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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.
Secondly, The next instance of his pride, is his usurpation of divine honour, expressed in two clauses. 1. The one showeth the usurpation it self, That he as God, sitteth in the Temple of God. 2. The other, the degree of it, showing himself as God. Both must be explained and vindicated.
Secondly, The next instance of his pride, is his usurpation of divine honour, expressed in two clauses. 1. The one sheweth the usurpation it self, That he as God, sitteth in the Temple of God. 2. The other, the degree of it, shewing himself as God. Both must be explained and vindicated.
1. For t•• usurpation it self, he sitteth as God in the Temple of God. By the Temple of God, is meant the Church, 1 Cor. 3.16, 17. Know ye not, that ye are the Temple of God, and the spirit of God dwelleth in you: if any man defile the Temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the Temple of God is holy, which Temple ye are. So 2 Cor. 6.16. What agreement hath the Temple of God with Idols? for ye are the Temple of the living God. The external visible Church which professeth the Faith of Christ, and beareth his name. So that the place wherein Antichrist shall arise, is the visible Christian Church: not Rome Ethnic, but Christian.
1. For t•• usurpation it self, he sitteth as God in the Temple of God. By the Temple of God, is meant the Church, 1 Cor. 3.16, 17. Know ye not, that ye are the Temple of God, and the spirit of God dwelleth in you: if any man defile the Temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the Temple of God is holy, which Temple ye are. So 2 Cor. 6.16