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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. The claim and right pretended. He sitteth as God in the Temple of God, that is, by virtue of his office there, claimeth the same power that Christ had, which is fourfold
1. The claim and right pretended. He sitteth as God in the Temple of God, that is, by vertue of his office there, claimeth the same power that Christ had, which is fourfold
1. An unlimited power, over all things, both in Heaven and Earth. This was given to Christ, Matth. 28.18. and the Pope, as his Vicar challengeth it. But where is the Plea and ⟨p. 91⟩ground of the claim? For one to set up himself as a Vice-God, without Warrant, is Rebellion against Christ. To set himself in his Throne without his leave; surely none is fit to have this Authority, that hath not his power to back and to administer and govern all things for the Churches good, which power God would trust in the hands of no Creature.
2. An Universal Headship and Supremacy, over all the Churches of Christ. Now this supreme power over all Christians, is the right of God Incarnate, and whosoever challengeth it, sits as God in the Temple of God: and it is very derogatory to the comfort of the faithful, that they should in all things depend upon one man as their supreme Pastor, or else be excluded from the hope of Salvation: Certainly this power as to matter of fact, is impossible to be managed by any man, considering the vast extent of the World, and the variety of Governments, and different Interests, under which the people of God find shelter, and protection; and the multitude and diversity of those things which are comprised in such a Government; And as to matter of right, it i sacrilegious. For Christ never instituted a such Universal Vicar and Bishop. It is a dignity too high for any Creature: none is fit to be Universal Head of the Church, but one that is God as well as Man.