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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. To detect the pride of Man, for here we see the true and proper cause of difference between us and others. 1 Cor. 4.7. Who maketh thee to differ? The dif•erencing Grace of God, proceeding from his Election, is the only true Grace.
2. Nothing more extolleth the Glory of God in our Salvation: For if Man can assume nothing to himself, the Glory alone redoundeth to God. The more reason and cause why some are chosen, and others past by, is God's good Pleasure. Matth. 11.26. Even so Father, because it pleased thee. Christ himself consents to it, giveth Thanks for it, as an act of free and undeserved Mercy.
2. Nothing more extol•eth the Glory of God in our Salvation: For if Man can assume nothing to himself, the Glory alone redoundeth to God. The more reason and cause why some are chosen, and others past by, is God's good Pleasure. Matth. 11.26. Even so Father, because it pleased thee. Christ himself consents to it, giveth Thanks for it, as an act of free and undeserved Mercy.