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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. This Confidence must be Obediential, not a devout Sloth, or Carelessness. To trust in his Mercies and neglect his Precepts, crosseth the Tenor of his Covenant. Psal. 119.60. I made haste, and delayed not, to keep thy Commandments. It is true Religion, when Faith, Love, and Hope concur. Jude ver. 20, 21. But ye, Beloved, building up your selves on your most holy Faith, joining in the Holy Ghost; keep your selves in the Love of God, looking for the Mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto Eternal Life. I know there is a trusting in his Pardon for our Failings, and that Justification is a great Privilege, as well as Salvation; but Pardon is promised to the Sincere, that with an honest Heart perform their Duty: Psal. 32.2. Blessed is the Man to whom the Lord imputeth not Iniquity; and ⟨p. 298⟩in whose Spirit there is no guile. And Rom. 8.1. There is no Condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus: who walk not after the Flesh, but after the Spirit. So that still our confidence in Christ must be obediential.
2. This Confidence must be Obediential, not a devout Sloath, or Carelessness. To trust in his Mercies and neglect his Precepts, crosseth the Tenor of his Covenant. Psal. 119.60. I made haste, and delayed not, to keep thy Commandments. It is true Religion, when Faith, Love, and Hope concur. Jude ver. 20, 21. But ye, Beloved, building up your selves on your most holy Faith, joyning in the Holy Ghost; keep your selves in the Love of God, looking for the Mercy of our Lord Iesus Christ, unto Eternal Life. I know there is a trusting in his Pardon for our Failings, and that Justification is a great Privilege, as well as Salvation; but Pardon is promised to the Sincere, that with an honest Heart perform their Duty: Psal. 32.2