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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.
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.
Thirdly,1 it must teach all who would suffer for the name of Christ to be well assured of their cause, and then to add constancy to their suffering in their cause. Otherwise, unless it be the cause of Christ, it is no patience, but obstinacy, ⟨p. 221⟩blindness, and ignorance: But see that your cause be the cause of Christ, and then cleave unto it by the invincible •aith of Gods elect, to overcome the world, and look Lyons and Dragons in the fac•, without fear and astonishment; and look at punishment and torture, as not worthy of the glory that shall be revealed: It looks at them as things that Christ hath endured greater, and other of the Saints of God have gone before u• in the like, or a greater martyrdom.
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