians (•aught of God) will or can understand; That a Roman Catholic by his Religion cannot go beyond a Reprobate: and that an elect child of God cannot live and dye a Roman Catholic.
It is a point worthy of due and deep Attention and Consideration, 1and yet such as none but intelligent Christians (•aught of God) will or can understand; That a Roman Catholicke by his Religion cannot goe beyond a Reprobate: and that an elect child of God cannot live and dye a Roman Catholicke.
- 1Doct. 1.
This is the sum and true meaning of the words: These two points were the sum of the former verses which the holy Ghost had delivered with much evidence and strength; and yet lest it should be slighted over by some careless Readers, he doth therefore set it on as he is wont to do the weightiest matters that concern a State: If any man have an ear let him hear: If he have the ear of a Christian, that discerns the voice of Christ the Shepherd of his soul, let him hear it, and mind it well, worthy it is therefore of due and deep attention, and he doth never use the phrase but in matters of singular importance; and it doth imply, That every man hath not an ear to hear, but only those to whom God hath given ears. What shall they hear? They shall hear this, That none of all the devou• Catholics have their names written in the Lambs book of life, but their devout worship in the end will leave them in no better estate then a reprobate state. If they go no further then their Religion, it leads them to the worship of this Catholic Church, but never leads them further then a reprobate condition: But for such, whose names are written in the Lambs book, he excepts them from this generality of worship, they are not of this number: It doth expressly hold forth, That a sincere hearted Christian, an elect Christian brought home to God, and brought to fellowship with Christ, and the fruits of his Election are expressed in his Justification, and Sanctification, he cannot live and dye a Roman Catholic. He may for a time worship the Beast in his ignorance, and do as the rest of the world do, and show no difference between himself and the rest of the world: but when this electing love of God doth shed it self abroad into his heart, it doth make him see the counsel of God more; and it doth