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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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2. Because the truth of Christianity depending upon Matter of Fact, chiefly Christ's rising from the Dead, it can only be proved by a Testimony; which in so extraordinary a case, must be made valuable, and authorized to the World by the Miracles accompanying it. Now the notice of these things is brought to us by Tradition, which being unquestionable, giveth us as good ground of Faith, as it did to them that lived in the Apostles Time, and heard their Doctrine, and saw their Miracles. God's wonderful Works were never intended for the benefit of that Age only in which they were done; but for the benefit also of those that should hear of them, by any credible means whatsoever, Psal. 145.4. Joel 1.3. Psal. 78.3, 4, 5, 6, 7. these things were told them that they might set their hope in God, &c.
2. Because the truth of Christianity depending upon Matter of Fact, chiefly Christ's rising from the Dead, it can only be proved by a Testimony; which in so extraordinary a case, must be made valuable, and authorized to the World by the Miracles accompanying it. Now the notice of these things is brought to us by Tradition, which being unquestionable, giveth us as good ground of Faith, as it did to them that lived in the Apostles Time, and heard their Doctrine, and saw their Miracles. God's wonderful Works were never intended for the benefit of that Age only in which they were done; but for the benefit also of those that should hear of them, by any credible means whatsoever, Psal. 145.4. Ioel 1.3. Psal. 78.3, 4, 5, 6, 7. these things were told them that they might set their hope in God, &c.