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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.
[…] Reason is from the greater exercise of saith and […] to discern,1 and suffer under Christians, against Christians, […] Pagans […] Heathen persecutors.
〈…〉 Reason is from the greater exercise of saith and 〈…〉 to discern,1 and suffer under Christians, against Christians, 〈…〉 Pagans 〈…〉 Heathen persecutors.
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For the use of the point.
Fi•st,1 it cries down all the scandalous sentences that Courts have given against the Saints of God; they say here are the suffering of Lollards and Heretics: Jesus Christ from heaven saith, Here is the faith and patience of the Saints. Do not therefore count it obstinacy, and contumacy in heresy, nor pravity: It is the faith and patience of the Saints; if Christ calls it so, his word must carry it. When they shall all appear before his Judgment-seat, whose word shall stand then, his or theirs? He will say, here is the cruelty and outrage of the persecution of Antichrist that puts the Lambs of Christ to death.