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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. Till Christians get a settled and sound Judgment, they never have peace within themselves, for fears and scruples arise in the dark, and those that live in error are full of perplexities, and have not that tranquillity of Spirit, which They have, who are fully persuaded in their own mind. Rom. 14.5. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
1. Till Christians get a setled and sound Judgment, they never have peace within themselves, for fears and scruples arise in the dark, and those that live in error are full of perplexities, and have not that tranquil•ity of Spirit, which They have, who are fully perswaded in their own mind. Rom. 14.5. Let every man be fully perswaded in his own mind.
2. If hardened in error, consider, your opinions ⟨p. 43⟩will ordinarily have an influence upon your whole Religion, and will pervert your carriage towards God and Men; your Prayers will smell of your opinions, and be like Balaam's Sacrifice offered to God to engage him against his own people; your Love will be dispensed according to the interests of your Faction, 1 Cor. 1.13. Every one of you saith, I am of Paul, and I of Apollo, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ. Is Christ divided?
2. If hardned in error, consider, your opinions ⟨p. 43⟩will ordinarily have an influence upon your whole Religion, and will pervert your carriage towards God and Men; your Prayers will smell of your opinions, and be like Balaams Sacrifice offered to God to engage him against his own people; your Love will be dispensed according to the interests of your Faction,