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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.
SERMON XI.
2 Thess. 2.13. But we are bound to give thanks always to God, for you, Brethren, beloved of the Lord, because the Lord hath from the beginning chosen you to Salvation, through Sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the Truth.
THE Adversative Particle [But] showeth what respect these words have to what went before; He had spoken of God's direful Judgment, of sending strong delusion on them, that had no love to the pure Truth, but sinned against Light, and had pleasure in the false worship, and superstitions, countenanced by the World. Now lest the Thessalonians should be troubled at this sad prediction, he showeth what cause he had to bless God in their behalf. The subjoining of this consolation doth teach us three things:
THE Adversative Particle [But] sheweth what respect these words have to what went before; He had spoken of God's direful Judgment, of sending strong delusion on them, that had no love to the pure Truth, but sinned against Light, and had pleasure in the false worship, and superstitions, countenanced by the World. Now lest the Thessalonians should be troubled at this sad prediction, he sheweth what cause he had to bless God in their behalf. The subjoining of this consolation doth teach us three things: