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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.
Rev. 13. 11. to the end of the 17. And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had horns like a Lamb, and he spake as a Dragon, &c.
We come now to the description of the second Beast; I beheld another Beast, &c. I do not love to be large in those Scriptures that do not so narrowly concern us, as knowing how far, and what a vast distance by the grace of God we stand in here from them: but yet because it is a part of Gods counsel, and some-what largely described, give me leave to declare the meaning of the words, and gather such notes from them as they hold forth.
WEe come now to the description of the second Beast; I beheld another Beast, &c. I do not love to be large in those Scriptures that do not so narrowly concern us, as knowing how farre, and what a vast distance by the grace of God we stand in here from them: but yet because it is a part of Gods counsell, and some-what largely described, give me leave to declare the meaning of the words, and gather such notes from them as they hold forth.
Observe then, here is a description from the 11th. verse to the end of the Chapter, of the second Beast; I saw another Beast. The Original sets him forth by his nature; they that know the language, knows it signifies only a wild beast, and in proper speech it signifies such a wild beast as was venomous; and therefore the remedy for the venom of this beast, they call it Therion, a proper preservative against venom or poison.