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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.
III. Proposition. That when that impediment shall be removed, then Antichrist shall be revealed; only he that now letteth will let, till he be taken out of the way: where observe,
1. It was before, [Greek or Hebrew], that which letteth, now it is [Greek or Hebrew], he that letteth, the Empire, and the Emperor; and mark, a long succession of Empires is called [Greek or Hebrew], why not then a long succession of Popes, the Man of Sin, the Son of Perdition?
1. It was before, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, that which letteth, now it is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, he that letteth, the Empire, and the Emperour; and mark, a long succession of Empires is called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, why not then a long succession of Popes, the Man of Sin, the Son of Perdition?
2. He that now letteth will let. Antichrist was but in fieri, and that secretly▪ and in a mystery; there was desire of rule, some superstitious and false Doctrines, some mixture of humane inventions, borrowed both from Jewish and Heathenish Rites▪ mingled with the worship of God, some secret rising of Antichristian Dominion, some playing at lesser ⟨p. 127⟩Game, as Victor took upon him to excommunicate the Eastern Churches for the matter of Easter, but before this obstacle was removed he could not fully appear, and invade the Empire of God and Men, till the Emperor was removed out of that City: while the Heathen Emperors prevailed, there was no place for Church-mens Ambition, their times were times of Persecution, and it is not Persecution, but Peace and Plenty, that breedeth corruption in the Churches.