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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.
Now I shall observe some points.
1. Doct. The Devil hath a great hand in setting up Antichrists Kingdom, as he hath a great interest by it; his coming ••all be by, or after the working of Satan. He is the raiser and supporter of that Estate, a•d he is the great Seducer, Opposer, and Adversary of the Gospel. This will appear, if you consider, First the properties of the Devil, how the Devil is set forth in Scripture, and by what ways he promoteth his own Kingdom.
1. Doct. The Devil hath a great hand in setting up Antichrists Kingdom, as he hath a great interest by it; his coming ••all be by, or after the working of Sathan. He is the raiser and supporter of that Estate, a•d he is the great Seducer, Opposer, and Adversary of the Gospel. This will appear, if you consider, First the properties of the Devil, how the Devil is set forth in Scripture, and by what ways he promoteth his own Kingdom.
1. By Ignorance; for the Devils are called, Eph. 6.12. The Rulers of the Darkness of this World, and his Kingdom is called, the Kingdom of Darkness, Col. 1.13. the Princelike Authority and Government, which by Gods permission he exerciseth in the World, is over, ⟨p. 159⟩those, who remain in a state of Darkness and Ignorance. Well then, necessarily the Devil must be a great Friend to Popery, where Ignorance not only reigneth, but is commended as the Mother of Devotion: it is into the ignorant part of the World and the Church, that the Devil hath brought in Errors in Doctrine, Formality and Superstition in Worship, and Tyranny and Usurpation in Government.