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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.
1. From the matter, if destructive of the way of Salvation by Christ. Some are utterly inconsistent with Salvation and eternal life, as errors in the fundamentals in Religion. As suppose that a man should reject or refuse Christ, after a sufficient proposal of the Gospel to him, there is no question but this is damning unbelief, Joh. 3.19. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the World, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. But yet we are not to say that alone damneth. There are other things necessary to Salvation, contained under that general truth. The Scripture saith, Joh. 17.3. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. There is the sum of what is necessary to Salvation. That God is to be known, loved, obeyed, worshipped and enjoyed, and the Lord Jesus to be owned as our Redeemer and Saviour, to bring us home to God, and to procure for us the gifts of pardon and life, and this life to be begun here, and perfected in Heaven. Other things are of moment to clear these necessary truths, but they may be all reduced thereunto. The truth is, the question ⟨p. 229⟩about the matter to be believed, is not what divine Revelations are necessary to be believed or rejected when sufficiently proposed, for all points without exception are so; but what are simply and absolutely necessary to eternal life, and these are points of faith, and practice, and obedience. The points of Faith, are a knowledge of God in Christ, and practice that we be regenerated, Joh. 3.5. Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. And live an holy life, Heb. 12.14. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.
1. From the matter, if destructive of the way of Salvation by Christ. Some are utterly inconsistent with Salvation and eternal life, as errors in the fundamentals in Religion. As suppose that a man should reject or refuse Christ, after a sufficient proposal of the Gospel to him, there is no question but this is damning unbelief,