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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.) To convince and stop their Mouths, that refuse this Calling: for the Gospel bringeth Grace home to us, and leaveth it upon our choice; if we will accept it, well and good: if not, we justly deserve to be rejected ⟨p. 292⟩for ever. Acts 13.26. To you is this Word of Salvation sent. What say you to it? God hath sent a gracious Message to you in particular, will you accept, or refuse? Acts 3.26. He hath sent him to you, to bless every one of you, &c. It doth excite all, and every Man, to look after the recovery of his lapsed Estate: Surely God doth you no wrong, if he severely punish your refusal after he hath invited you to his Grace in Christ. Great is the Misery of those that refuse this Call. None of those that were bidden, shall taste of my Supper, Luke 14.24. They are not only excluded from Happiness but they incur extreme Wrath and Misery. Prov. 1.24, 25, 26. Because I have Called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my Hand, and no Man regarded. But ye have set at nought all my Counsel, and would none of my Reproof: I also will laugh at your Calamity, I will mock when your Fear cometh.
(3.) Because to the Elect he will deal congruously, and preserve the Liberty of his own Workmanship; and therefore dealeth with Man, as Man: Doth not compel us to be good whether we will or no, but doth at the same time teach and draw us. John 6.44, 45. No Man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me, draw him: And I will raise him up at the last Day. It is written in the Prophets, And they shall be all ⟨p. 293⟩