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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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Without unfeigned repentance and lively faith there is no hope of salvation,1 Luke 13▪ 5. Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish. And without faith it is impossible to please God, Heb. 11. 6. Now the repentance which the Roman Catholic Church holds forth, what is it but such as Judas did perform? They require contrition: Judas he was deeply wounded and broken, Mat. 27. 3. And they require confession: He came unto them before whom he had done evil, and said, I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. And they require satisfaction: He came and brought the money, and threw it into the Temple, and would by no means meddle with it. Here is the repentance of the Church of Rome, and all (for ought I know) that they require. I find no rule of repentance in this Catholic Catechise, but I find it in Judas, which will end in despair (which is the common end of an hypocritical repentance) as Stephen Gardner came unto it: and so they will do, or else dye in Nabals stoniness.
Without unfeigned repentance and lively faith there is no hope of salvation,1 Luke 13▪ 5. Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish. And without faith it is impossible to please God, Heb. 11. 6. Now the repentance which the Roman Catholick Church holds forth, what is it but such as Judas did performe? They require contrition: Judas he was deeply wounded and broken, Mat. 27. 3. And they require confession: He came unto them before whom he had done evill, and said, I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. And they require satisfaction: He came and brought the mony, and threw it into the Temple, and would by no means meddle with it. Here is the repentance of the Church of Rome, and all (for ought I know) that they require. I finde no rule of repentance in this Catholick Catechise, but I finde it in Judas, which will end in despaire (which is the common end of an hypocritical repentance) as Stephen Gardner came unto it: and so they will do, or else dye in Nabals stoninesse.