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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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Thirdly,1 it may teach us that are come hither to see that the Lord acknowledgeth our wisdom in the abrenuntiation which we have made from these inventions of the sons of men: The Lord did foretell us what should be our case, we should not have liberty to buy nor sell, neither be seen in Church nor Market, and he counts it wisdom to remove on these terms: but if we shall have flittering minds to go back again, the Lord will write upon it, here is a fool, this their way is their folly, Psal. 49 13. When men in their hearts wax weary of the Churches of Christ, and of the discipline of Christ, and look at them as fulsome and empty things for ⟨p. 259⟩want of feeling the life of Christ, and wisdom of Christ, run on foolishly and preposterously, and truly take a course to overthrow their communion they have with Christ, and make shipwreck as much as in them lies of all that which they have undergone, of all our sufferings and trials: Saith the Apostle to the elect Lady and her children, in 2 John 8. Look to your selves, that ye loose not those things which ye have wrought but that ye receive a full reward. That as you have made a wise bargain and a safe, & bin at so much charge, and have been freed from the image of Antichrist, and the remnant of his image, and the remnant of his number (we have cause to bless God for it.)
Thirdly,1 it may teach us that are come hither to see that the Lord acknowledgeth our wisdome in the abrenuntiation which we have made from these inventions of the sonnes of men: The Lord did foretel us what should be our case, we should not have liberty to buy nor sell, neither be seen in Church nor Market, and he counts it wisdome to remoove on these termes: but if we shall have flittering mindes to go back againe, the Lord will write upon it, here is a foole, this their way is their folly, Psal. 49 13. When men in their hearts wax weary of the Churches of Christ, and of the discipline of Christ, and look at them as fulsome and empty things for