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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.
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It may serve to teach us the darkness of our hearts,1 which is in us generally to believe this: and indeed the impossibility that any natural man should hear it, that is to say, so to hear it as to believe it.
It may serve to teach us the darknesse of our hearts,1 which is in us generally to believe this: and indeed the impossibility that any naturall man should heare it, that is to say, so to heare it as to believe it.
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He that hath an ear to hear let him hear; That is, let him know and understand it: And this doth argue evidently, that all that have not hearing ears do not believe this, else would they see the truth of these things. And let this take away all admiration from poor Christians, who do often admire; ⟨p. 216⟩why do not such great Doctors and Bishops believe these things, and see them as well as some poor despicable Puritans? and why doth not the Catholic Church see it? The reason is plain why they do not see it, they want ears to hear, and how should they hear it? Now the Text tells you, They that worship the idols are like unto them, Psal. 115. 6, 7, 8. They have mouths, but they speak not: Eyes have they, but they see not. They have ears but they hear not, &c They that make them are like unto them, so is every one that trusteth in them.