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The keys of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof according to the word…The keyes of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof according to the word…
The keys of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof according to the word of God / by Mr. John Cotton ...The keyes of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof according to the word of God / by Mr. Iohn Cotton ...
London: printed by M. Simmons for Henry Overton, 1644
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Of the Keys of the Kingdom of HEAVEN, and the Power thereof; according to the WORD of GOD, &c.
Of the Keys of the Kingdome of HEAVEN, and the Power thereof; according to the WORD of GOD, &c.
CHAP. I. What the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven be, and what their Power.
CHAP. I. What the Keyes of the Kingdome of Heaven be, and what their Power.
The Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven are promised by the Lord Jesus (the head and King of his Church) unto Peter, Mat. 16.19. To thee (saith Christ) will I give the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in Heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in Heaven. The words being Allegorical, are therefore somewhat obscure: and holding forth honour & power in the Church, are therefore controversial;1 For where there is no honour (nor pride to pursue it) there is no contention. It will not therefore be amiss, for opening of the Doctrine of the Power of the keys; somewhat to open the words of this Text, whereon that power is built. Five words require a little clearing.
THe Keyes of the Kingdom of Heaven are promised by the Lord Jesus (the head and King of his Church) unto Peter,