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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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A third Reason may be this:1 The worship of creatures is a going a whoring from God, and so of destruction unto such ⟨p. 212⟩as go a whoring from the Lord in that way. All worship of creatures with divine worship is called going a whoring from God, Hos. 4. 12. They have gone a whoring from under their God: so in Psal. 73. 27. Thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. And the Church of Rome is known to go a whoring after the worship of Saints, and Angels, and Images, and thi• great Beast mentioned in the Text, and the Pope the head of it. They place their salvation in believing as the Catholic Church believes: They place their salvation in reconcilement to the Catholic Church▪ and are more solicitous of it, then of reconcilement unto God by Christ. Col. 2. 18, 19. You read of some there that do not hold the head, but lay hold upon Angels, and that is Idolatry: now that is spoken of the Church of Rome. For a fourth reason of the point.
A third Reason may be this:1 The worship of creatures is a going a whoring from God, and so of destruction unto such ⟨p. 212⟩as go a whoring from the Lord in that way. All worship of creatures with divine worship is called going a whoring from God, Hos. 4. 12. They have gone a whoring from under their God: so in Psal. 73. 27. Thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. And the Church of Rome is known to go a whoring after the worship of Saints, and Angels, and I•ages, and thi great Beast mentioned in the Text, and the Pope the head of it. They place their salvation in beleiving as the Catholick Church beleives: They place their salvation in reconcilement to the Catholick Church and are more solicitous of it, then of reconcilement unto God by Christ.