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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.
1. Mankind lying in Darkness, and in the shadow of Death, it was necessary that one way or another, God should reveal his Mind to them; that we may have what belongeth to ⟨p. 353⟩our Duty and Happiness, for our chief good and last end. Being altered by Sin, we strangely mistake things, and put Light for Darkness, and Darkness for Light, Good for Evil, and Evil for Good; weighing all things in the balance of the Flesh, which we seek to please. We confound both the names and natures of Things, and wander in a maze of a thousand Perplexities; therefore God in pity to Mankind, hath given us a sure direction in his Word, which is a Lamp unto our Feet, and a Light unto our Paths, Psal. 119.105. Mark the words of Light and Lamps; the use of a Lamp is by Night, and in the Day we have the Light of the Sun; whether it be Day or Night with us, here we are taught how to carry our selves. Mark again the words of Path and Fee•: The one signifieth our Way, and general Course; the other all our particular Actions; so far as Religion is concerned in them, we have directions in the Word about them. Besides, Man's condition is such, that he needeth a Supernatural Remedy by a Redeemer; which depending upon the mere Love and free Grace of God, cannot be found out by Natural Light left to us: for that only can judg of things necessary, but not of such things as depend upon the mere Pleasure of God; therefore a Divine Revelation there must be.
1. Mankind lying in Darkness, and in the shadow of Death, it was necessary that one way or another, God should reveal his Mind to them; that we may have what belongeth to ⟨p. 353⟩our Duty and Happiness, for our chief good and last end. Being altered by Sin, we strangely mistake things, and put Light for Darkness, and Darkness for Light, Good for Evil, and Evil for Good; weighing all things in the ballance of the Flesh, which we seek to please. We confound both the names and natures of Things, and wander in a maze of a thousand Perplexities; therefore God in pity to Mankind, hath given us a sure direction in his Word, which is a Lamp unto our Feet, and a Light unto our Paths,