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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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2. He gave him the power of effectual Sophistry, or (as ⟨p. 23⟩the Scripture calls it, 2 Thes. 2 9, 10.) of deceit, of unrighteousness; partly in the Schoolmen, and partly in their Votaries, or Cloister-men, and partly in their Canonists. By the efficacy of Sophistry in School-men, he corrupted all Doctrine. By the deceit of the Cloister-men, the Monks, he corrupted all their devotion and worship: And by the policy of their Canonists, he corrupted all Church-government; and this was carried with such efficacy of deceit, that those School-Divines were accounted the most profound, and the Monks most devout, and the Canonists most judicious, and exquisite Politicians: Now these three did mightily deceive the Christian world by their power, and all this power Satan gave to this Beast.
2. He gave him the power of effectuall Sophistry, or (as ⟨p. 23⟩the Scripture calls it, 2 Thes. 2 9, 10.) of deceit, of unrighteousnesse; partly in the Schoolmen, and partly in their Votaries, or Cloyster-men, and partly in their Canonists. By the efficacy of Sophistry in School-men, he corrupted all Doctrine. By the deceit of the Cloyster-men, the Monkes, he corrupted all their devotion and worship: And by the policy of their Canonists, he corrupted all Church-government; and this was carryed with such efficacy of deceit, that those School-Divines were accounted the most profound, and the Monks most devout, and the Canonists most judicious, and exquisite Polititians: Now these three did mightily deceive the Christian world by their power, and all this power Satan gave to this Beast.
3. He gave him the power also of making war; for in vers. 7. It was given him to make war with the Saints, and to overcome them; putting into the hearts of christian Kings to give their power to the Beast, and to wage all their Battles at their own charges whiles he sate still; this was the power which was given him by the Dragon.