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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.
Where observe; 1. The Act. 2. The Object.
1. The Act [Greek or Hebrew], hold with strong hand; The word implieth a forcible holding against Assaults, whether of Error or Persecution. The Thessalonians were assaulted in both kinds; the Heathens persecuted them; and some were gone abroad that began the Mystery of Iniquity, and were ready to pervert them.
1. The Act 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, hold with strong hand; The word implyeth a forcible holding against Assaults, whether of Error or Persecution. The Thessalonians were assaulted in both kinds; the Heathens persecuted them; and some were gone abroad that began the Mystery of Iniquity, and were ready to pervert them.
2. The Object; which is propounded: 1. By a common and general term, The Traditions which ye have bin taught. 2. By a distribution, Whether by Word, or our Epistle.