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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
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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.
Secondly,1 It may serve to teach us, how much the Lord delights to honour his patient and faithfull servants: Hee writes upon their Toomb-stones as it were, so many Saints, or faithfull 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.
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A great encouragement it is unto Christians to be constant in the profession of the Gospel, and to contend earnestly for the faith once given to the Saints. We must not therefore be afraid to stand fast in the profession of the Truth, and to hold it to the death: If we should dye in his Cause in a way of persecution to be slaughtered by the outrage of ungodly men; what ever the world say of it, the Lord will from heaven bear this witness to it, That it is the patience and faith of the Saints.
A great encouragement it is unto Christians to be constant in the profession of the Gospel, and to contend earnestly for the faith once given to the Saints. We must not therefore be afraid to stand fast in the profession of the Truth, and to hold it to the death: If we should dye in his Cause in a way of persecution to be slaughtered by the outrage of ungodly men; what ever the world say of it, the Lord will from heaven beare this witnesse to it, That it is the patience and faith of the Saints.