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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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And in Rev. 17. 5. He calls her a great whore, and the mother of harlots: And the Text is plain, and holds forth this doctrine plainly, and the Holy Ghost would have all the Churches of Christ to know it, That none do worship this Roman Catholic Church (that is, are reconciled to it, and give up themselves to the fidelity of it) that go beyond the state of a Reprobate: And all the Churches of God cannot do thus, and therefore cannot live and dye Roman Catholics.
And in Rev. 17. 5. Hee calls her a great whore, and the mother of harlots: And the Text is playn, and holds forth this doctrine playnely, and the Holy Ghost would have all the Churches of Christ to know it, That none do worship this Roman Catholicke Church (that is, are reconciled to it, and give up themselves to the fidelity of it) that goe beyond the state of a Reprobate: And all the Churches of God cannot do thus, and therefore cannot live and dye Roman Catholicks.
Let me name you some popular reasons: I will not make any subtle discourse of it, though it would require strong Judgement, and sinews of Reason: but take popular Reasons, and yet such as will bear some wait.
Let me name you some popular reasons: I will not make any subtile discourse of it, though it would require strong Judgement, and sinewes of Reason: but take popular Reasons, and yet such as will bear some waite.
The first is from their want of Christ Jesus,1 in whom all our life and salvation is laid up. He that hath not the Son, hath not life; it is a plain and peremptory principle of the Gospel,