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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.
1. By usurping the Titles due to Christ. For he that will make bold with names, will make bold with things: as to be, Sponsus Ecclesiae; the Husband of the Church. As Innocent called the Church Sponsam suam, his Spouse. Caput Ecclesiae, the head of the Church, which is proper to the Saviour of the body. Supreme, visible, and universal head, which only Christ is, who hath promised to be with her to the end of the World, and will be visible to those ⟨p. 90⟩who do at length approach his Court in Heaven, where his Seat is. To be chief Pastor: Christs own Title, And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, 1 Pet. 4.5. To be Pontifex Maximus, The greatest High Priest. Whereas Christ alone is called the High priest of our profession, Heb. 3.1. and the great High Priest over the House of God, Heb. 4.14. So his Vicar General upon Earth, whereas the ancient Church attributed this to the Holy Ghost, calling it Vicariam vim spiritus sancti, he supplies his room and absence. Now Titles including Power, certainly they are not to be usurped without Warrant. Therefore to call the Pope the chief and only Shepherd, and the like; It is to usurp His Authority to whom these things originally belong.
Secondly, He doth usurp the thing implied by the Titles; the Authority over the Church which is only due to God Incarnate. Supreme Authority may be considered, either as to the claim, right, property, and preeminence, which belong to it, or to the exercise.
Secondly, He doth usurp the thing implyed by the Titles; the Authority over the Church which is only due to God Incarnate. Supreme Authority may be considered, either as to the claim, right, property, and preheminence, which belong to it, or to the exercise.