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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
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AN EXPOSITION Upon the thirteenth Chapter of the REVELATION. › Part
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Again, that Beast, Pagan Rome, did not begin his time of prosperity, and flourishing, with the woman's flight into the wilderness, and the two witnesses prophesying in sackcloth, a thousand two hundred and sixty days; for their government ended, when the Christian State began, and therefore it could not be Pagan-heathen Rome; Nor could it be the Christian Imperial Roman State: For
Againe, that Beast, Pagan Rome, did not begin his time of prosperity, and flourishing, with the womans flight into the wildernesse, and the two witnesses prophecying in sackcloath, a thousand two hundred and sixty dayes; for their government ended, when the Christian State began, and therefore it could not be Pagan-heathen Rome; Nor could it be the Christian Imperial Roman State: For
1. It is said in the second vers. That the Dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority; but that he did not to the Christian Emperors, for they would not live at Rome, but at Constantinople.
1. It is said in the second vers. That the Dragon gave him his power, and his seate, and great authority; but that he did not to the Christian Emperours, for they would not live at Rome, but at Constantinople.
2. It was never made a sign of reprobation to worship the Roman Christian Emperors, but it is made a sign of reprobation to worship this Beast.
2. It was never made a signe of reprobation to worship the Roman Christian Emperors, but it is made a sign of reprobation to worship this Beast.