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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. The Act it self, he hath chosen you, making a distinction between them, and others. Upon them he shall send strong delusion, but you hath he chosen to Salvation, through the belief of the Truth. Those whom God hath chosen, he separates from the World of the ungodly, or the corrupt heap of mankind, and consecrateth them unto himself. So that Election is not a taking all, but some, and passing by others; 1 Joh. 5.19. We are of God, and the whole World lieth in wickedness. A choice, implieth a setting apart some for Objects of his Grace, and Instruments of his Glory in the World; Psal. 4.3. And the number is certain, for their Names are said to be written in the Rolls, and Records of Heaven, when others are not written. Luk. 10.20. Rejoice not, that the Spirits are subject unto you: but rather rejoice because your Names are written in Heaven. Phil. 4.3. Whose Names are written in the Book of Life. And others are said not to be written. ⟨p. 268⟩Rev. 17.1. And they that dwell on the Earth, shall wonder, whose Names were not written in the Book of Life, from the Foundation of the World. And Rev. 20.15. And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life, was cast into the Lake of Fire. Namely those that perish by these Delusions.
2. The Act it self, he hath chosen you, making a distinction between them, and others. Upon them he shall send strong delusion, but you hath he chosen to Salvation, through the belief of the Truth. Those whom God hath chosen, he separates from the World of the ungodly, or the corrupt heap of mankind, and consecrateth them unto himself. So that Election is not a taking all, but some, and passing by others; 1 Joh. 5.19. We are of God, and the whole World lyeth in wickedness. A choice, implyeth a setting apart some for Objects of his Grace, and Instruments of his Glory in the World;