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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.
1. The Spirit of Christ, Rev. 22.17. The Spirit in the Bride, saith come; the Holy Ghost breadeth this desire in the Church; nature saith, it is good to be here; but this is a disposition above nature; the Flesh saith, Depart, but the Spirit saith, Come; the great work ⟨p. 10⟩of the Spirit is to bring us and Christ together, he cometh from the Father and the Son, to bring us to the Father by the Son; his business is to marry us to Christ, the promise being past, the Spouse longeth to see her beloved. It is the Spirit kindleth a desire in us of his second coming, when the Marriage that is now contracted, shall be consummated; when the Queen shall be brought unto the King in raiment of Needle-work, and shall enter into the Palace with him; there to abide for ever. Well then, though guilty Sinners would have Christ stay away still, and if it might go by Voices, the Carnal World would never give their Voice this way, Even so, come Lord Jesus, come quickly; no, they are of the Devils mind, Why art thou come to torment us before the time? Mat. 8.29. Thieves and Malefactors, if they might have the liberty to choose, they would never look, nor long for the day of Assizes; but the Spirit in the Bride is another thing, it giveth us other inclinations; the sooner Christ cometh, the better; they can never be soon enough taken up to him, nor he come to them.
1. The Spirit of Christ, Rev. 22.17. The Spirit in the Bride, saith come; the Holy Ghost breadeth this desire in the Church; nature saith, it is good to be here; but this is a disposition above nature; the Flesh saith, Depart, but the Spirit saith, Come; the great work ⟨p. 10⟩of the Spirit is to bring us and Christ together, he cometh from the Father and the Son, to bring us to the Father by the Son; his business is to marry us to Christ, the promise being past, the Spouse longeth to see her beloved. It is the Spirit kindleth a desire in us of his second coming, when the Marriage that is now contracted, shall be consummated; when the Queen shall be brought unto the King in rayment of Needle-work, and shall enter into the Palace with him; there to abide for ever. Well then, though guilty Sinners would have Christ stay away still, and if it might go by Voices, the Carnal World would never give their Voice this way, Even so, come Lord Iesus, come quickly; no, they are of the Devils mind, Why art thou come to torment us before the time?