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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.) Duties. 1. God is our proper Lord, and rightful Sovereign. He may justly challenge our Obedience; being our Creator, he is our Owner; and being our Owner, he is our Sovereign and Law-giver, and may enact what Laws he pleaseth. Certainly Creation giveth him an interest in us. For every Man taketh himself to have an• Authority over what he hath made, to dispose of it as he pleaseth. Now he that properly made all things is God. Man is said to make a thing as he bestoweth Ar• upon it, but God bestoweth Being upon it. A Potter may form his Clay into what Vessel he pleaseth, to make one Vessel unto Honour, and another unto dishonour, Rom. 9.21. that is, either a Dish for Food, or a Vessel to serve the vilest uses of Nature, for Meat, or ⟨p. 288⟩Excrements. But we speak of Rational Creatures, that are capable of proper Government. Surely God made us, and hath a right to govern us. Our Parents are but Instruments of his Providence, they know not how the Child is framed in the Womb, &c. Now he calleth upon us to do our Duty, with Original Supreme Authority we may refuse others; if they speak not to us in his Name, they have no right over our Consciences, to impose new Duties upon us. James 4.12. There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save, and to destroy. Now his Calling, being a powerful Excitation to do our Duty, it originally belongeth to God.
(1.) Duties. 1. God is our proper Lord, and rightful Soveraign. He may justly challenge our Obedience; being our Creator, he is our Owner; and being our Owner, he is our Soveraign and Law-giver, and may enact what Laws he pleaseth. Certainly Creation giveth him an interest in us. For every Man taketh himself to have an• Authority over what he hath made, to dispose of it as he pleaseth. Now he that properly made all things is God. Man is said to make a thing as he bestoweth Ar• upon it, but God bestoweth Being upon it. A Potter may form his Clay into what Vessel he pleaseth, to make one Vessel unto Honour, and another unto dishonour,