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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
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2. He hath great authority over the consciences of men, making Laws and Canons to bind the conscience, and releasing and loosing them from the power of Gods Laws, either in point of Marriage, or in point of Oaths and Covenants, or in point of natural relation: He can dispense with children in respect of duty to Parents, if they come into Monasteries, and with duty which Subjects owe to Magistrates.
2. He hath great authority over the consciences of men, making Laws and Canons to bind the conscience, and releasing and loosing them from the power of Gods Lawes, either in point of Marriage, or in point of Oaths and Covenants, or in point of naturall relation: He can dispence with children in respect of duty to Parents, if they come into Monasteries, and with duty which Subjects owe to Magistrates.
3. They have power over the Church Treasury, by which they mean the supererogation of the merits of Christ, and of the Saints: They say Christ merited for a thousand worlds: and because he saved but a few, it is free for the Pope to take the surplusage of merit; He can take them and apply them by Indulgences, for the pardoning of them that pay well for them. And thus they who despise Gods imputation of the righteousness of Christ for justification, they take upon them to impute it to themselves, and to this and that notorious wicked man.
3. They have power over the Church Treasury, by which they meane the supererogation of the merits of Christ, and of the Saints: They say Christ merited for a thousand worlds: and because he saved but a few, it is free for the Pope to take the surplussage of merit; He can take them and apply them by Indulgences, for the pardoning of them that pay well for them. And thus they who despise Gods imputation of the righteousnesse of Christ for justification, they take upon them to impute it to themselves, and to this and that notorious wicked man.