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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.
(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, 2 Tim. 1.9. Therefore the chief subordinate end, is Holiness. Rom. 1.7. Called to be Saints, from the Devil, the World, and the Flesh, to God.
(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 indispensibly 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, 2 Tim. 1.9. Therefore the chief subordinate end, is Holiness. Rom. 1.7. Called to be Saints, from the Devil, the World, and the Flesh, to God.
(3.) The grace and favour which is showed ⟨p. 301⟩in our Calling, obligeth us to be Holy, in point of Gratitude: For when we consider in what a sinful estate God found us, how freely he loved us, and that with a discriminating differencing Love, when he passed by others worthier than we; and to what estate he is ready to advance us, to the enjoyment of himself, amongst all those that are Sanctified by Faith: All these are as so many strong Bonds and Obligations upon us, to walk worthy of God, who hath called us to his Kingdom and Glory, in Jesus Christ,