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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.
5. Because they that despise ordinary means, and pretend to Vision, Revelation, or Inspiration, are usually such, as are given up by God to a vertiginous Spirit, and cast into the Dungeon of error, for the punishment of other sins, Mic. 2.11. If a man walking in the Spirit of falsehood do lie, he shall be the Prophet of this people. God will permit those that are both deceivers, and deceived themselves to come amongst them for a Plague to them. Sleidan giveth sad instances of some given up to this fantastical frenzy, that killed their own relations, on pretence of inspiration, and of others that murdered 50000. in one day.
5. Because they that despise ordinary means, and pretend to Vision, Revelation, or Inspiration, are usually such, as are given up by God to a vertiginous Spirit, and cast into the Dungeon of error, for the punishment of other sins, Mic. 2.11. If a man walking in the Spirit of falshood do lie, he shall be the Prophet of this people. God will permit those that are both deceivers, and deceived themselves to come amongst them for a Plague to them. Sleidan giveth sad instances of some given up to this phantastical frenzy, that killed their own relations, on pretence of inspiration, and of others that murdered 50000. in one day.
2. By word or unwritten Tradition; this also should not shake the mind of a settled Christian, for this hath no constat, no evidence of its certainty, and would lay us open to the deceits of men, blinded by their own Interest and Passions; and if such tradition could be produced, as hath unquestionable Authority, it must be tried by the Scripture, which is every where commended as the public Standard, and true measure and rule, both of Faith and Manners.
2. By word or unwritten Tradition; this also should not shake the mind of a setled Christian, for this hath no constat, no evidence of its certainty, and would lay us open to the deceits of men, blinded by their own Interest and Passions; and if such tradition could be produced, as hath unquestionable Authority, it must be tryed by the Scripture, which is every where commended as the publick Standard, and true measure and rule, both of Faith and Manners.