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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.) 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⟩taught of God. Every Man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. Sweetly attemperating the means to our Liberty, but accompanying them with his powerful Grace. Acts 11.21. The Hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed, and turned to the Lord. It is God doth all, prospering the Labours of his Servants. So Acts 16.14. God opened the Heart of Lydia, so that she attended unto the things spoken by Paul. God opened her Heart, but by the things spoken by Paul. And God loveth to associate or accompany his Power with his own Means. Rom. 1.16. It is the Power of God unto Salvation.
2. The Interest the Apostle challengeth in it, [our Gospel]; Doth it not derogate from the Authority of it, to appropriate it to any Man? I answer, No. Elsewhere it is called God's Gospel, The glorious Gospel of the Blessed God, 1 Tim. 1.11. He is the Author: It is not an Invention of Man, but a Secret that came from the Bosom of God. Again, it is called Christ's Gospel. The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 Thess. 1.8