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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. What is [Greek or Hebrew], taking pleasure in unrighteousness.
2. What is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, taking pleasure in unrighteousness.
1. What is [Greek or Hebrew] unrighteousness. Righteousness is giving every one his due; and denying them their due, is unrighteousness. There is a giving man his due, and a giving God his due, Matth. 22.21. Render unto Caesar, the things which are Caesars; and unto God the things that are Gods. Righteousness is often put for giving man his due, Titus 2.12. That we should live soberly, righteously, &c. and giving God his due, which is worship and reverence, Psal. 29.2. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name. And again, Ps. 96.8. Give unto the Lord, the glory due to his name, bring an offering and come into his Courts. Now this unrighteousness here spoken of, is principally meant in the latter sense. False ways of worship are the greatest unrighteousness that can be practised. For the duty that we owe to God is the most righteous thing in the World. Now by false worship, you withdraw the Glory of God from him, and communicate it to another. Worship is his own proper due, both by the light of nature, and Scripture: and therefore the Gentiles which had the light of nature, are said to detain the truth, [Greek or Hebrew], Rom. 1.18. why? the reason is rendered in the after ⟨p. 226⟩Verses, 23. They changed the glory of God into an Image made like a corruptible man: Ver. 25. They changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the Creature more than the Creator. This was their [Greek or Hebrew], their unrighteousness, or injurious dealing with God. So the Antichristians that had the light of Scripture, though under palliated pretences, changed the truth of God into a lie, loved their own errors more than simple and plain Christianity, or the true knowledge of God, and diverted the worship from himself unto an Idol.