A51839:103
XVIII sermons on the second chapter of the 2d Epistle to the Thessalonians containing…
XVIII sermons on the second chapter of the 2d Epistle to the Thessalonians containing the description, rise, growth, and fall of Antichrist : with divers cautions and arguments to establish Christians against the apostasy of the Church of Rome : very necessary for these times / by that late reverend and learned divine, Thomas Manton ...XVIII sermons on the second chapter of the 2d Epistle to the Thessalonians containing the description, rise, growth, and fall of Antichrist : with divers cautions and arguments to establish Christians against the apostacy of the Church of Rome : very necessary for these times / by that late reverend and learned divine, Thomas Manton ...
London: printed by J.D. for J. Robinson, 1679
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.
1. A clear Conviction of the Truth, or certainty of Knowledge, a rooted assent, or well grounded persuasion, not some fluctuating opinion about it: an half light maketh us very uncertain in our course, James 1.3. A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways; [Greek or Hebrew]; First, try all things, 1 Thess. 5.20. then, hold fast that which is good. When men resolve upon Evidence▪ or after due Examination, the truth sticketh the closer and faster by them; but when they take up things, hand over head, they have no firm Principles, and therefore waver hither and thither; as Vessels without Ballast are tossed with every wave, 2 Pet. 3.16, 17. Beware lest ye also being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness; [Greek or Hebrew], substantial grounds within themselves; they do not stand by the knowledge of others, or ⟨p. 39⟩the Faith of others, and consent of others: light chaff is carried about with every wind, [Greek or Hebrew], Eph. 4.14. That ye henceforth be no more Children tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of Doctrine; they go through all parts of the compass; sometimes this wind of error taketh them up, sometimes that; sometimes taking up one opinion, then changing it for another; this is the fruit of half-Convictions.
1. A clear Conviction of the Truth, or certainty of Knowledge, a rooted assent, or well grounded perswasion, not some fluctuating opinion about it: an half light maketh us very uncertain in our course, James 1.3. A double-minded man is unstable in all his wayes; 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; First, try all things, 1 Thess. 5.20. then, hold fast that which is good. When men resolve upon Evidence or after due Examination, the truth sticketh the closer and faster by them; but when they take up things, hand over head, they have no firm Principles, and therefore waver hither and thither; as Vessels without Ballast are tossed with every wave,