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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.
1. The most learned Interpreters, both ancient and modern, agree in this, that the impediment was the Roman Empire, as we showed before, and therefore as the Roman Empire and Emperor was removed out of the way, Antichrist was to be revealed, or the Predictions of the Scripture are false.
1. The most learned Interpreters, both ancient and modern, agree in this, that the impediment was the Roman Empire, as we shewed before, and therefore as the Roman Empire and Emperour was removed out of the way, Antichrist was to be revealed, or the Predictions of the Scripture are false.
2. Things of great moment cannot be removed, nor established in a minute. The removing of the Roman Empire was not all at once, nor the rising of the Pontificate, but by degrees the seat began to be made void, when Constantine began to remove the Imperial Throne to Byzantium; though the Majesty of the Empire continued still at Rome, yet this was a step to the removing of the impediment, for by that means the Popes grew in greatness: but as the Emperors Authority was lessened, so grew that of the Popes, who still encroached to themselves more and more Power, and that to promote the Apostasy and Derogation from the pure Christian Religion: But as soon as he arose, he came not to the height of his power, either Ecclesiastical or Temporal, nor shall he presently decay.
2. Things of great moment cannot be removed, nor established in a minute. The removing of the Roman Empire was not all at once, nor the rising of the Pontificate, but by degrees the seat began to be made void, when Constantine began to remove the Imperial Throne to Byzantium; though the Majesty of the Empire continued still at Rome, yet this was a step to the removing of the impediment, for by that means the Popes grew in greatness: but as the Emperours Authority was lessened, so grew that of the Popes, who still incroached to themselves more and more Power, and that to promote the Apostasie and Derogation from the pure Christian Religion: But as soon as he arose, he came not to the height of his power, either Eccle•iastical or Temporal, nor shall he presently decay.