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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.
I. In the general, that the Apostle, as soon as he had showed his rise, he presently foretelleth his ruin, to support the hearts of the faithful, though he hath yet more things to speak concerning his discovery, v. 9. I cannot let this pass without an Observation.
I. In the general, that the Apostle, as soon as he had showed his rise, he presently foretelleth his ruine, to support the hearts of the •aithful, though he hath yet more things to speak concerning his discovery, v. 9. I cannot let this pass without an Observation.
Doct. That a spiritual eye can discern the ruin of wicked instruments, even in their rise and Reign. Job 5.3. I have seen the foolish taking root, and presently I cursed his habitation: by the [foolish] is mean• the wicked, by their [taking root] their seeking to fix and settle themselves in their Worldly prosperity; I [presently] that is, without any great deliberation, which in this matter needeth not, [cursed] their habitation, not as desiring, but ⟨p. 138⟩as foreseeing and foretelling. I pronounced them accursed, or to be in a cursed condition; when carnal men seek to root and establish themselves upon Earth to a spiritual eye, their best estate is miserable and detestable; when we see their rise, we may foretell their fall.
Doct. That a spiritual eye can discern the ruin of wicked instruments, even in their rise and Reign. Job 5.3. I have seen the foolish taking root, and presently I c•rsed his habitation: by the [foolish] is mean• the wicked, by their [taking root] their seeking to fix and settle themselves in their Worldly prosperity; I [presently] that is, without any great deliberation, which in this matter needeth not, [cursed] their habitation, not as desiring, but