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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.
Secondly, By the visible Appearances of the Devil, and where he is most conversant, as in his own Kingdom. Before Christs Kingdom was set up, the Devil did often visibly appear, but since he playeth least in sight; when God openly manifested his Presence by appearing to the Fathers in sundry ways and manners, as he did before hen spake to us by his Son, Heb. 1.1, 2. so did Satan; Visions Apparitions, and Oracles, were more frequent; and where Christs spiritual Kingdom prevaileth, the World heareth less of the•e things; but where it is obstructed, more. Now two instances in Popery. (1.) In their Chiefs: how many Conjurers and Necromancers, (who expressly consulted and contracted with the Devil) from the Year 600. to the Year 1500. the Chair of pestilence yielded, the Histories tell us. (2.) In order […] the Devil had formerly, in the times of Popery, and still ⟨p. 165⟩where it is allowed, incomparably more power among men, to appear to them, and haunt their Houses, and vex them, than now he hath; all that I say is, haunting of Houses, and Apparitions, were much more common.
Secondly, By the visible Appearances of the Devil, and where he is most conversant, as in his own Kingdom. Before Christs Kingdom was set up, the Devil did often visibly appear, but since he playeth least in sight; when God openly manifested his Presence by appearing to the Fathers in sundry ways and manners, as he did before hen spake to us by his Son, Heb. 1.1, 2. so did Sathan; V•sions Apparitions, and Oracles, were more frequent; and where Christs spiritual Kingdom prevaileth, the World heareth less of the•e things; but where it is obstructed, more. Now two instances in Popery. (1.) In their Chiefs: how many Conjurers and Necromancers, (who expresly consulted and contracted with the Devil) from the Year 600. to the Year 1500. the Chair of pestilence yielded, the Histories tell us. (2.) In oreder 〈…〉 the Devil had formerly, in the times of Popery, and still ⟨p. 165⟩