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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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First; Reason will tell us, That when we intend an End, we must use the Means, otherwise the bare intention and desire would suffice; And to the accomplishing of any effect, we need no more than to will it; And the Sluggard would be the wisest Man in the World, who is full of wishings and wouldings, though his hands refuse to labour: but common experience showeth, that the End cannot be obtained without a diligent use of the means. Prov. 13.4. The Soul of the Sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; but the Soul of the Diligent shall be made fat; that is, rewarded with the intended benefit.
First; Reason will tell us, That when we intend an End, we must use the Means, otherwise the bare intention and desire would suffice; And to the accomplishing of any effect, we need no more than to will it; And the Sluggard would be the wisest Man in the World, who is full of wishings and wouldings, though his hands refuse to labour: but common experience sheweth, that the End cannot be obtain'd without a diligent use of the means. Prov. 13.4. The Soul of the Sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; but the Soul of the Diligent shall be made fat; that is, rewarded with the intended benefit.
Secondly; The Business in hand is, Whether God's Election, Calling, or Promise, doth so secure the End to us, as that we need not be so careful in the diligent use of Means. Such a notion or conceit there may be in the Hearts of Men, therefore •et us attack it a little by these Considerations.
Secondly; The Business in hand is, Whether God's Election, Calling, or Promise, doth so secure the End to us, as that we need not be so careful in the diligent use of Means. Such a notion or conceit there may be in the Hearts of Men, therefore •et us attaque it a little by these Considerations.