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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.) Other Cheats and Impostures, with all deceivableness of unrighteousness; Their general ⟨p. 155⟩way of dealing being Sophistical and fallacious. Let us a little explain these things.
1. The great Agent in setting up this Kingdom, after the working of Satan. It may note the manner, as we render [after] that is in such a way, as Satan deceived our first Parents; for he was a murderer and a liar from the beginning, John 8.44. I fear, lest by any means, as the Serpent beguiled Eve by his subtlety; so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity, which is in Christ: 2 Cor. 11.3. So all this mystery of Iniquity shall be carried on after this manner, by deceit, by the tricks of lying men, and the works of deceiving Spirits: Rather it noteth Satan's Agency and Influence, and after, or according to the working of Satan, is as much, as by the working of Satan, noting not only his Pattern, but his Influence; so is [Greek or Hebrew] often rendered, and the energy of the Devil, and Influence upon all wickedness is spoken of elsewhere, Eph. 2. 3. The Spirit that now worketh in the Children of Disobedience; the Devil hath a great hand over wicked men in the World, his way of dealing with them is most efficacious and powerful, and certainly he is the first Founder and main supporter of the Antichristian State.
1. The great Agent in setting up this Kingdom, after the working of Sathan. It may note the manner, as we render [after] that is in such a way, as Sathan deceived our first Parents; for he was a murderer and a lyar from the beginnning, John 8.44. I fear, lest by any means, as the Serpent beguiled Eve by his subtilty; so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity, which is in Christ: