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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
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2. Because a Christian is upon better terms, having the written word, than if God dealt with him by way of Revelations, 2 Pet. 1.19. We have [Greek or Hebrew], a more sure word of Prophecy; comparing it with the voice from Heaven, of which he spake before; not as if there could be any uncertainty in the Lords Voice, speaking from Heaven, but because a transient Voice is more easily mistaken, or forgotten, than an authentic standing Record, as Samuel thought Eli called him, when it was the Lord; it is quoad nos, though God gave evidence of the Truth of such Revelations as he made, yet we have more accommodate means. Our Lord intimateth such a thing, Luke 16.31. If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. This is the surest ground for Faith to rest upon, of any that ever hath been, or can be given to Sinners, subject to forgetfulness, jealousies, and mistakes.
2. Because a Christian is upon better terms, having the written word, than if God dealt with him by way of Revelations, 2 Pet. 1.19. We have 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, a more sure word of Prophecy; comparing it with the voice from Heaven, of which he spake before; not as if there could be any uncertainty in the Lords Voice, speaking from Heaven, but because a transient Voice is more easily mistaken, or forgotten, than an authentick standing Record, as Samuel thought Eli called him, when it was the Lord; it is quoad nos, though God gave evidence of the Truth of such Revelations as he made, yet we have more accommodate means. Our Lord intimateth such a thing, Luke 16.31. If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be perswaded, though one rose from the dead. This is the surest ground for Faith to rest upon, of any that ever hath been, or can be given to Sinners, subject to forgetfulness, jealousies, and mistakes.