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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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2. By Grace; it is good the heart should be established by Grace, Heb. 13.9. the new nature will caution men against many Popish errors, 1 John 2.20. Ye have an unction from the holy one, and ye know all things; A Child of God hath something in his bosom, that will not permit him to hearken to Popery; the very life in us is opposite to this dead show and mummery of trashy Devotions.
2. By Grace; it is good the heart should be established by Grace, Heb. 13.9. the new nature will caution men against many Popish errors, 1 John 2.20. Ye have an unction from the holy one, and ye know all things; A Child of God hath something in his bosom, that will not permit him to hearken to Popery; the very life in us is opposite to this dead shew and mummery of trashy Devotions.
Now I come to the Author, with the means of Consuming. The Lord shall consume him with the Spirit of his mouth. The Lord, that is the Lord Christ. But what is meant by the Spirit of his mouth, or the breath of his mouth, as some render it? Two things may be meant hereby, either his Providential Word, or his Gospel, accompanied by his Spirit.
1. His Providential Word, that is, when Christ faith, Let it be done, it shall be done. Isa. 11.4. He shall smite the Earth with the Rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked; those that are called wicked, they are also called the Earth, because they are earthly minded, and have their portion