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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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3. The end and use is to confirm some Truth; when they are done for Curiosity, Ostentation, and Delight, they are but juggling tricks, and have not God for their Author; much less when they are pretended to confirm a false Doctrine, or evil end. But real Miracles do oblige by way of sign, declaring Gods interest in, or owning of the truth and Testimony to which they are annexed. For God being the Ruler of the World, good, merciful, just, it is not to be supposed he will cooperate to a lie or cheat, or leave suc• a stumbling block before his Creatures.
3. The end and use is to confirm some Truth; when they are done for Curiosity, Ostentation, and Delight, they are but jugling tricks, and have not God for their Author; much less when they are pretended to confirm a false Doctrine, or evil end. But real Miracles do oblige by way of sign, declaring Gods interest in, or owning of the truth and Testimony to which they are annex•d. For God being the Ruler of the World, good, merciful, just, it is not to be supposed he will cooperate to a lie or cheat, or leave suc• a stumbling block before his Creatures.
II. That the Miracles wrought by Christ, and his Apostles, did sufficiently prove, that they were Teachers sent from God, for Christ ⟨p. 169⟩often appealeth to his works, John 5.36. For the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, and John 10.38. Though ye believe not me, that is, his personal verbal Testimony, believe the works, that is, his Miracles, That ye may know and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. And when John sent his Disciples to know, whether he were the Messiah or no, (not so much for his own Confirmation as their satisfaction)