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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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Fifthly,1 it lets us see how dangerous it is, to annex civill penalties, ipso facto, upon such as are cast out of the Church; an usual thing in Popish Churches, or in the Images of such. First, they suspend them from the Sacrament, but then it comes with an Excommunication, no man must buy nor sell, he hath refused to honour the image of the Beast: It is dangerous to bring in civill Authority immediately upon Church-censure: A warning to us here, that if men be excommunicated, not to deny them civill Commerce, or to say such as stand out excommunicated so long, shall no longer enjoy the privileges of the State: The Church may cut them off from fellowship with it self, there may be just reason so to do; they may discover such hypocrisy as may make them unfit for the Church, but yet they may not altogether be unfit for the Common-wealth.
Fifthly,1 it lets us see how dangerous it is, to annex civill penalties, ipso facto, upon such as are cast out of the Church; an usuall thing in Popish Churches, or in the Images of such. First, they suspend them from the Sacrament, but then it comes with an Excommunication, no man must buy nor sell, he hath refused to honour the image of the Beast: It is dangerous to bring in civill Authority immediately upon Church-censure: A warning to us here, that if men be excommunicated, not to deny them civill Commerce, or to say such as stand out excommunicated so long, shall no longer enjoy the priviledges of the State: The Church may cut them off from fellowship with it selfe, there may be just reason so to do; they may discover such hypocrifie as may make them unfit for the Church, but yet they may not altogether be unfit for the Common-wealth.
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