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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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(2.) As to Privileges. The Blessings God offereth, are so great and glorious, that none else can give us a right to them but God. And the Soul can have no security that it doth not usurp, and intrude upon the possession of Things that belong not to us, till we have his Warrant: As the Apostle speaketh of an Office, Heb. 5.4. No Man taketh his Honour unto himself, but he that was called of God, as was Aaron. So it is true of all Prerogatives, we have no leave to assume and take the Honour of them to our selves, till we are called of God: That's our Warrant. None came to the Wedding-Feast, till they were bidden, Matth. 22. Or went into the Vineyard till they were hired, Matth. 20. ⟨p. 289⟩This is the difference between Duties, and Privileges. That any Man who will prefer that Office of Charity and Love to us, may excite us to our Duties, to unquestionable Duties, due from the Creature to our Creator: But no Man can assure us of right to Privileges, without the Creators leave. Man cannot make that to be a necessary Duty to the Creator, which is not. But Man may warn us of our danger, when we disobey God; but Man cannot assure us of our right to such Privileges, without God's grant. Therefore certainly it is God that must call us.
(2.) As to Priviledges. The Blessings God offereth, are so great and glorious, that none else can give us a right to them but God. And the Soul can have no security that it doth not usurp, and intrude upon the possession of Things that belong not to us, till we have his Warrant: As the Apostle speaketh of an Office, Heb. 5.4. No Man taketh his Honour unto himself, but he that was called of God, as was Aaron. So it is true of all Prerogatives, we have no leave to assume and take the Honour of them to our selves, till we are called of God: That's our Warrant. None came to the Wedding-Feast, till they were bidden, Matth. 22. Or went into the Vineyard till they were hired,