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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,1 it may be an evident conviction, and demonstration, and designation of this Beast who it is: Is hath been much disputed, but all the parts of this description doth directly fall upon the Bishop of Rome; that if John had lived in these days, he would have seen all this with his eyes, which he saw in a vision: No man can tell where to bestow all this description for 1260. years, but upon the Bishop of Rome, that is of such a wild nature, that no Church, no law of God, no society of men, no Kings, nor Princes can rule; and all the world that knows this Beast, knows this to be true of the Pope, whose Original (all Christians know) springs from the Earth, to keep men in unity, and to preserve the Empire from inundations of Barbarians, to keep Christian Princes closer together, and in better order, all carnal policy out of which he springs, yet insensibly, and slowly, that he is not discerned for many years together.
First,1 it may be an evident conviction, and demonstration, and designation of this Beast who it is: Is hath been much disputed, but all the parts of this description doth directly fall upon the Bishop of Rome; that if John had lived in these dayes, he would have seene all this with his eyes, which he saw in a vision: No man can tell where to bestow all this description for 1260. years, but upon the Bishop of Rome, that is of such a wilde nature, that no Church, no law of God, no society of men, no Kings, nor Princes can rule; and all the world that knows this Beast, knows this to be true of the Pope, whose Original (all Christians know) springs from the Earth, to keep men in unity, and to preserve the Empire from inundations of Barbarians, to keep Christian Princes closer together, and in better order, all carnall policy out of which he springs, yet incensibly, and slowly, that he is not discerned for many years together.
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