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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.
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 ⟨p. 148⟩here, and possess much on earth, and have great power, by the advantage of which they oppress his People: Now to execute Judgment upon them, Christ needeth no more than the Rod of his mouth, that powerful Word, whereby he created all things, Ps. 33.6. By the words of the Lord were the Heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth; Upholdeth all things, Heb. 1.3. Upholding all things by the word of his Power; And brings all things to nothing again, John 18.6. As soon as he had said to them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground; one word of his powerful Providence is enough. Or secondly,
2. It is meant of the Efficacy of his Gospel, as it is accompanied by his Spirit, called the Sword of the Spirit, Eph. 6.17. and it is said to be quick and powerful, Heb. •.12. and Rev. 2.16. Repent, or I will come against thee quickly, and smite thee with the Sword of my mouth; by this word he shall confound the falsehood and cunning practices which are carried on under this my••••y of Iniquity, and give it such a deadly and incurable wound, that it shall languish before it be utterly destroyed.