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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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3. To Cure our Divisions, Nazianzen called ⟨p. 142⟩the Enemies [Greek or Hebrew], the common reconcilers; the Dog is let loose to make the Sheep flock together; we are hardened in our strifes against each other, till a common danger unite us. It is noted, that when there was a strife between the Herdsmen of Abraham's Cattle, and Lots Cattle, the Canaanite and Perizzite were yet in the Land, Gen. 13.7. God will unite those in common sufferings, whose stubborn humours will not suffer them to meet upon other terms.
3. To Cure our Divisions, Nazianzen called ⟨p. 142⟩the Enemies 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the common reconcilers; the Dog is let loose to make the Sheep flock together; we are hardened in our strifes against each other, till a common danger unite us. It is noted, that when there was a strife between the Herdsmen of Abrahams Cattle, and Lots Cattle, the Canaanite and Perizzite were yet in the Land, Gen. 13.7. God will unite those in common sufferings, whose stubborn humours will not suffer them to meet upon other terms.
4. To keep up a remembrance of his mercies, Psal. 59.11. Slay them not, lest my people forget, scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield. •od maketh us sensible of the care he hath over us, not by the utter destruction of the Enemies of his People, but by lingering Judgments on them, which affect us more than if they were cut off suddenly.