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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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for as oft as ye eat this bread, and drink this Cup, ye do show forth the Lords death till he come. It were endless to instance in all, I shall speak more of it in the following Verses.
for as oft as ye eat this bread, and drink this Cup, ye do shew forth the Lords death till he come. It were endless to instance in all, I shall speak more of it in the following Verses.
6. This Apostasy is not only forbidden, but foretold as a thing that would certainly come to pass. This consideration is necessary for divers reasons.
1. Because the Papists ask how this can be consistent with Christs care of his Church, that there should be an Universal Apostasy, and decay of Christian Religion? who hath promised, The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. Answ. That promise is made chiefly to the invisible Church, or community of the Elect, not to all the visible Societies of the Christians, against whom the Devil can and hath prevailed, and doth daily, to the destruction of many Souls. And we say not that the whol• ⟨p. 64⟩visible Church did apostatize, though all are faulty.