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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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Objection. But how can true Christians earnestly desire it, when so many tremble at the thought of it for want of assurance of Gods Love?
Ans. We suppose a Christian in a right frame, ⟨p. 13⟩and one that doth prepare for his coming: But
1. The meanest Saint hath some inclination this way; it was one of the points of the Apostolical Catechism, Heb. 6.2. The Doctrine of Resurrection from the dead, and of eternal Judgment: and the Apostolical Catechism was for the initiating, or entering of Christians into the Faith and Profession of the Gospel, when they laid the foundation; this was one truth, which was never omitted, the coming of Christ to Judgment; now Faith is a believing, not with the mind only, but the heart; they were to be affected with what they did believe, Sapida scientia, was the qualification, and not with trembling only, for that would deter them from Christianity; but with rejoicing of hope, which did invite them to the practice of it, Heb. 3.6. Whose house are we if we hold fast the confidence and rejoicing of hope firm unto the end; and indeed what other affection can become the thought of Christs rewards which he will bring with him?
1. The meanest Saint hath some inclination this way; it was one of the points of the Apostolical Catechism, Heb. 6.2. The Doctrine of Resurrection from the dead, and of eternal Iudgment: and the Apostolical Catechism was for the initiating, or enring of Christians into the Faith and Profession of the Gospel, when they laid the foundation; this was one truth, which was never omitted, the coming of Christ to Judgment; now Faith is a believing, not with the mind only, but the heart; they were to be affected with what they did believe, Sapida scientia, was the qualification, and not with trembling only, for that would deter them from Christianity; but with rejoicing of hope, which did invite them to the practice of it,