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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
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And lastly, he doth challenge this beyond the Church it self, Immunity, and Impunity from all Civill and Ecclesiastical power, and judicature. The Church is above all judicial power, and the Pope the head of it is above it, and therefore may not be brought into order by any censure of any Church, nor by the civil sword: And therefore he […] well called one that exerciseth all the power of the first Beast, and rather puts more power to it; whatever the Catholic Church may do, that he can do; where they can dispense and make Laws, where they can bind or loose, &c. So far as they may go, he can go, and he doth all in the name, and sight of the Church.
And lastly, he doth challenge this beyond the Church it selfe, Immunity, and Impunity from all Civill and Ecclesiastical power, and judicature. The Church is above all j•dicial power, and the Pope the head of it is above it, and therefore may not be brought into order by any censure of any Church, nor by the civil sword: And therefore he 〈…〉 well called one that exerciseth all the power of the first Beast, and rather puts more power to it; whatever the Catholick Church may do, that he can do; where they can dispence and make Laws, where they can bind or loose, &c. So farre as they may go, he can go, and he doth all in the name, and sight of the Church.
And he causeth all that dwell on the Earth.] That is, carnal christians, whose conversation is not in Heaven.
To worship the first Beast.] How to worship? He speaks of divine worship not civil adoration: This is an aberration from a Church; but a beastly Church, it is a monster; The Church of the first institution was of one particular congregation; ⟨p. 231⟩