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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. 3. But what an opinion is this, to cast away our fore-fathers, that kept such good houses, and such good Christmasses, and Festivals, and double Festivals, to damn them all to hell: Is it not a cruel, and barbarous opinion?
Obj. 3. But what an opinion is this, to cast away our fore-fathers, that kept such good houses, and such good Christmasses, and Festivalls, and double Festivalls, to damne them all to hell: Is it not a cruell, and barbarous opinion?
Answ. I answer, for our Fore-fathers, their souls are in Gods hand: They lived in those times; but how far they were devoted unto the Catholic Religion, we know not: This we know, that there was a Temple of God; a company of Gods people in the darkest times of Popery that did see their vanity, and did bear witness against them, otherwise we must not out of natural affections destroy divine Revelation. A man must in this case forsake father and mother, Luk. 14. 26. I speak of it the more, because I know not whether some of you may have occasion to travel where you shall find some that will tell you a quite contrary tail to these that you have now heard out of the word of God.
Answ. I answer, for our Fore-fathers, their soules are in Gods hand: They lived in those times; but how farre they were devoted unto the Catholick Religion, wee know not: This we know, that there was a Temple of God; a company of Gods people in the darkest times of Popery that did see their vanity, and did beare witnesse against them, otherwise we must not out of naturall affections destroy divine Revelation. A man must in this case forsake father and mother, Luk. 14. 26. I speak of it the more, because I know not whether some of you may have occasion to travell where you shall finde some that will tell you a quite contrary taile to these that you have now heard out of the word of God.