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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.
And God being so jealous of his honour, every Christian should be careful that he doth not divert it from him. They have many distinctions to excuse themselves to the World, but I doubt how they will excuse themselves to God. For the fourth particular, adoring the Sacrament, I shall speak to again anon, that is a mean, not an object of worship. The Fifth, prohibiting certain Orders of men and women to marry, which the Apostle calleth Doctrines of Devils, 1 Tim. 4.1, 2. In the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and Doctrines of Devils: speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their Conscience seared with a hot Iron, forbidding to marry, &c. For the Sixth, Celebrating public Service in an unknown Tongue, it is contrary to the Apostles reasoning, 1 Cor. 14.15, 16, 17. For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also: else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned, say Amen, at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest; for thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. For the Seventh, Communion in one kind; this is against Christs express Institution, Matth. 26.26, 27. ⟨p. 235⟩Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the Disciples, and said, Take, eat, this is my Body: And he took the Cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it. The Apostle supposeth every one that can examine himself, 1 Cor. 11.18. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that Bread, and drink of that Cup. Now for this usurping Synagogue to come as they do, with a non obstante, to the Statutes of God, Who can join with them in these corruptions and usurpations, without peril of Salvation? Secondly, That the way of Popery is damnable because they deprive the people of the means of Salvation, contrary to the express Injunctions from God,