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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.
3. This was a famous Christian Doctrine, with which the Apostles usually began, in planting Religion in any place, 1 Thess. 5.1, 2, 3. But of the times and the seasons ye have no reason that I write unto you, for ye your selves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night, &c.
4. It was of precious account with them, 2 Tim. 4.8. Henceforth is laid up for me a Crown of Righteousness, which the Lord the righteous Judge shall give me at that day, and not to me only, but unto them also that love his appearing. ⟨p. 3⟩So that the obtestation implieth both the certainty of their belief, and also their dear account of this Article of Faith; and therefore the sense is, As you do assuredly expect him, and love, and look, and long for this day, that it may go well with you, and Christ appear to your glory, so be not troubled.
4. It was of precious account with them, 2 Tim. 4.8. Henceforth is laid up for me a Crown of Righteousness, which the Lord the righteous Iudge shall give me at that day, and not to me only, but unto them also that love his appearing. ⟨p. 3⟩So that the obtestation implyeth both the certainty of their belief, and also their dear account of this Article of Faith; and therefore the sense is, As you do assuredly expect him, and love, and look, and long for this day, that it may go well with you, and Christ appear to your glory, so be not troubled.