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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
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2. That these things are not causes of Election, but fruits of Election, and Means of ⟨p. 271⟩execution of God's Decree▪ about our Salvation: Sanctification is not a Cause, but a subordinate End, or Means. Ephes. 1.4. He hath chosen us to be holy; not because we are holy, but that we might be holy. So 1 Pet. 1.2. Elect according to the fore-knowledge of God, through the sanctification of the Spirit, unto Obedience. Not elected for it, but through it. When God had all Mankind in his prospect and view, he freely chose out some to be sanctified and saved. We come to the possession of it, through Sanctification, that is, by it as a Means. So for the other: Faith is a fruit of Election, not a foreseen Cause. Acts 2.47. The Lord added to the Church daily such as should be saved. None cometh to the Church but those whom God draweth, and they are actually added to the Church by a profession of Faith; and such as should be saved, were as many as were ordained to Salvation. Acts 13.48. And as many as were ordained to Eternal Life, believed. The whole City were met together to hear, but as many as were ordained to Eternal Life, believed. It is not said as •any as believed were ordained to Eternal Life, but the contrary; Faith is not the cause of Election, but Election is the cause of Faith.
2. That these things are not causes of Election, but fruits of Election, and Means of ⟨p. 271⟩execution of God's Decree▪ about our Salvation: Sanctification is not a Cause, but a subordinate End, or Means. Ephes. 1.4. He hath chosen us to be holy; not because we are holy, but that we might be holy. So