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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. Their general nature and kinds, extraordinary works. Some are either besides nature, when the course of nature is changed, as the standing still of the Sun in Joshua's Days, the going back of the shadow on Ahaz his Di••, in Hezekiah's time: Above nature, as the opening of the eyes of a man born blind by Christ, ⟨p. 168⟩John 9. Against nature, when the operation of it is obstructed, as w•en the three Children remained untouched in the Fiery Furnace, Dan. 3. the fire had not lost its property to burn, for those that cast them in were singed and scorched.
1. Their general nature and kinds, extraordinary works. Some are either besides nature, when the course of nature is changed, as the standing still of the Sun in Ioshuah's Days, the going back of the shadow on Ahaz his Di••, in Hezekiah's time: Above nature, as the opening of the eyes of a man born blind by Christ, ⟨p. 168⟩Iohn 9. Against nature, when the operation of it is obstructed, as w•en the three Children remained untouched in the Fiery Furnace, Dan. 3. the fire had not lost its property to burn, for those that cast them in were singed and scorched.
2. The Author, they are works exceeding the ability of second Causes, and therefore are always done by the Power of God, either immediately, or mediately; using some Creature in the performing of them, as the Apostles of Christ. Well then, the primary efficient cause is God, and the manner of working is extraordinary and unusual, exceeding the power and force of any Creature.