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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.
These words are some part of the description of the second Beast which arose after the former, continued from the 11th. verse of this Chap. unto the end of it. The former beast (as you have often heard) is the Roman-Catholic visible Church, described at large from the first verse to the end of the 10th. The latter Beast is the head of the Catholic Church, the Bishop, or Antichrist of Rome, and he is here described,
THese words are some part of the description of the second Beast which arose after the former, continued from the 11th. verse of this Chap. unto the end of it. The former beast (as you have often heard) is the Roman-Catholick visible Church, described at large from the first verse to the end of the 10th. The latter Beast is the head of the Catholique Church, the Bishop, or Antichrist of Rome, and he is here described,
1. By his Original; He came out of the earth.
1. By his Originall; He came out of the earth.
2. By his resemblance; which is three-fold; To the Lamb in his horns; To the Dragon in his tongue and speech, and to the first beast in his power; He exerciseth all the power of the first beast.
2. By his resemblance; which is three-fold; To the Lamb in his hornes; To the Dragon in his tongue and speech, and to the first beast in his power; He exerciseth all the power of the first beast.