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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.
And finally, he saith this number is six hundred threescore and six. Six hundred sixty six is not in the Original in so many words, only three greek letters are put for these three numbers, [Greek or Hebrew]. Now it is true in the Greek account they do reckon numbers by the letters of the Alphabet, and from the first letter Alpha to Iota, they are for singular units, for Alpha is one, and Beta is two, &c. and they put in Sigma and make that six, Iota is the tenth letter, and so is ten in number; and from Iota to Rho, they are reckoned by tens, as Kappa is twenty, Lambda thirty, Mu forty, &c. and so till you come to Rho and that is one hundred, and then the rest that follow are so many multiplied, as Sigma is two hundred, Tau three hundred, &c. and [Greek or Hebrew] six hundred. So that if these be understood as holding out the numbers, as here the words express, then [Greek or Hebrew] is six hundred, [Greek or Hebrew] is sixty, [Greek or Hebrew] is six; which being summed ⟨p. 248⟩together they make up six hundred sixty six.
And finally, he saith this number is six hundred threescore and six. Six hundred sixty six is not in the Original in so many words, onely three greek letters are put for these three numbers, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Now it is true in the Greek account they do reckon numbers by the letters of the Alphabet, and from the first letter Alpha to Iota, they are for singular units, for Alpha is one, and Beta is two, &c. and they put in Sigma and make that six, Iota is the tenth letter, and so is ten in number; and from Iota to Rho, they are reckoned by tens, as Cappa is twenty, Lambda thirty, Mu fourty, &c. and so till you come to Rho and that is one hundred, and then the rest that follow are so many multiplied, as Sigma is two hundred, Tau three hundred, &c. and 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 six hundred. So that if these be understood as holding out the numbers, as here the words expresse, then 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is six hundred, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is sixty, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is six; which being summed ⟨p. 248⟩