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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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Obj. 2. But you will say, Are not all the Catholics in the world persuaded of it, that the devotion to the Catholic Roman Church is a way of salvation? Catholics are confident of it, and you Protestants dare not deny it: And then I pray you whether is it not safer to be devoted to that Church, wherein all confess there is a possibility of salvation, then unto that Church in which one say there is salvation, the other not?
Obj. 2. But you will say, Are not all the Catholicks in the world perswaded of it, that the devotion to the Catholique Roman Church is a way of salvation? Catholiques are confident of it, and you Protestants dare not deny it: And then I pray you whether is it not safer to be devoted to that Church, wherein all confesse there is a possibility of salvation, then unto that Church in which one say there is salvation, the other not?
Answ. We answer: So far as there is any charity, it is in God, but God hath no such charity: And if any Protestants be so charitable, they are more charitable then the word of God allows them: If they say that a man may live and dye in that Religion, and be saved; The holy Ghost doth profess the contrary, and would have all the world to know and believe it.
Answ. We answer: So farre as there is any charity, it is in God, but God hath no such charity: And if any Protestants be so charitable, they are more charitable then the word of God allows them: If they say that a man may live and dye in that Religion, and be saved; The holy Ghost doth professe the contrary, and would have all the world to know and believe it.
Therefore let no man build upon the policy of State Protestants. Let God be true, and every man be a liar. If that the voice of the Lord speak, let it be heard, and let the voice of John be heard, That if any man be devoted to that Church, he cannot live and dye a child of God.