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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. To be more careful to be completely armed, For we fight not against flesh and blood, but principalities and powers, and spiritual wickednesses in heavenly places, Eph. 6.11, 12. that is, not only with the one, but the other. The Abettors of Popery are Satan's Auxiliary Forces, whom he stirreth up and employeth. Now the Devils are of great cunning and strength, and by Gods permission exercise great Authority in the World, and the matter about which we contend with them, is the Honour of God and Christ, and our Eternal Salvation. Therefore ⟨p. 166⟩since the Subtlety, Power and strength of the Enemy is so great, we had need to be the better prepared, and put on the whole Armour of God. That bodily and humane Power, that befriendeth the Kingdom of Satan, is formidable, and that can only reach the outward man; but Devils and damned Spirits are a more terrible and dangerous party, who secretly blind our minds, and weaken our courage, and strangely and imperceptibly, by our own carnal affections, promote our eternal ruin.
2. To be more careful to be compleatly armed, For we fight not against flesh and blood, but principalities and powers, and spiritual wickednesses in heavenly places, Eph. 6.11, 12. that is, not only with the one, but the other. The Abettors of Popery ae Sathans Auxiliary Forces, whom he stirreth up and employeth. Now the Devils are of great cunning and strength, and by Gods permission exercise great Authority in the World, and the matter about which we contend with them, is the Honour of God and Christ, and our Eternal Salvation. Therefore ⟨p. 166⟩since the Subtilty, Power and strength of the Enemy is so great, we had need to be the better prepared, and put on the whole Armour of God. That bodily and humane Power, that befriendeth the Kingdom of Sathan, is formidable, and that can only reach the outward man; but Devils and damned Spirits are a more terrible and dangerous party, who secretly blind our minds, and weaken our courage, and strangely and imperceptibly, by our own carnal affections, promote our eternal ruine.