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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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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.
They must swear, or perform some loyalty to the Church of Rome. The mark of the beast, the carriage of the beast in the Original: All that have received Religious Orders, have received the mark of the beast, all their religious Orders leave an indelible Character upon them, so that all that are entered into religious Orders, are sworn Catholics. The name of the beast, what is it? Though they be not of the religious Order, yet they profess themselves to be Roman Catholics, and profess subjection to the head of that Church, and so to ⟨p. 245⟩his doctrine and worship, though it be be to Saints and Angels, and to his government, as that which binds the conscience, the name of the Beast is a Roman Catholic, submitting himself both to the Church, and to the head of that Church, and that for conscience sake.
They must swear, or perform some loyalty to the Church of Rome. The mark of the beast, the carriage of the beast in the Originall: All that have received Religious Orders, have received the mark of the beast, all their religious Orders leave an indelible Character upon them, so that all that are entred into religious Orders, are sworn Catholiques. The name of the beast, what is it? Though they be not of the religious Order, yet they professe themselves to be Roman Catholiques, and professe subjection to the head of that Church, and so to ⟨p. 245⟩his doctrine and worship, though it be be to Saints and Angels, and to his government, as that which binds the conscience, the name of the Beast is a Roman Catholicke, submitting himselfe both to the Church, and to the head of that Church, and that for conscience sake.