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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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5. He causeth them all to make an Image like unto the first beast. The first beast (as you heard) was the Roman visible Catholic Church, then the image of the beast are all such like models and forms of Churches as are Diocesan Churches, National Churches, and Provincial Churches.
5. He causeth them all to make an Image like unto the first beast. The first beast (as you heard) was the Roman visible Catholicke Church, then the image of the beast are all such like models and forms of Churches as are Diocesan Churches, National Churches, and Provinciall Churches.
6. He causeth all men to worship that Image, that if any will not worship that Image (Churches of that mould) they shall be delivered to the secular power, and so they shall be killed.
6. He causeth all men to worship that Image, that if any will not worship that Image (Churches of that mold) they shall be delivered to the secular power, and so they shall be killed.
Lastly, He will not suffer any Commerce, nor civil Commerce, much less Ecclesiastical communion, but to them that have the mark of the beast, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name, vers. 16, 17.
Lastly, He will not suffer any Commerce, nor civil Commerce, much lesse Ecclesiasticall communion, but to them that have the mark of the beast, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name, vers. 16, 17.