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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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Use. If God hath revealed Antichrist, let no man shut his Eyes, but let him be shunned, forsaken, and abhorred; when Christ was to come into the World, it was a day of rumours; some sent to John Baptist, whether he were the Christ, others cried up false Christ and Impostors, but the people were alarmed with a general expectation: so when Antichrist was to be revealed, it was a day of rumours, just about the time there was a great expectation, some pitched it here, some there, until the Pit was discovered to the Church, and the ⟨p. 137⟩snare laid open; and now to run wilfully into these errors, how damnable is it? If Papists cleave to him, let not Protestants fall to him; to continue Papists is dangerous, for they favour Antichrist, and serve Antichrist; but to turn Papists is more dangerous, for this is a downright revolt from Christ to Antichrist: and how God may in mercy dispense with errors, imbibed in our Education, we know not, but to turn our back on the truth, wherein we have been educated and instructed, maketh it more dangerous to our Salvation.
Vse. If God hath revealed Antichrist, let no man shut his Eyes, but let him be shunned, forsaken, and abhorred; when Christ was to come into the World, it was a day of rumours; some sent to Iohn Baptist, whether he were the Christ, others cryed up false Christ and Impostours, but the people were alarmed with a general expectation: so when Antichrist was to be revealed, it was a day of rumours, just about the time there was a great expectation, some pitched it here, some there, until the Pit was discovered to the Church, and the ⟨p. 137⟩snare layed open; and now to run wilfully into these errours, how damnable is it? If Papists cleave to him, let not Protestants fall to him; to continue Papists is dangerous, for they favour Antichrist, and serve Antichrist; but to turn Papists is more dangerous, for this is a downright revolt from Christ to Antichrist: and how God may in mercy dispense with errors, imbibed in our Education, we know not, but to turn our back on the truth, wherein we have been educated and instructed, maketh it more dangerous to our Salvation.