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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.
1. There is a necessary Connection between them, as between the Cause and the Effect: For none are powerfully drawn to believe in Christ, but such as are Sanctified by his Spirit. It is not in the power of any Creature to incline us to God, or bring us to come to him by Christ. But this Work is wholly reserved to the Spirit. And so the Lord himself doth powerfully bring to pass his own Decrees, as by Christ Redeeming, so by the Spirit Sanctifying. The Spirit is the Author both of Faith and Holiness. Saving Grace is called a New Creature. 2 Cor. 5.17. Therefore if any Man be in Christ, he is a New Creature. Ephes. 2.10. For we are his Workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good Works, which God hath before ordaine•, that we should walk in them. And to Create, is the Work of a Divine Power. Creat•re, and Creator, are Relatives. And certainly the noblest Creature, such as the New Creature is, cannot be framed by any but God. It is called a New Birth, and the New Birth is only from the Spirit, John 3.5, 6. Well then, these are fitly coupled, the Sanctification of the Spirit, and Belief of the Truth. That God's Work may make way for ours,
1. There is a necessary Connection between them, as between the Cause and the Effect: For none are powerfully drawn to believe in Christ, but such as are Sanctified by his Spirit. It is not in the power of any Creature to incline us to God, or bring us to come to him by Christ. But this Work is wholly reserved to the Spirit. And so the Lord himself doth powerfully bring to pass his own Decrees, as by Christ Redeeming, so by the Spirit Sanctifying. The Spirit is the Author both of Faith and Holiness. Saving Grace is called a New Creature. 2 Cor. 5.17. Therefore if any Man be in Christ, he is a New Creature. Ephes. 2.10. For we are his Workmanship, created in Christ Iesus unto good Works, which God hath before ordaine•, that we should walk in them. And to Create, is the Work of a Divine Power. Creatre, and Creator, are Relatives. And certainly the noblest Creature, such as the New Creature is, cannot be framed by any but God. It is called a New Birth, and the New Birth is only from the Spirit,