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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. That which is ascribed to Satan is Idolatry. Thi• was his first and great endeavour in the World, to bring man to worship other Gods, rather than the True, or the True God by an Idol: so he prevailed among the Heathens, they thought their Images did represent their gods, and that their gods dwelt in them, as our Souls do in our Bo•ies: therefore the Psalmist saith, All the gods of the Nations, are Idols or Devils, Ps. 96.5. and the Devil was the great Master and Contriver of this Idolatry; therefore it is said, Psal. 106.37. They sacrificed their Sons and Daughters unto Devils: the service done to Idols, or Images of mans devising, is not done to God, as men pretend who worship them; but to Devils, who are the Devisers, Suggesters, and enticers of men unto all sorts of unlawful ⟨p. 161⟩worship, and are in effect served and obeyed by a false Religion, Deuter. 32.17. They sacrificed unto Devils, not unto God: 2 Cor. 10.20. The things which the Gentiles sacrificed, they sacrificed unto Devils, not unto God: 2 Chron. 11.15. And he ordained him Priests for the high places, and for the Devils, and for the Calves which he had made: they otherwise meant it, Jeroboam intended it to the true God, Jehovah; but it was of the Devils Invention, Now if the Devil can get such a party in the Church, as •hall not only set up but be mad upon Image-worship, who can more serve his turn, among professing Christians, than they, who have consented to, and continued in idolatrous worship? Surely then Satan is concerned to befriend their Usurpations, and uphold their Interests; for what will more conduce to the ruin of Christianity, or at least the decay of the power thereof?
3. That which is ascribed to Sathan is Idolatry. Thi• was his first and great endeavour in the World, to bring man to worship other Gods, rather than the True, or the True God by an Idol: so he prevailed among the Heathens, they thought their Images did represent their gods, and that their gods dwelt in them, as our Souls do in our Boies: therefore the Psalmist saith, All the gods of the Nations, are Idols or Devils,