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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.
2. After the Faith of Christ was sufficiently confirmed, Miracles ceased; and it was fit they should cease, for God doth nothing unnecessarily: The Christian Doctrine is the same that it was, and is to be the same till the end of the World; we have a sure and authentic Record of it, which is the Holy Scriptures. The Truth of Christs Office and Doctrine is fully proved, and cometh transmitted to us, by the consent of many successions of Ages, in whose experience God hath blessed it to the converting, comforting, and saving of many a Soul. Look as the Jews, every time the Law was brought forth, were not to expect the Thunderings and Lightnings, and the voice of the terrible Trumpet, with which it was given at first on Mount Sinai, (one solemn Confirmation served for after Ages) they knew it was a Law given by the Ministry of Angels, and so entertained it with Veneration ⟨p. 172⟩and Respect; so Christianity needed to be once solemnly confirmed after Ages have the use of the first Miracles: for the Apostle compareth these two things, the giving of the Law and the Gospel, Heb. 1.2, 3, 4. For if the word spoken by Angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward: How shall we escape if we neglect so great Salvation, which at first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by them that heard him? we must be contented with Gods owning it now, only in the way of his spirit and Providence.
2. After the Faith of Christ was sufficiently confirmed, Miracles ceased; and it was fit they should cease, for God doth nothing unnecessarily: The Christian Doctrine is the same that it was, and is to be the same till the end of the World; we have a sure and authentick Record of it, which is the Holy Scriptures. The Truth of Christs Office and Doctrine is fully proved, and cometh trasmitted to us, by the consent of many successions of Ages, in whose experience God hath blessed it to the convert•ng, comforting, and saving of many a Soul. Look as the Jews, every time the Law was brought forth, were not to expect the Thundrings and Lightnings, and the voice of the terrible Trumpet, with which it was given at first on Mount Sinai, (one solemn Confirmation served for after Ages) they knew it was a Law given by the Ministry of Angels, and so entertained it with Veneration