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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. The Son of Perdition: wherein he is likened to Judas, Joh. 17.12. None of them is lost but the Son of Perdition. Him he resembleth in Covetousness, Treachery, and final destruction. The Term may be explained, either passively, or actively. 1. Passively, As one condemned to everlasting destruction. As the Son of Death, is one condemned to die, 2 Sam. 12.5. He shall be a Son of death; we translate it, He shall surely die: So Children of wrath, Eph. 2.3. So here, Son of Perdition. 2. Actively, Bringing destruction upon himself and others. One that shall destroy others: and so he is called Abaddon, and Apollyon, Rev. 9.11. and is opposite to Christ who is the Author of Salvation, Heb. 5.9. but Antichrist of destruction: And let us see the parallel between ⟨p. 70⟩him and Judas: for the person is a Type, as well as the name hath a significancy: Antichrist then is like Judas, in Profession a Disciple of Christ; in Office, a Governor of the Church; but in practice a Traitor: As they said of the blind man, John 9.9. Some said, this is he, others, he is very like him: The Pope boasteth, that his Seat is Apostolical, his Chair is Peters Chair, and that he is the Successor of the Apostle: Grant it, but there is an error of the person, not of Peter but of Judas. Let us see the Parallel. 1. Judas was not a stranger, but a pretended Friend and Apostle, Acts 1.17. He was numbered with us, and obtained part of his Ministry. Turks and Infidels are Enemies to Christ, but Antichrist seeketh to undermine him, under a pretence of Friendship: [Greek or Hebrew], is one in show for, and in effect against Christ: and the Beast in the Revelation is said to push with the horns of the Lamb, Rev. 13.11. If he were a professed Enemy, what mystery were there in it? but mystery was written upon the Woman's forehead,