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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.
4. They have power over Kingdoms and Common-wealths, to depose Kings, and to dispose of their Kingdoms as they please, and to absolve Subjects from all Allegiance to civill power, and for that end to nullify their Oath, for that end you know what the Pope sent to Henry the fourth: Christ (say they) gave this power to Peter, and Peter to the ⟨p. 25⟩Pope, and to that end abuse. Jer. 1. 10. See, I have this day set thee over the Nations, to root cut and pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
4. They have power over Kingdomes and Common-wealths, to depose Kings, and to dispose of their Kingdoms as they please, and to absolve Subjects from all Allegiance to civill power, and for that end to nullifie their Oath, for that end you know what the Pope sent to Henry the fourth: Christ (say they) gave this power to Peter, and Peter to the ⟨p. 25⟩Pope, and to that end abuse. Jer. 1. 10. See, I have this day set thee over the Nations, to root cut and pull downe, and to destroy, and to throw downe, to build, and to plant.
5. They have power over the estate of the life to come.
1. Over Heaven. He claims transcendent power in that, and doth abuse that place in Mat. 16. 19. To thee will I give the keys of the Kingdom of heaven, that whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven: Therefore he can open the gates of Heaven to them that are dead. 2. They have power over Purgatory; Upon so much done and given, they can help them out of Purgatory: They make account the torments of Purgatory are equal to the pains of Hell; but that Hell is for ever, and Purgatory but till the last Judgment. 3. They have power over Hell: they have not absolute power to deliver out of Hell (only Gregory is said to have delivered Trajans soul out of Hell;) but though they cannot deliver out of Hell, yet they can ease the torment. The witnesses of this will hardly own it, but it is the judgment of the most devout to that Sea.