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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.
2. Against Persecutions; for the man of sin is also a Son of Perdition, a destroyer of the Saints, and maketh havoc of the people of God; now it is grievous when Christians suffer by Christians, and we may have many doubtings and misgivings about our cause; But when Antichrist is clearly discovered, we submit the more cheerfully to suffer the hardest things under his Tyranny; for suffering under Antichristian Persecution, is Martyrdom and suffering for Christ, as much as suffering under Pagan Persecution, Rev. 14.13. And I heard a voice from Heaven, saying unto me, write Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth, &c. not only the Primitive Martyrs, who were put to death by Heathens, but those that are condemned by Christians, and burnt for Heretics, those are Martyrs also.
2. Against Persecutions; for the man of sin is also a Son of Perdition, a destroyer of the Saints, and maketh havock of the people of God; now it is grievous when Christians suffer by Christians, and we may have many doubtings and misgivings about our cause; But when Antichrist is clearly discovered, we submit the more chearfully to suffer the hardest things under his Tyranny; for suffering under Antichristian Persecution, is Martyrdom and suffering for Christ, as much as suffering under Pagan Persecution, Rev. 14.13. And I heard a voice from Heaven, saying unto me, write Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth, &c. not only the Primitive Martyrs, who were put to death by Heathens, but those that are condemned by Christians, and burnt for Hereticks, those are Martyrs also.
3. That we may the better understand true Christianity; [Greek or Hebrew], ⟨p. 108⟩opposites illustrate each other; the two opposite States are Christianity, and Antichristianity; the one is a mystery of Godliness,