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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 necessity the•e was, that Christs Person and Office should be thus attested: He had the Law of Moses to repeal, which was well known to be Gods own Law; a yew Law to promulgate, which is the Law of Faith, or the Gospel, and before this could be received, it was needful for him to manifest his Authority. Besides, he came to redeem, and recover Sinners to God, from the Devil, World, and Flesh: And that he might be more readily ⟨p. 170⟩and cheerfully entertained, it was necessary to be evidenced, that he came not only by Gods Permission, but Commission; for him hath the Father sealed, John 6.27. that is, authorized by Miracles. Look as in the first Institution of the Aaronical Priesthood, Fire came from Heaven to consume the Sacrifices, whereas afterwards the High Priests were consecrated and admitted by the ordinary rites, without any such attestation: so there was a greater necessity then, when God brought forth his Son into the World, and •id first set up the Gospel State, than there was afterwards, when the course and order of it was settled, and received in the World.
1. The necessity the•e was, that Christs Person and Office should be thus attes•ed: He had the Law of Moses to repeal, which was well known to be Gods own Law; a yew Law to promulgate, which is the Law of Faith, or the Gospel, and before this could be received, it was needful for him to manifest his Authority. Besides, he came to redeem, and recover Sinners to God, from the Devil, World, and Flesh: And that he might be more readily ⟨p. 170⟩and chearfully entertained, it was necessary to be evidenced, that he came not only by Gods Permission, but Commission; for him hath the Father sealed, John 6.27. that is, authorized by Miracles. Look as in the first Institution of the Aaronical Priesthood, Fire came from Heaven to consume the Sacrifices, whereas afterwards the High Priests were consecrated and admitted by the ordinary rites, without any such attestation: so there was a greater necessity then, when God brought forth his Son into the World, and id first set up the Gospel State, than there was afterwards, when the course and order of it was setled, and received in the World.