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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. Let us mind not only Privileges, but Duties. We have great Privileges, we are ⟨p. 308⟩called to enjoy sweet fellowship with Christ here. 1 Cor. 1.9. Faithful is he who hath called you, to the Communion of Christ Jesus our Lord; and to a glorious Estate hereafter. But we are also called to the Sanctification of the Spirit, and the belief of the Truth; and we cannot obtain the one without •he other. Do not so mind Comfort, as to slight Holiness; and divide one part of your Calling from the other. Comfort is consequent to Holiness, and followeth it as heat doth Fire. The Spirit is more necessarily a Sanctifier, than a Comforter. For our duty and obedience to God, is a greater thing, than our own Peace. Holiness is the Image of God upon the Soul, and the blessed perfection wherein we were created; Gen. 1.27. So God •reated Man in his own Image. And when it was lost by Sin, Christ came and payed our Ransom, that he might renew us by his Spirit. Tit. 3.5. According to his Mer•y, he saved us, by the washing of Regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. Yea, much of our everlasting Blessedness lieth in it. For Heaven is to be looked upon not only as a state of complete Felicity, but exact Holiness. 1 John 3.2. We know that when he d•th appear, we sh•ll be like him, for we shall see him as •e is. Ephes. 5.27. That he might present it to himself a glorious Church, not •aving Spot, or wri• kle, or any such thing; but that it should be Holy ⟨p. 309⟩