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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. The other thing that I will instance in is, the Invocation of Saints, a sottish error, and respect payed to them that are so far out of the reach of our Commerce; and a thing not only without precept, promise, or president in Scripture, but also against Scripture which always directeth to God by one Mediator, the Lord Jesus Christ. The Scripture saith, Go to God if you lack any thing, and they say, Go to the Saints; if they say not as Authors of Grace, or any Divine Blessing, yet as Intercessors; though that be not true, yet that derogateth from Christ, whose Office it is to intercede with the Father. So that this is to put the Creature in the place of God. But it is not only contrary to Scripture, but the very ⟨p. 213⟩motion and inclination of the Spirit, when he stirreth us or moveth us to pray, Rom. 8.15. Ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba Father. Gal. 4.6. And because ye are Sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying Abba Father; he inclineth us to come to God, and yet this they will leave.
3. A third Error that I shall instance in is, that man may supererogate, not only merit for himself, but lay in an overplus to increase the treasure of the Church; when the Scripture telleth us that our best works are imperfect, yea polluted; and our Lord himself hath told us, that when we have done all, say ye we are unprofitable Servants, Luke 17.10. But what will not men believe, that can believe these things? There are other absurdities as gross as these, but this sufficeth for a taste.
3. A third Error that I shall instance in is, that man may supererogate, not only merit for himself, but lay in an overplus to encrease the treasure of the Church; when the Scripture telleth us that our best works are imperfect, yea polluted; and our Lord himself hath told us, that when we have done all, say ye we are unprofitable Servants,