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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. The ends of this Calling. They are either Subordinate, or Ultimate. (1.) Subordinate in the word (Whereunto he hath called you) that is, to Faith, Holiness, and Salvation, we are called to all.
1. God calleth us to the Faith of the Gospel, he hath not only ordained us to believe, but called us to believe; without Calling there can be no Faith. Rom 10.14. How shall they believe in him, of whom they have not heard? But upon Calling, there must be Faith; or else we make void the Dispensation of God, which we are under. 1. There must be a belief of the Gospel in general. The voice of the Creatures calleth upon the Gentiles to believe an Infinite. Eternal Power, that made Man, and all Things: And the condemnation of the Gentle World is, that they know not God, and glorify not God, ⟨p. 296⟩as God, after this Revelation made to them; but to believe in Christ is a mystery to Nature, and dependeth upon God's special Revelation in the Gospel. Therefore the Eternal and Internal Power of the Spirit, accompanieth it, to convince the World, that it is Sin not to believe in Christ. The External Power in Miracles, and the Internal in the Illumination of the Mind: John 16.9. The Spirit shall convince the World of Sin: because they believe not in me. That is, receive not the Faith of the Gospel, or believed not that Christ was the true Messiah, the great Prophet and Doctor of the Church.
1. God calleth us to the Faith of the Gospel, he hath not only ordained us to believe, but called us to believe; without Calling there can be no Faith. Rom 10.14. How shall they believe in him, of whom they have not heard? But upon Calling, there must be Faith; or else we make void the Dispensation of God, which we are under. 1. There must be a belief of the Gospel in general. The voice of the Creatures calleth upon the Gentiles to believe an Infinit. Eternal Power, that made Man, and all Things: And the condemnation of the Gentle World is, that they know not God, and glorifie not God,