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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
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2. The way it took to obtain these ends, how God may be satisfied, man renewed and changed, God pacified by the Sacrifice, Merit, and Intercession of Christ Jesus, who came in our flesh and nature, not only to acquaint us with the Will of God, and the unseen things of another World, but to suffer an accursed death for our sins: therefore the mystery of Godliness is chiefly seen in God manifested in our flesh, 1 Tim. 3.16. and man must be renewed and changed; for our misery showeth what is needful to our remedy and recovery, that we be not only pardoned, but sanctified, if ever we will be saved and glorified: for till men have new and holy hearts, they can never see God, Hob. 12.14 Without holiness it is impossible to see God: Mat. 5.8. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God; &c. nor for the present love him and delight in him, nor take him for their chief happiness. As none but Christ can satisfy Justice, and reconcile such a Rebel to God; so none but Christs Spirit can sanctify and renew our Souls, that we may live in obedience to him, 1 Cor. 6.11. Such were some of you, but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified, in the ⟨p. 119⟩name of the Lord Jesus, and by the spirit of our God. This is the Mystery of Godliness.
2. The way it took to obtain these ends, how God may be satisfied, man renewed and changed, God pacified by the Sacrifice, Merit, and Intercession of Christ Jesus, who came in our flesh and nature, not only to acquaint us with the Will of God, and the unseen things of another World, but to suffer an accursed death for our sins: therefore the mystery of Godliness is chiefly seen in God manifested in our flesh, 1 Tim. 3.16. and man must be renewed and changed; for our misery sheweth what is needful to our remedy and recovery, that we be not only pardoned, but sanctified, if ever we will be saved and glorified: for till men have new and holy hearts, they can never see God, Hob. 12.14 Without holiness it is impossible to see God: