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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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Obey the Gospel, and you have a perfect Rule to guide you to Happiness; but if you neglect this great Salvation, or be unfaithful in the profession of it, this Word condemneth you, and God will ratify the Sentence of it.
Obey the Gospel, and you have a perfect Rule to guide you to Happiness; but if you neglect this great Salvation, or be unfaithful in the profession of it, this Word condemneth you, and God will ratifie the Sentence of it.
IV. Prop. That whilst the Apostles were in being, there were two ways of delivering the Truth, and that is by word of Mouth, and Writing. So in the Text, Whether by Word, or our Epistle. The Apostles went up and down, and preached Christ every where; that needeth no Proof, unless you would have me to produce the whole Book of the Acts of the Apostles: But they did not Preach ⟨p. 330⟩only, but Write, and both by the Instinct of the Holy Spirit, who guided their Journeys, and moved them to write Epistles: For being often absent from Churches newly Planted, and Heresies arising, or some Contentions, which could not be avoided among weak Christians, God over-ruled these occasions for the profit of the Church in after Ages; upon one occasion or another, they saw a necessity to write [Greek or Hebrew]. Jude ver. 3. It was needful for me to write unto you. As in the Old Testament, God himself delivered the Law with great Majesty and Terror, and afterwards caused the same to be written in Tables of Stone, for the constant use of his People. And the Prophets first uttered their Prophecies, and then wrote unto them: So the Apostles first preached Evangelical Doctrine, and then consigned it to writing for the Use of all Ages. And though all things delivered by them were not delivered in one Sermon, or one Epistle; yet by degrees the Canon of the New Testament was Constituted, and made perfect by the Writings of the Evangelists and Apostles.