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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Child died, his Daughter is deflowered, Ammon slain, Absalom is in Rebellion, his Wives Ravished, himself Banished from his House and Kingdom. Eli's Sons slain, the Ark taken, his Daughter-in-Law died, himself brake his Neck. But chiefly in the very Foundation of the Gospel, the Son of God dieth a Shameful, Painful, Accursed Death, before God wou•d relax the Rigour of his Law, and set a-foot the Gospel: And all that there might be a perfect Demonstration of his Justice and Holiness, and displeasure against Sin. Rom 8.3. For what the L•w could not do, in that it was weak through the Flesh, God sending his own Son, in the likeness of sinful Flesh, and for Sin condemned Sin in the Flesh.
The Child died, his Daughter is defloured, Ammon slain, Absolon is in Rebellion, his Wives Ravished, himself Banished from his House and Kingdom. Eli's Sons slain, the Ark taken, his Daughter-in-Law died, himself brake his Neck. But chiefly in the very Foundation of the Gospel, the Son of God dieth a Shameful, Painful, Accursed Death, before God wou•d relax the Rigour of his Law, and set a-foot the Gospel: And all that there might be a perfect Demonstration of his Justice and Holiness, and displeasure against Sin. Rom 8.3. For what the L•w could not do, in that it was weak through the Flesh, God sending his own Son, in the likeness of sinful Flesh, and for Sin condemned Sin in the Flesh.
(2.) The very nature of this Calling enforceth this Sanctification, or setting Man apart from a common to a sacred use. For it is a calling us not only from Misery to Happiness, but from Sin to Holiness: and the one is indispensably necessary to the other. For none but those who are in an holy Estate, can be in a blessed Condition. Our calling is sometimes called a Heavenly Calling, Heb. 3.1. Sometimes an Holy Calling,