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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.
The third object is the Virgin Mary, to whom they pray more than they do to God. In the Rosary there is this Prayer. Beata Maria, salva omnes qui te glorificant. And we beseech thee to hear us good Lady. That Address, Monstra, te esse Ma•rem, and one divided, inter ubera & vulnera, the Breasts of the Virgin, and wounds of Christ, as if the milk of the one were as sovereign and as precious as the blood of the other. It were endless to rake in this filthy puddle: how many Books are there concluded with Laus Deo, & Virgini Deiparae? That sometimes there is a more ⟨p. 238⟩present relief by commemorating the name of Mary, than by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus. In their exclamations, Jesus! Maria! How often in their Te Deum, We praise thee O Lady?
The third object is the Virgin Mary, to whom they pray more than they do to God. In the Rosary there is this Prayer. Beata Maria, salva omnes qui te glorificant. And we beseech thee to hear us good Lady. That Address, Monstra, te esse Ma•rem, and one divided, inter ubera & vulnera, the Breasts of the Virgin, and wounds of Christ, as if the milk of the one were as soveraign and as precious as the blood of the other. It were endless to rake in this filthy puddle: how many Books are there concluded with Laus Deo, & Virgini Deiparae? That sometimes there is a more ⟨p. 238⟩present relief by commemorating the name of Mary, than by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus. In their exclamations, Iesus! Maria! How often in their Te Deum, We praise thee O Lady?
Fourthly, Adoration of Images; This is more foul than all the former, because directed to a more gross object. This is prophesied of Antichrist, that he and his Abettors, they shall worship Idols of Silver, and Gold, and Brass, and Wood and Stone, Rev. 9.20