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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.
Again, you read in 1 Cor. 14. 23. When the whole Church (saith the Apostle) shall come together into one place, &c. The Church therefore which the Apostles instituted may be gathered into one place, that all may hear, and all may be edified: Why, is it possible that all Churches should be gathered into one place? or should all hear if they were gathered? or will they be ever so gathered? what a wondrous beast will this be?
Again, you read in 1 Cor. 14. 23. When the whole Church (saith the Apostle) shall come together into one place, &c. The Church therefore which the Apostles instituted may be gathered into one place, that all may heare, and all may be edefied: Why, is it possible that all Churches should be gathered into one place? or should all heare if they were gathered? or will they be ever so gathered? what a wondrous beast will this be?
Again, whereas Christ hath said, his Kingdom is not of this world, and hath appointed to his Disciples, that they should not be Lords over Gods heritage, 1 Pet. 5. 3. and in Mat. 20. from 23. to 29. It shall not be so among you: But whosoever will be great among you, let him be your Minister: and let every soul be subject to the authority of the higher powers. Well now, if there must be a Catholic Church, and an Officer that shall rule all Nations, and that in so many Nations with Spiritual and Temporal Dominion, carry all before him, will it not be a Monster? What a disproportion is this to the Churches of Christ, and to the Officers thereof? Not to speak of their other monstrous usurpations of the head of this Church, but take the body as ⟨p. 16⟩it is, how they speak like a Lyon, and hold fast when they get like a Bear, and are spotted like a Leopard, that they are nothing but hotch-potch, and mingle-mangle: If any man have understanding, let him understand what kind of Church this is that is thus deciphered, and described, this visible Catholic Church. For the Use.