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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.
But to handle the words more closely, Antichrist is here set forth,
1. As opposite to Christ: [Greek or Hebrew], one set to the contrary, that is, in respect of Pride chiefly. Christ was the pattern of humility, Antichrist is the King of Pride: Christ would not so much as assume to himself an Authority to divide the Inheritance between two Brethren, Luke 12.14. Man, who made me a Judge, or a Divider over you? but Antichrist will depose Kings, and dispose of Kingdoms.
1. As opposite to Christ: 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, one set to the contrary, that is, in respect of Pride chiefly. Christ was the pattern of humility, Antichrist is the King of Pride: Christ would not so much as assume to himself an Authority to divide the Inheritance between two Brethren, Luke 12.14. Man, who made me a Iudge, or a Divider over you? but Antichrist will depose Kings, and dispose of Kingdoms.
2. The instances of his Pride. 1. In exalting himself above all human power, who exalteth himself above all that is called God, or is worshipped: 2. An usurpation of divine ⟨p. 82⟩honour; he as God, sitteth in the Temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
2. The instances of his Pride. 1. In exalting himself above all human power, who exalteth himself above all that is called God, or is worshipped: 2. An usurpation of divine