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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. For the first, if a Christian would be established and guided aright in the choice of a Religion, he must follow both the light of Nature and Scripture.
1. The light of Nature antecedently to any external Revelation, will sufficiently convince us of the being of God, and our dependence upon him, Rom. 1.19, 20. That which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath showed it to them; For the invisible things of him from the Creation of the World, are clearly seen, being understood by the things which are made, even his eternal Power and Godhead. For I must know there is a God, or else I cannot be certain that he hath given us a Rule or Revelation of his mind. We begin with what is natural, and then go on to what is Spiritual; Nature will tell us, that there is one God, the first cause of all things; of infinite Power, Wisdom, and Goodness; that it is reasonable he should be served by those whom he hath made; that he will reward and punish men, as they disobey, or serve and please him; but how God will be served, how they shall be rewarded or punished, or how they shall escape punishment, if after a breach they are ⟨p. 45⟩willing to return to their duty and obedience to him; this is revealed in the word of God.
1. The light of Nature antecedently to any external Revelation, will sufficiently convince us of the being of God, and our dependance upon him, Rom. 1.19, 20. That which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath shewed it to them; For the invisible things of him from the Creation of the World, are clearly seen, being understood by the things which are made, even his eternal Power and Godhead. For I must know there is a God, or else I cannot be certain that he hath given us a Rule or Revelation of his mind. We begin with what is natural, and then go on to what is Spiritual; Nature will tell us, that there is one God, the first cause of all things; of infinite Power, Wisdom, and Goodness; that it is reasonable he should be served by those whom he hath made; that he will reward and punish men, as they disobey, or serve and please him; but how God will be served, how they shall be rewarded or punished, or how they shall escape punishment, if after a breach they are