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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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Gregory the seventh he declares this, that he had strange power, when he had much people about him, he would have shaked the sleeve of his gown, and caused fire to come down; Now it is evident it might be, for he was a Conjurer, and 22. Popes together (as their own stories do record) they were wi•ches, and gave their souls to the Devil, that they might obtain the Popedom, but they were but lying wonders; for miracles require divine power, but the Devil cannot go beyond the power of nature; so that you may take it in the proper meaning; their own men do much magnify it, and make it one of the marks of their Church, whereas Protestants that want miracles are not Churches: So that those censures by which they thundered against christian Emperors, they did follow with such success, that they made all wonder, that none could stand against them, not Henry the fourth, nor Henry the fifth, not Leo the Emperor, nor the King of France, none of them all were able to take up arms against him; they did all admire him; Who is able to stand against him, end to make War with him? And that gave such free passage to his Laws, that all christian States presently took up what injunctions he put upon them.
Gregory the seventh he declares this, that he had strange power, when he had much people about him, he would have shaked the sleeve of his gound, and caused fire to come down; Now it is evident it might be, for he was a Conjurer, and 22. Popes together (as their own storyes do record) they were wi•ches, and gave their soules to the Devil, that they might obtaine the Popedome, but they were but lying wonders; for miracles require divine power, but the Devil cannot go beyond the power of nature; so that you may take it in the proper meaning; their own men do much magnifie it, and make it one of the markes of their Churche, whereas Protestants that want miracles are not Churches: So that those censures by which they thundred against christian Emperors, they did follow with such success, that they made all wonder, that none could stand against them, not Henery the fourth, nor Henery the fifth, not Leo the Emperour, nor the King of Fraunce, none of them all were able to take up armes against him; they did all admire him; Who is able to stand against him, end to make Warre with him? And that gave such free passage to his Laws, that all christian States presently took up what injunctions he put upon them.