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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 we see all our Blessings in their rise, fountain, and bosom-cause, which is the eternal Love, and Grace of God. Dulcius ex ipso Fonte, Waters are sweetest and freshest in their Fountain; there we see that antecedent Love, which provided a Redeemer for us: which should be matter of continual Love and Reverence to us. Joh. 3.16. There we see the rich preparations of Grace, in the new Covenant; which could never have entered into our Hearts, if elective love had not ⟨p. 279⟩provided them for us. 1 Cor. 2.9. There we see, what it was that disposed all those Providences, that conduced to our good▪ Bi•th, Education, Acquaintance, Relations; alas. we knew not the means of all these things, but elective Love was at work for us, to cast all circumstances, that we might be best taken in our Month. Rom. 8.28. There we see what it was that made all the means effectual to draw us unto God. Jer. 5.3. He loved u• with an everlasting Love.
1. There we see all our Blessings in their rise, fountain, and bosom-cause, which is the eternal Love, and Grace of God. Dulcius ex ipso Fonte, Waters are sweetest and freshest in their Fountain; there we see that antecedent Love, which provided a Redeemer for us: which should be matter of continual Love and Reverence to us. Ioh. 3.16. There we see the rich preparations of Grace, in the new Covenant; which could never have entred into our Hearts, if elective love had not ⟨p. 279⟩provided them for us. 1 Cor. 2.9. There we see, what it was that disposed all those Providences, that conduced to our good Bith, Education, Acquaintance, Relations; alas. we knew not the means of all these things, but elective Love was at work for us, to cast all circumstances, that we might be best taken in our Month.