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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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3. There we see that Grace, t•at doth take off all self-boasting. Eph. 2.8, 9. For by Grace are ye saved, through Faith; and that not of your selves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any Man should boast. Elective Love prevented all actual or foreseen worth in us. And from first, to last, it is carried on in a way of Grace: the Means, the Efficacy, all is of Grace. This was God's great end, that Grace might be admired and esteemed by us, and be matter of eternal Praise and Thanksgiving. Eph. 1.6. To the praise of the Glory of his Grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved. The whole Design is to show us how we are beloved of God: and that we may love him again.
3. There we see that Grace, t•at doth take off all self-boasting. Eph. 2.8, 9. For by Grace are ye saved, through Faith; and that not of your selves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any Man should boast. Elective Love prevented all actual or foreseen worth in us. And from first, to last, it is carried on in a way of Grace: the Means, the Efficacy, all is of Grace. This was God's great end, that Grace might be admired and esteemed by us, and be matter of eternal Praise and Thanksgiving. Eph. 1.6. To the praise of the Glory of his Grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved. The whole Design is to shew us how we are beloved of God: and that we may love him again.
1. Use. If Election be the great matter of Thanksgiving to God: Then surely this Doctrine should be heard in the Church; for the Life and Soul of Christian Religion is Gratitude; and what feedeth Gratitude, is of great use unto us: our Gratitude doth not rise high enough, till it come to the first cause that stirred and set all the Whls awork, in the business of our Salvation. Surely this is a very profitable Point.