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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.
First, He doth exercise all the Authority of the first Beast. Let all that are acquainted either with the writings of the Romanists, or of our Divines that bear witness against Rome, be testimonies in this case; what is there that the Catholic Church claims, but the Pope can do it all: There are six or seven transcendent acts of power, which that Church claims, and the Pope familiarly exerciseth them all.
First, He doth exercise all the Authority of the first Beast. Let all that are acquainted either with the writings of the Romanists, or of our Divines that bear witnesse against Rome, be testimonies in this case; what is there that the Catholick Church claimes, but the Pope can do it all: There are six or seven trascendant •cts of power, which that Church claymes, and the Pope familiarly exerciseth them all.
1. The Pope hath power to convent general Councils; or if the Emperors will call a general Council, it shall not stand in •o•ce unless the Catholic Church and the Bishops meet in a representative Synod, it concludes with their determination; this he pleads for to this day, it belongs not to the Emperors, nor to Christian Princes, but to the Bishop of Rome: It is one of Bellarmines affirmations, that one Church shall have power to call all Churches, be it to Florence, or Basel, thither they must go whether he will.
1. The Pope hath power to convent generall Councels; or if the Emperours will call a general Councel, it shall not stand in •o•ce unlesse the Catholick Church and the Bishops meet in a representative Synod, it concludes with their determination; this he pleads for to this day, it belongs not to the Emperors, nor to Christian Princes, but to the Bishop of Rome: It is one of Bellarmines affirmations, that one Church shall have power to call all Churches, be it to Florence, or Basseil, thether they must go whether he will.