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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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This Testimony delivered and conveyed to us by the most credible means, and which we have no reason to doubt of, is as binding, as if we had heard Christ and his Apostles in Person: For we have their word in writing, though we did not hear them preach and publish it with the lively Voice; their Authority is the same delivered either way. And that these are their Writings, appeareth by the constant Tradition of the Church, and the acknowledgement of Friends, and Enemies, who still appeal to them as a public authentic Record: And as they have bin attested by the Church, they have bin owned by God, and blessed by him to the Conversion and Sanctifying of many Souls throughout all successions of Ages: And by this Tradition Christianity hath held up the Head against all encounters ⟨p. 324⟩of Time, and the persecutions of Adverse Powers have not suppressed it; nor the disputes of Enemies silenced the Profession of it; but from Age to Age it hath bin received, and transmitted to future Generations, tho sometimes at a very dear rate. And this is binding to us, though we saw no• the Persons, and Miracles by which they confirmed their Message, and heard not the f••st report, Yet the Universal Tradition having handed it to us, is a sufficient ground of Faith; and so we believe through their Word, and are concerned in Christ's Prayers, John 17.20. For with them and their Successors (as to these necessary things) Christ hath promised to be to the end of the World, Matth. 28. 20.
This Testimony delivered and conveyed to us by the most credible means, and which we have no reason to doubt of, is as binding, as if we had heard Christ and his Apostles in Person: For we have their word in writing, though we did not hear them preach and publish it with the lively Voice; their Authority is the same delivered either way. And that these are their Writings, appeareth by the constant Tradition of the Church, and the acknowledgment of Friends, and Enemies, who still appeal to them as a public authentic Record: And as they have bin attested by the Church, they have bin owned by God, and blessed by him to the Conversion and Sanctifying of many Souls throughout all successions of Ages: And by this Tradition Christianity hath held up the Head againt all encounters