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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.
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.
Fi•st,1 it cryes downe all the scandalous sentences that Courts have given against the Saints of God; they say here are the suffering of Lolards and Hereticks: Jesus Christ from heaven saith, Here is the faith and patience of the Saints. Do not therefore count it obstinacy, and contumacy in heresie, nor pravity: It is the faith and patience of the Saints; if Chr•st calls it so, his word must carry it. When they shall all appear before his Judgment-seate, 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.
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Secondly,1 It may serve to teach us, how much the Lord delights to honour his patient and faithful servants: He writes upon their Tomb-stones as it were, so many Saints, or faithful Martyrs of Christ, are those who have thus suffered: This doth the Lord Jesus Christ write upon their stakes where they are burned (in Smithfield or else-where) and upon the chains wherewith they are bound.