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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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2. Gods way of judging for the present, is either external, or internal. As for instance, there are two acts of Judicature, Reward and Punishment. In rewarding, Gods external Government is seen: in dispensing outward Blessings to his people, as the fruit of their obedience, Micah 2.7. Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? His promises speak good, and as fulfilled do good: yield protection, maintenance, and such a measure of outward prosperity, as supporteth and maintaineth them, during their service. David owned Gods dealing with him in this sort: Psal. 119.56. This I had because I kept thy Precepts. So as to his internal Government, in giving them peace of Conscience, and Joy in the Holy Ghost, Rom. 14.17. For the Kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. Pro. 3.17. Her ways (are) ways of pleasantness, and all her paths (are) peace. These are the internal rewards of obedience. And so also God often rewardeth grace with grace. As Isa. 58.13, 14. If tho• turn away thy foot from the Sabbath (from) doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord honourable, and shalt honour him, not doing thy own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking (thine own) words: Then shalt thou delight thy self in the Lord; and I ⟨p. 204⟩will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth: and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy Father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken (it.) Psal. 31.24. Be of good Courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. Proficiency in the same grace, is a reward of the several acts, and exercise of it. So in punishing sometimes he useth the way of external Government, by the terrible Judgments exercised upon men for the breach of his Law.