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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
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.
This is the former part of the description by his Adjunct, by his Similitude, and by his Original: However he seems to Catholics a holy Father, and a god on earth; yet in the sight of God, and of his Saints, he is no better the• a wild Beast, whose off-spring is from the earth; who though he have horns like a Lamb, yet speaks like a Dragon, and thus John guided by the holy Ghost, saw him. Let me shortly open these points.
This is the former part of the description by his Adjunct, by his Similitude, and by his Originall: However he seems to Catholicks a holy Father, and a god on earth; yet in the sight of God, and of his Saints, he is no better the• a wilde Beast, whose off-spring is from the earth; who though he have horns like a Lamb, yet speaks like a Dragon, and thus John guided by the holy Ghost, saw him. Let me shortly open these points.
1. He is here described to be a wild beast▪] The word so signifies; that is to say, not so tame a beast as those in Isa▪ 11, 6. to 9. that a child may lead them: Wolves, or Leopards, or Lyons that can sleep with Kids, and Calves, and little children, and they may play on the hole of the Asp, and put their hand on the Cockatrice den: He is not so tame, that he can be tamed by the word of Truth, or by the censures of the Church, no nor by the power of Princes; he is above them all, and beyond them all; a wild beast he is therefore.
1. He is here described to be a wilde beast▪] The word so signifies; that is to say, not so tame a beast as those in Isa▪ 11, 6. to 9. that a child may lead them: Wolves, or Leopards, or Lyons that can sleep with Kids, and Calves, and little children, and they may play on the hole of the Aspe, and put their hand on the Cockatrice den: He is not so tame, that hee can be tamed by the word of Truth, or by the censures of the Church, no nor by the power of Princes; he is above them all, and beyond them all; a wild beast he is therefore.