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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.
First,1 from the spiritualness of the things themselves. They are spiritual matters, and cannot be discerned but by spiritual understanding, 1 Cor. 2. 14. A natural man doth not discern the spiritual mysteries of iniquity, nor the spiritual mysteries of discerning Grace; nor can they, because they are spiritually discerned.
First,1 from the spirituallnesse of the things themselves. They are spirituall matters, and cannot be discerned but by spiritual understanding, 1 Cor. 2. 14. A naturall man doth not discern the spiritual mysteries of iniquity, nor the spirituall mysteries of discerning Grace; nor can they, because they are spiritually discerned.
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The second Reason why none but faithful intelligent christians do understand it, 〈…〉 taken
From Gods gift of Grace unto them to understand it.1 To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven,