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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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3. Over the treasury of the church: Over Church-Rulers, and Churches, over the merits of Christ, over Kingdoms and Common-wealths, over Purgatory, and for mitigating the pains of Hell: All this he gave to the Roman Catholic visible Church.
3. Over the treasury of the church: Over Church-Rulers, and Churches, over the merits of Christ, over Kingdoms and Common-wealths, over Purgatory, and for mitigating the paines of Hell: All this he gave to the Roman Catholick visible Church.
1. He gave him power over the Scriptures.
1. As Judg of them. The Church is the Judg of controversies, ⟨p. 24⟩and the head of that Church is the Judg of all places of Scripture, by his authority it is authentical; This the Catholic Church doth challenge. 2. He doth prefer the vulgar Latin before the Original Scripture, a transcendent power. 3. It is in his power to make Apocrypha Scripture, to be of like power with the canonical Scripture. 4. It is his power and authority that gives unwritten Traditions like power with the canonical Scripture. 5. He takes upon him to be the infallible Interpreter, and Judge of the meaning of Scripture, and that is Blasphemy. 6. He takes upon him power to dispense with Scripture. He hath power to dispense with the moral Law of God in point of Marriages, even in incestuous Marriages, this is a power beyond Scripture.
1. As Judg of them. The Church is the Judg of controversies, ⟨p. 24⟩and the head of that Church is the Judg of all places of Scripture, by his authority it is authenticall; This the Catholick Church doth challenge. 2. He doth prefer the vulgar Latine before the Originall Scripture, a transcendant power. 3. It is in his power to make Apocrypha Scripture, to be of like power with the canonicall Scripture. 4. It is his power and authority that gives unwritten Traditions like power with the canonicall Scripture. 5. He takes upon him to be the infallible Interpreter, and Judge of the meaning of Scripture, and that is Blasphemy. 6. He takes upon him power to dispence with Scripture. Hee hath power to dispence with the morall Law of God in point of Marriages, even in incestuous Marriages, this is a power beyond Scripture.