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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.
3. When there are great differences amongst Gods own people, the end is bitter; we warp in the Sunshine, will not know the way of Peace. Eusebius says before Dioclesians Persecution, [Greek or Hebrew], the Church was torn with intestine broils, Pastors against Pastors, and People against People: Ease begets Pride and Wantonness, and that maketh way for Contention.
3. When there are great differences amongst Gods own people, the end is bitter; we warp in the Sunshine, will not know the way of Peace. Eusebius says before Dioclesians Persecution, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the Church was torn with intestine broils, Pastors against Pastors, and People against People: Ease begets Pride and Wantonness, and that maketh way for Contention.
4. When Profaneness increaseth, and men do not walk becoming the Gospel, God taketh the Gospel from them. The Apostasy from the power and purity of Religion first made way ⟨p. 146⟩for Antichrist, and is most likely to let him in again.
4. When Prophaneness increaseth, and men do not walk becoming the Gospel, God taketh the Gospel from them. The Apostasie from the power and purity of Religion first made way ⟨p. 146⟩for Antichrist, and is most likely to let him in again.
5. When a people are prepared for such impressions, there is a party formed, partly by opinions, that symbolize with Popery; partly by doting on the pomp and outside of Religion, and neglecting the life and power of it; and partly, when indifferent and Atheistical conceits do dispose their minds no more to one Religion than other, usually then is a Nation fitted for such a change.