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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. 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, 1 Tim. 3.16. the other a mystery of Iniquity; the design of the mystery of Godliness is to recover men from the Devil, the World, and the Flesh unto God; the other to seduce men from God to the Devil, the World, and the Flesh again; and that by corrupting the former mystery, or the most excellent Institution, that ever the World was acquainted with, for the ennobling and refining mans nature: so that Christs Religion is turned against himself, to lull mens Consciences asleep, whilst they gratify the lusts of the Eyes, the lusts of the Flesh, or live in Pride of Life; the Devil is gratified by all sin, but especially he is [Greek or Hebrew], as Synesius calleth him, one that delighteth in Idols, as knowing this is the best way to make men brutish, or to live in an oblivion or neglect of God; for an Idol is a teacher of lies, Habak. 2.18. doth imprint upon the mind carnal and false conceptions of a Deity.
3. That we may the better understand true Christianity; 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, ⟨p. 108⟩opposites illustrate each other; the two opposite States are Christianity, and Antichristianity; the one is a mystery of Godliness, 1 Tim. 3.16. the other a mystery of Iniquity; the design of the mystery of Godliness is to recover men from the Devil, the World, and the Flesh unto God; the other to seduce men from God to the Devil, the World, and the Flesh again; and that by corrupting the former mystery, or the most excellent Institution, that ever the World was acquainted with, for the ennobling and refining mans nature: so that Christs Religion is turned against himself, to lull mens Consciences asleep, whilst they gratify the lusts of the Eyes, the lusts of the Flesh, or live in Pride of Life; the Devil is gratified by all sin, but especially he is , as Synesius calleth him, one that delighteth in Idols, as knowing this is the best way to make men brutish, or to live in an oblivion or neglect of God; for an Idol is a teacher of lies,