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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.
For his Original, He ariseth out of the earth.] That implieth, he hath it not from Heaven, but from below; not from Christ, but from Satan; You are from beneath (saith Christ) I am from above, John 8. 23. He springs from the earth, especially from earthly and carnal policy; that for keeping of good agreement in the Churches, they must be folded up into certain Metropolitans or Patriarchs; and to keep unity, you must have one over them all, and that was the Bishop of Rome, for all unity they say springs from • nits; if you have more then one Governor, you will have no peace: Now this being a carnal principle, some carnal reason being the ground for the preservation of the Church of Rome; for that the Emperors thought, if the Bishop of Rome were advanced, it would be a means to strengthen them against the barbarous Nations that come against them; this ⟨p. 227⟩carnal reason brought him to be exalted: And though his Original was earthly for the cause, yet he ascended above the earth to Ecclesiastical power. And
For his Originall, He ariseth out of the earth.] That implyeth, he hath it not from Heaven, but from below; not from Christ, but from Satan; You are from beneath (saith Christ) I am from above, John 8. 23. Hee springs from the earth, especially from earthly and carnall policy; that for keeping of good agreement in the Churches, they must be folded up into certain Metropolitans or Patriarchs; and to keep unity, you must have one over them all, and that was the Bishop of Rome, for all unity they say springs from • nits; if you have more then one Governour, you will have no peace: Now this being a carnall principle, some carnall reason being the ground for the preservation of the Church of Rome; for that the Emperours thought, if the Bishop of Rome were advanced, it would be a means to strengthen them against the barbarous Nations that come against them; this ⟨p. 227⟩carnall reason brought him to be exalted: And though his Originall was earthly for the cause, yet he ascended above the earth to Ecclesiasticall power. And